Following a three-week summer break, the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team is looking forward to being back on track at this weekend’s Monster Energy British Grand Prix. Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins are just as impatient as the MotoGP fans to start the racing action again at the Monster Energy sponsored event.
In addition to it being a Monster Energy event, the British GP is also the scene for MotoGP's 75th anniversary celebrations. To contribute to the grand occasion, Yamaha of course joins in on the festivities: Quartararo and Rins as well as wild card Remy Gardner will be sporting a special 'historical' livery on the Sunday, giving motorsports fans something extra to anticipate this race weekend.
Quartararo is looking forward to stepping aboard his YZR-M1 once more. After some weeks of relaxing and training, he is ready to start the second half of the 2024 season with renewed energy. He is currently 15th and on the hunt for championship points. The Frenchman really enjoys riding the Silverstone Circuit, as testified by his 2021 premier class victory there.
Rins arrives in the UK holding 21st place in the championship standings. A tough first half of the season ended with the Yamaha man having to undergo surgery after a highside in the Dutch GP Race which subsequently had him sit out the German GP. Having made a full recovery, Rins is determined to put on a good show this weekend. The Spaniard knows the Silverstone circuit well, which is evident from his résumé. He secured second place in Moto3 in 2013 and a win in the same class in 2014. He followed it up with second place in 2015 in Moto2, a victory in the premier class in 2019, and a second place in MotoGP in 2021.
In 2023, MotoGP moves back to the international paddock at the Silverstone track. The races are run in the same clockwise direction as before, but in the current layout Abbey is Turn 1 and Club is last. Counting 18 corners and with a total length of 5.9 km, Silverstone is the longest track on the MotoGP calendar. It was added in 2010 but has a racing history of over sixty years. Thanks to innovations and investments, the circuit became one of the fastest tracks on the calendar and has earned high praise from the riders.
Due to Silverstone being situated in a different time zone, the schedule for the British GP slightly differs from the usual Central European Grand Prix timetable. FP1 will take place on Friday from 10:45 – 11:30 and PR from 15:00 – 16:00 local track time (GMT+1). On Saturday FP2 will be held from 10:10 – 10:40, followed by Q1 and Q2 from 10:50 – 11:30. The Sprint in the afternoon starts at 15:00. On Sunday, Warm Up will be staged from 09:40 – 09:50, and the Race is scheduled to start at 13:00 local track time.
Following a three-week summer break, the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team is looking forward to being back on track at this weekend’s Monster Energy British Grand Prix. Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins are just as impatient as the MotoGP fans to start the racing action again at the Monster Energy sponsored event.
In addition to it being a Monster Energy event, the British GP is also the scene for MotoGP's 75th anniversary celebrations. To contribute to the grand occasion, Yamaha of course joins in on the festivities: Quartararo and Rins as well as wild card Remy Gardner will be sporting a special 'historical' livery on the Sunday, giving motorsports fans something extra to anticipate this race weekend.
Quartararo is looking forward to stepping aboard his YZR-M1 once more. After some weeks of relaxing and training, he is ready to start the second half of the 2024 season with renewed energy. He is currently 15th and on the hunt for championship points. The Frenchman really enjoys riding the Silverstone Circuit, as testified by his 2021 premier class victory there.
Rins arrives in the UK holding 21st place in the championship standings. A tough first half of the season ended with the Yamaha man having to undergo surgery after a highside in the Dutch GP Race which subsequently had him sit out the German GP. Having made a full recovery, Rins is determined to put on a good show this weekend. The Spaniard knows the Silverstone circuit well, which is evident from his résumé. He secured second place in Moto3 in 2013 and a win in the same class in 2014. He followed it up with second place in 2015 in Moto2, a victory in the premier class in 2019, and a second place in MotoGP in 2021.
In 2023, MotoGP moves back to the international paddock at the Silverstone track. The races are run in the same clockwise direction as before, but in the current layout Abbey is Turn 1 and Club is last. Counting 18 corners and with a total length of 5.9 km, Silverstone is the longest track on the MotoGP calendar. It was added in 2010 but has a racing history of over sixty years. Thanks to innovations and investments, the circuit became one of the fastest tracks on the calendar and has earned high praise from the riders.
Due to Silverstone being situated in a different time zone, the schedule for the British GP slightly differs from the usual Central European Grand Prix timetable. FP1 will take place on Friday from 10:45 – 11:30 and PR from 15:00 – 16:00 local track time (GMT+1). On Saturday FP2 will be held from 10:10 – 10:40, followed by Q1 and Q2 from 10:50 – 11:30. The Sprint in the afternoon starts at 15:00. On Sunday, Warm Up will be staged from 09:40 – 09:50, and the Race is scheduled to start at 13:00 local track time.