← BACK TO FEATURESFEATURE № B726CE / 2026.08.10

RacingEurope

Finland's Rico Salmela Charges From 19th to 7th in Silverstone Moto3

SOURCE — MOTOUUTISETTAGS — #MotoGP  #Moto3  #Racing  #Europe↗ Read the full story

This is an AI-generated digest of global and domestic motorcycle news. For full details, please read the original article.

Finland's Rico Salmela Charges From 19th to 7th in Silverstone Moto3 — PHOTO — MOTOUUTISET / © Motouutiset↗ View original

Red Bull KTM Tech3's Rico Salmela fought back from a 19th-place start after a Q1 crash to finish seventh in the British GP Moto3 race, moving into eighth with four laps to go before crossing the line 11.759 seconds behind winner David Almansa. The nine points lift him to tenth in the championship on 60 points.

↗ Read the full story

№ 06WRITER'S VIEW

Writer's View

Sergio Higuchi

RACING CORRESPONDENT

55 / Racing · MotoGP

AI Perspective

Sergio HiguchiRacing · MotoGP Commentary

Climbing from 19th to 7th takes precision built lap after lap, corner entry to exit — that's not a fluke. He turned a qualifying crash into a genuine fightback in the race, and I respect that. Moving into eighth with four laps left shows his focus never dropped.