A frantic 15-lap Moto3 contest kicked of Sunday’s race action at Silverstone, with Aspar’s David Alonso coming from last on the grid to take a sensational maiden victory.
The Spaniard aced his start from last to get into the lead battle early on and hit the front for the first time on lap six.
He made a decisive move on the last lap into Stowe, outdragging Intact GP’s Ayumu Sasaki and maintained the lead through the final sequence of corners to take the win.
Sasaki held onto second as championship leader Dani Holgado completed the podium.
Ivan Ortola was fourth for the Angeluss MTA team ahead of BOE Motorsports’ David Munoz, CIP’s David Salvador, MT Helmets’ Diogo Moreira, Jose Antonio Rueda (Ajo KTM), Collin Veier (Intact GP) and Snipers Honda’s Romano Fenati.
Early race leader Jaume Masia crashed his Leopard Honda at the Loop and rejoined to finish 18th.
Holgado’s championship lead stands at 22 over Sasaki, with Masia third a further 10 points adrift.