Filip Salac climbed 9 positions to take a battling 7^th place at the GP of the UK while Jake Dixon recovered from a tough opening to finish 11^th.

The British weather relented just in time for the Moto2 race at the GP of the United Kingdom. After serious morning rain, the 5.9km track had dried before the start at 11:15 local time.

Conditions were complicated by the high-speed winds around the south of England, which slowed the overall pace of the race down.

A modest attendance of 40,518 showed up to the Silverstone Circuit on Sunday to watch the 7^th round of the 2025 Moto2 World Championship.

Jake Dixon, 11^th

Launching from 13th, Jake enjoyed a strong start and sat in 11^th after lap 1. Yet he had to take avoiding action when Ivan Ortola crashed around him at Turn 3 on lap 4.

Back in 13^th, the Briton got down to his rhythm and was soon lapping as fast as the leaders. Involved in a frantic 6-rider fight for 6^th, he passed Alonso Lopez on the last lap to take 9^th, just 4.5s back of the victor.

Yet Jake was handed a 3-second penalty after the race finished for contact with Ortola at Turn 3. That meant he dropped 2 places to 11^th.

Jake retains 3^rd place in the overall standings with 82 points to his name, 29 back of leader Manuel Gonzalez.

“It’s been a difficult weekend. The race didn’t pan out as I wanted. I was getting overtaken by a lot of riders and didn’t really have a response. When I was in free air, I was pretty quick. That’s obviously frustrating. But there are positives that we can take and a few things we can work on now to improve for the next few races to try and get us back to the front. But the main thing this weekend didn’t come in the race; it was doing the special helmet livery for little Luca and the Guintoli family to try and raise as much money as possible for the charity of their choice. We’ve raised a lot of money and hopefully we can get the number raised to over 50,000 pounds before the raffle ends. It’s going to a great cause and we’ll have something else going into the raffle. Unfortunately, I didn’t do the helmet justice today and this weekend but the money will be going to help as many people as possible.”

Filip Salac, 7^th

Filip knew a strong start from 16^th on the grid was essential. He duly delivered and made brilliant early progress to sit 8^th by lap 4.

The Czech rider’s rise continued as he sat to 6^th two laps later, heading 5 riders behind. While he lost 1 place with 4 laps to go, 7^th represented an excellent turnaround from Saturday.

Filip’s joint best result of the season sees him move to 12^th in the overall standings with 37 points.

“It was a good day today! I had a good start and took the outside line into Turn 1. At Turn 3 I’m not sure where I was position-wise but I was off line and had a massive near highside, which I was able to save. I’m happy with that as I was able to lead the second group until three laps to go. Then (Celestino) Vietti passed. But the bike was working well. I’m a bit sad we didn’t start further forward because I’m sure we could have stayed with the lead group. We were doing the same lap times as them and the feeling was good and much improved from yesterday. We did another top ten finish, which makes it four in a row since Qatar. I’m happy with this consistency and I’m looking forward to the next one. We have good feelings and I want to get started at Aragon already!”