Silverstone Moto3: Binder edges closer to title with victory

Starting on the front row, Binder spent the whole race fighting within the leading group.

He was leading with two laps to go, but was demoted by Red Bull Ajo teammate Bo Bendsneyder, who started the final lap in the lead.

However, the South African slipstreamed his way past at Stowe and completed the final lap to win.

Pole-sitter and early race leader Francesco Bagnaia also passed Bendsneyder to take second, 0.183s behind Binder at the finsh - the Mahindra rider claiming his fifth podium finish of the season.

Bendsneyder, on the other hand, celebrated his first top three finish, just a tenth further back.

Wildcard Mahindra entrant Stefano Manzi had the standout race of his career in fourth, with 12th being his previous top result.

The 17-year-old Italian started from 34th, but worked his way up to be part of the leading group in the second part of the race.

Manzi's race wasn't without controversy however, as he was involved in a late-race incident with Navarro, as the duo touched when the Spaniard attempted to overtake him at Vale.

The contact resulted in Navarro falling, all but ending his title hopes, and collecting Andrea Migno.

Sky Racing Team's Niccolo Bulega took fifth ahead of fellow Italians Fabio Di Giannantonio, Niccolo Antonelli and Enea Bastianini, the latter settling for eighth despite fighting at the front in the beginning.

Spaniards Aron Canet and Joan Mir completed a tightly bunched top 10 split by just 1.193s.

Behind Binder, the race for second in the points is now hotting up, with Navarro (118) holding a narrow advantage over Bagnaia (110), Bastianini (102) and Bulega (100).

Race results

Cla	Driver	Bike	Time	Gap
1	Brad Binder	KTM	38'39.142
2	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	38'39.325	0.183
3	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	38'39.478	0.336
4	Stefano Manzi	Mahindra	38'39.929	0.787
5	Nicolo Bulega	KTM	38'39.944	0.802
6	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	38'40.025	0.883
7	Niccolo Antonelli	Honda	38'40.062	0.920
8	Enea Bastianini	Honda	38'40.158	1.016
9	Aron Canet	Honda	38'40.551	1.409
10	Joan Mir	KTM	38'40.335	1.193
11	Jorge Martin	Mahindra	38'40.766	1.624
12	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	38'41.542	2.400
13	Philipp Ottl	KTM	38'47.727	8.585
14	Jules Danilo	Honda	38'51.949	12.807
15	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	38'51.981	12.839
16	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	38'52.027	12.885
17	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	38'52.316	13.174
18	John McPhee	Peugeot	38'52.358	13.216
19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	KTM	38'52.468	13.326
20	Hiroki Ono	Honda	38'56.105	16.963
21	Livio Loi	Honda	39'11.539	32.397
22	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	39'18.267	39.125
23	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	39'18.282	39.140
24	Adam Norrodin	Honda	39'18.399	39.257
25	Marco Bezzecchi	Mahindra	39'18.556	39.414
26	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	39'18.658	39.516
27	Maria Herrera	KTM	39'18.856	39.714
28	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	39'30.821	51.679
29	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	39'49.012	1'09.870
30	Andrea Migno	KTM	40'11.882	1'32.740
	Jorge Navarro	Honda	34'07.398	2 Laps
	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	35'44.717	2 Laps
	Marcos Ramirez	Mahindra	32'48.589	3 Laps
	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	11'34.027	12 Laps
	Albert Arenas	Peugeot