Fabio Quartararo believes Silverstone was simply an unusual MotoGP race, rather than proof of an unpredictable 2026 championship.<\/p>\n
Fabio Quartararo felt there was nothing positive about his Silverstone MotoGP race, even before being demoted from 12th to 16th by a post-race penalty for a technical infringement on his factory Yamaha.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn't have fun at all,\u201d said Quartararo, who had led last year\u2019s British MotoGP until a ride-height device failure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were surviving all the race, not able to push, looking at the others, how fast they were going in the beginning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the front of the field, Raul Fernandez became the twelfth different Silverstone grand prix winner in as many races, while Aprilia completed a top-three sweep of qualifying, Sprint and grand prix.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can see since 2022 when Aleix won [here], it looks like the DNA of the bike is suiting this track a lot. But it's true that they really dominated this GP,\u201d Quartararo said of Aprilia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it's a bike that turns really well in high-speed corners. There are a lot of high-speed corners in this track.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt's true that some tracks you can feel the DNA of some bikes are better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fernandez was also the seventh different grand prix winner of the season.<\/p>\n
Quartararo rejected the suggestion that 2026 has become an unusually unpredictable MotoGP season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it's not weird. I mean we can see that Bezzecchi is back on the podium, Jorge is fast, Raul has been fast lately. Ogura crashed, but for sure he was also really fast," he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I don't think it's a really weird championship. I think that Ducati struggled in this track.\u00a0<\/p>\n
"Last year they also really struggled, if I remember well, in the race. So I don't think it's a weird championship, it's just a race that can happen that is weird.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think at Aragon we will see a red Ducati [Marc Marquez] quite fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Quartararo also expects Aprilia to remain competitive through Aragon\u2019s faster corners.<\/p>\n