With the deal now finalised, the Thai Grand Prix will be staged in Buriram, north east of Bangkok, from 2018 - with the initial deal sealing it as a fixture until 2020. 

"We are happy that MotoGP is coming to Thailand and you can see that this is a very good deal for everyone, and all the stakeholders in motorsport fully support it." Said General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand.

"Even though they are competitors, they have all come together and would like MotoGP to happen in Thailand. We would like to say thank you the circuit of Buriram and to Carmelo, and thank you to the media."

"There are a lot of media here today, and that means that a lot of people will be very interested in the race. It is a challenge for Thailand to be the host of MotoGP, but beyond the circuit, it will also be good for infrastructure of Thailand – to upgrade the airport, to get ready for everyone to go to the circuit."

"Not only for Buriram, but also the area and the north eastern part of Thailand. They welcome this major event to the north east, and believe the economic and the tourist impact will be very good for Thailand. Thank you to Dorna Sports, for coming to Thailand with MotoGP." He added

"Today the Sports Authority of Thailand and Dorna Sports signed the contract for the Grand Prix of Thailand to be at the circuit in Buriram from 2018 to 2020." Said Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO Dorna Sports.

"Thailand is a big consumer of bikes also and they are happy to use MotoGP to develop tourism here in Thailand. We are very proud to have made this agreement with the Thai government."

"The races here so far have been Superbike – who will also renew the contract in the near future – and we see that there’s a lot of expectation. MotoGP has had a lot of interest in Thailand, and it’s sure to be a Grand Prix with a lot of interest from everyone."

"We need to fix some of the dates but the calendar is finished, and I hope we can soon announce the draft calendar for 2018". concluded Ezpeleta.

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Pramac's Scott Redding has some good form at Silverstone, including a Moto2 race win in 2013 and an incredible podium battle with Marc Marquez the year before, with 2017 proving another good result to add to his record at the track despite being more unexpected after a tough weekend.

Struggling a little throughout practice and expecting a hard fight to crack into the top ten, Sunday was a different story - and a faster one. Finding some changes helped for the race and getting into the rhythm, Redding powered to P8 over the line for another good finish at his home GP.

"I’m really, really happy with the result in the race, I didn’t expect that. We struggled a lot all weekend and I pushed hard all the weekend but I never felt comfortable." He said

"I struggled a lot with the front tyres and even in Warm Up I wasn’t in a good, confident position but we made some changes for the race."

"It started to work, I had quite good grip from the beginning so I could get the rhythm. So in the end I was happy with the end result." added Redding

"We worked hard and it wasn’t looking good until the race, we were thinking if we could get top ten it would be a good job. So to end up with this, we’re really happy."

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Pedrosa had been on a run of seven podiums in the last nine races before Silverstone and will now look to continue that trend at Misano – where he destroyed the field in 2016 for a historic win, entering the record books as having taken at least one win a year for 16 consecutive seasons.

"The whole weekend has been quite difficult for us at this track, but the team tried to give me the best bike possible and I tried to do my best in the race." He said

"I really gave it my all and actually my pace was better than in the practices, almost one second faster compared to the rest of the weekend."

"Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough to stay with the front group, but I’ll take the positive part—the fact that we managed to improve a little." Added Pedrosa

"We have the same gap to the top in the Championship, so we’ll put this race behind us and work to be stronger and to fight at the front in the next races."