Jorge Martín scores a brilliant double in the Rookies Cup at Silverstone

The rider Jorge Martín took a double win in the promotional cup, the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, at the Silverstone Circuit, so the Madrid native has shown why he is the leader of this championship, and he has done it by dazzling on the British track.

The first race was scheduled for Saturday, but we saw it stopped because of the rain, and we had a new start for all the participants. In the first part of the race, Martín dominated and managed to take the lead, but after five laps the rain arrived and the race was stopped, restarting once the track dried quickly and the storm passed.

This second part of the race was run over five laps, so it was an all-out sprint for everyone, with Martín finally the winner of the event, but it was far from easy, with a lot of fighting for victory, crossing the line just 0.045s ahead of the runner-up, Joan Mir, with Manzi in third place 0.185s behind.

The top 10 was completed by Pagliani in 4th, Ray 5th, Bendsneyder 6th, Gutiérrez 7th, Di Giannantonio 8th, Razgatlioglu 9th and Binder 10th. The rest of our riders were García in 11th.

In the second race, Jorge Martín was phenomenal, he was the clear dominator of the event held on Sunday after the World Motorcycle Championship races at the British track.

Martín once again made a great start, and before completing the first lap he already had a one-second lead; the championship leader then maintained an incredible pace, lowering his lap times until he set a new Cup record of 2’16.953s.

With Martín alone out front, attention turned to the battle behind, with Manzi in 2nd place, although finishing more than five seconds behind the leader. Meanwhile, Bendsneyder completed the podium, staying close to the second-place rider.

The top 10 was completed by Ray 4th, Mir 5th, Di Giannantonio 6th, Simpson 7th, Pagliani 8th, Mihara 9th and Michail 10th. As for our riders, García finished 15th. With these results, Martín extends his lead: he has 205 points, 49 more than Mir, with 75 points still up for grabs in the remaining races of this season.

The first of the three remaining races is at Misano in two weeks, on September 13.

Photo | Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup