MotoGP riders have given multiple reasons for the high attrition race in the British Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
From 23 starters, only 16 riders finished the Silverstone MotoGP race, an attrition rate that has multiple factors according to the riders themselves.<\/p>\n
16th is the joint-second-lowest number of finishers in a MotoGP race this season, with France, Hungary, and the Netherlands also only having 16 finishers. Only Germany had less with 15.<\/p>\n
Of those four, Augusto Fernandez \u2013 the only rider to have wildcarded in 2026 as most factories wind down their development on the 1,000cc MotoGP bikes, or in Ducati\u2019s case are prohibited from entering wildcards by their concessions tier \u2013 was only at one, Assen, meaning Britain (where Fernandez was also a wildcard), Germany, and the Netherlands have all had seven retirements each.<\/p>\n
There were many causes for this at Silverstone, Pol Espargaro thinks, including tyres and track temperature.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, the track was hotter than normal to be here in Silverstone,\u201d Espargaro explained after the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe front tyre was a bit on the limit, on the edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you plus that there is a lot of degradation on the rear, plus the medium tyre is for sure harder than the soft yesterday, so you have less support, the front is pushing more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, all the crashes were pretty much the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack Miller was less sure about the cause, but he felt the track was \u201cmore slippery\u201d on Sunday than earlier in the weekend, which he felt contributed to the number of crashes<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a little bit slipperier, a little bit more slippery today,\u201d the Pramac Yamaha rider said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether that's from temperature or Moto2 or whatever \u2013 obviously everyone being on the mediums.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s a long old race this one at Silverstone and this year especially it was even harder to keep the tyres under the thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you see with all of the crashes and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n
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