2024 Monster Energy BRITISH GRAND PRIX
Round 10 of the MotoGP World Championship
August 1 – August 4: Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom
Track length: 3.67 miles / 5.9 kilometers
After a three-week gap between the last race at Sachsenring in Germany and this weekend’s British Grand Prix, Trackhouse Racing arrives to Silverstone with a new aerodynamic upgrade package for its Aprilia RS-GP24 bikes. From the start of track action on Friday, the new specification will used by both Trackhouse team riders, #88 Miguel Oliveira and by #25 Raul Fernandez – bringing him up to the same equipment level as the Aprilia Racing riders, Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales. For Raul, this step represents an opportunity not only for increased performance but, crucially, gives the benefit of sharing the same data sets, providing the engineers more information and seeing directly comparative performance overlays with Miguel and the Aprilia Racing Team.
The new aero package on the RS-GP24’s will be used from the first practice on friday at Silverstone. One of the fastest tracks of the season, the flowing nature of the former airforce base puts an emphasis on efficient aerodynamics and corner stability. With an average lap speed over 110 miles per hour (177 kilometers per hour) Silverstone is also a power circuit with its corners divided between four straights. Clockwise in layout, the lap starts with a challenging right hander leading into a left sweeper before braking to negotiate a tight right-left. Maximum speed into the braking area for the long, over-crest Stowe right is around 211 miles per hour (340 kilometers per hour) and the lap finishes with a heavy braking zone and double right corners leading back onto the start-finish straight. At over 3.6 miles (5.9 kilometers) the riders face 20 laps of Silverstone for Sunday’s main British Grand Prix and half that distance for the Sprint race on Saturday.
#88 Miguel Oliveira comes to Silverstone, from the break since Germany, with good reason to be confident. After a very strong weekend at the Sachsenring, achieving the front row – 2nd place – in Qualifying, Miguel finished 2nd in the Sprint and 6th in the main German Grand Prix, showing real speed and consistency through the weekend. A 4th place finish in the Grand Prix at Silverstone last year and the promise that comes with the aerodynamic upgrade package on his Aprilia RS-GP24 points to the potential for a competitive weekend in England.
Miguel Oliveira: “Silverstone was a good experience for me last year with a very strong result and close to the podium. We come back here after a decent summer break where there was time to rest and to get more in shape for the second half of the season. Therefore, I’m looking forward to reuniting with the team, getting back on the Aprilia with its upgrades and have some fun in Great Britain.”
At Silverstone this weekend, MotoGP celebrates 75 years of the Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship which kicked off at the Isle of Man TT in 1949. It is the oldest motorsport world championship and its place in history will be celebrated on Sunday, for the British Grand Prix, with every team in the MotoGP class running a historically themed livery design on their bikes..
The Motogp action at Silverstone starts with FP1 on friday at 10:45 am, Sprint race (10laps) on saturday at 3:00pm and the 20 laps of the main race on sunday at 1:00pm.