The 2021 world champion came into the weekend with a twisted ankle and fractured toe after an accident while running in Amsterdam in the build-up to the event. After securing a podium in the sprint on Saturday, Quartararo’s Dutch GP took a turn for the worse as he further displaced that fracture with a crash […]
Bezzecchi defeated Francesco Bagnaia to win the sprint race on Saturday, when both riders ran a soft rear tyre, but he had to give best to the factory Ducati in the longer, hotter Dutch Grand Prix at Assen, when most of the field took the medium rear tyre. “Pecco was a bit stronger than me […]
The factory Ducati rider held off sprint race winner Marco Bezzecchi to avenge Saturday’s contest, in which Bagnaia had had to settle for second. As Bagnaia celebrated an increased points lead of 35 points over Jorge Martin and 36 over Bezzecchi, Aprilia enjoyed a podium finish for Aleix Espargaro. The Sunday race began in similar […]
The Yamaha rider enjoyed a morale-boosting podium in Saturday’s sprint race, despite finishing fourth on the road behind KTM’s Brad Binder, as he was promoted to third following a track limits penalty for the South African. “That was the only way for me to overtake Brad,” joked the French rider after what was just his […]
Quartararo has enjoyed a lot of success at the TT Circuit Assen in his grand prix career, scoring podiums in all three classes of the world championship. In 2021, he scorched to victory at the venue on his way to that year’s title and was a factor in the podium battle last year before crashing […]
This follows Brad Binder’s demotion from third to fifth in today’s sprint race, after the KTM rider ventured just a fraction onto ‘the green’ exiting the right-hander at Stekkenwal. Due to the penalty being issued so late in the race, three seconds were added to his finishing time in lieu of a long-lap penalty. Asked […]
The Italian wasn’t angry about the incident in Q1, which took place well off the racing line, where Bastianini was trying to stay out of the way after aborting his lap due to a mistake. Marquez was on a similar line and failed to spot the cruising Ducati in time to avoid ploughing into the […]
The Honda factory rider returned to MotoGP action at Assen after withdrawing from the last round at the Sachsenring following five crashes during the weekend that left him with multiple fractures. Marquez crashed into Enea Bastianini during Q1 in an incident he later apologised for, and was unable to progress from his 17th position on […]
Although VR46 rider Bezzecchi briefly lost the lead from pole position, the man who had dominated the entire weekend was soon back past Bagnaia’s factory machine. The world champion, who had started second, had no answer. The result consolidates Bezzecchi’s hold on third in the standings, with Bagnaia still leading Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin. Bagnaia’s advantage has […]
Having been fastest in all three practice sessions, Bezzecchi beat Ducati factory rider Francesco Bagnaia and his own team-mate Luca Marini as the Italian marque sealed the front row. The Pramac Ducati team had a terrible start to Q2, with Johann Zarco wheeling an apparently hobbled bike away from the track and Jorge Martin losing […]