Silverstone, United Kingdom 27 August 2017: CIP Mahindra rider Manuel Pagliani claimed his first points of the season in an epically close British Grand Prix today, which was red-flagged with one lap to go, when the 21-year-old Italian was lying 16th.

Silverstone, United Kingdom 27 August 2017: CIP Mahindra rider Manuel Pagliani claimed his first points of the season in an epically close British Grand Prix today, which was red-flagged with one lap to go, when the 21-year-old Italian was lying 16th.

Final results were taken from the end of lap 16 of a scheduled 17, and Pagliani was promoted to 15th, in the points, after another rider was penalised for an infringement. He was an almost notional 0.048 of a second away from 14th place.

Pagliani was the top Mahindra rider, in a trio who had been close throughout and changing places, in a huge pack of more than 20 riders, all within less than three seconds of the front. Riders were constantly swapping back and forth, all within touching distance, and running four or five abreast into the fast corners of the 5.9-km British Grand Prix circuit of Silverstone, the longest and one of the fastest on the calendar.

At the premature finish, Aspar Mahindra Team rider Lorenzo Dalla Porta was 17th, a couple of tenths behind Pagliani, and one tenth and two places ahead of second CIP Mahindra rider Marco Bezzecchi.

Second official Mahindra Aspar rider Albert Arenas finished 26th, a brave ride after having a second heavy crash of the weekend in morning warm-up.

The race was won by Spain’s Aron Canet (Honda).

The next race is the San Marino and Rimini Riviera GP at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, closer to the Italian home base of the only Indian constructor in the championship.