Silverstone Circuit Spotlight: Expert Analysis and Betting Picks

It is always great for a team or an individual to get out to a fast start to the season. The problem here is that while you can pad those starts early, maintaining that level all the way to the end is far easier said than done. After 8 races of the 2023 MotoGP season, we have a clear leader at the top of the racer standings, but we still have 12 races to come this year, so no one is going to be popping the champagne corks just yet. This weekend, the racers will be in Great Britain for the next race on the schedule, with those sitting off the pace looking to cut into the gap at the top. Let’s take a quick look at the current top 4 racers, how they got there, and how they might perform this weekend to bet on the MotoGP.

MotoGP Betting Analysis for British Grand Prix

When: Sunday, August 6 at 8:00 am ET
Where: Silverstone Circuit, UK
TV / Streaming: CNBC

Francesco Bagnaia

Last season, Bagnaia won the World Championship at this level for the first time, getting there by amassing 265 points throughout the season. We are just 8 races in, and he already has 194 points to his name. He has 4 wins and a 2nd place finish to this point, but he was also forced to retire in a pair of races, which makes you wonder just how high his point total might be now if he had managed to pick up and kind of points in those 2 races. The question now is whether or not he can maintain this pace and repeat as champion, but you do have to think that he has a good shot at win #5 this weekend, as he won this race last season.

Jorge Martin

As it stands heading into the weekend, Martin is the closest challenger to the leader, racking up 159 points thus far. That leaves him 35 points out of first place, but also just 1 point ahead of Bezzecchi in 3rd. It’s tight at the top right now, so a bad weekend can be the difference between getting closer to the lead or dropping a spot or two in the standings. Martin does need to find a way to win more races this season, as he has just 1 at this point, although he also has a pair of 2nd place finishes to his name. He ran 5th in this race in 2022.

Marco Bezzecchi

If anyone is to catch Bagnaia and make this an exciting championship race, they are going to need to start racking up the wins. Bezzecchi has been a little hot and cold at times this season, but he has proven that he can win races, and has in fact taken the checkered flag twice already this season. He has a pair of podium finishes besides those wins, but he cannot afford too many more races where he finishes outside the top 5. This is just his 2nd full season at this level, so he has to be happy with how things are going to this point.

Brad Binder

We are starting to see some separation at the top right now, with the top 3 racers beginning to open up a gap on the rest of the racers. Binder is currently sitting 4th overall but he has just 114 points, which leaves him 50+ points out of 3rd. Like we said at the top of this piece, though, there are plenty of races to come and a ton of points still up for grabs. Binder has slowly been improving since coming into MotoGP, but he rarely wins, and went all of last season, as well as the 8 races this year, without a victory. That needs to change quickly.

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