The Silverstone round of the MotoGP championship promised some surprises, but nothing was more surprising than seeing Marc Marquez's engine failure - that is the first time in a decade that a Honda engine has given way in a MotoGP race. With Rossi leading the way at that point, it seemed like The Doctor would go into the championship lead as well, but Dovizioso had other plans. With his fourth win in the season, he now leads the championship from Marquez by a slim margin of nine points. Given below is the riders championship standings after the British round of MotoGP.
1. Andrea Dovizioso, 183 points (+1 position)
2.Marc Marquez, 174 points (-1 position)
3. Maverick Vinales, 170 points
4. Valentino Rossi, 157 points
5. Dani Pedrosa, 148 points
6. Johann Zarco, 109 points
7. Jorge Lorenzo, 90 points
8. Cal Crutchlow, 89 points (+1 position)
9. Jonas Folger, 77 points (-1 position)
10. Danilo Petrucci, 75 points
11. Alvaro Bautista, 58 points
12. Scott Redding, 45 points (+3 positions)
13. Aleix Espargaro, 43 points (-1 position)
14. Jack Miller, 43 points (-1 position)
15. Loriz Baz, 39 points
16. Andrea Iannone, 33 points
17. Karel Abraham, 28 points
18. Tito Rabat, 27 points
19. Pol Espargaro, 26 points (+1 position)
20. Hector Barbera, 23 points (-1 position)
21. Alex Rins, 19 points
22. Bradley Smith, 8 points
23. Michele Pirro, 7 points
24. Sam Lowes, 2 points
25. Sylvain Guintoli, 1 point
