- 2024-06-30
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MotoGP Dutch GP: Francesco Bagnaia Takes Pole Position & Wins Sprint Race at Assen
The Round 8 of MotoGP 2024, Motul TT Assen took place at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on June 29, 2024.
In Qualifying, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) took his first pole position of the season with a lap record 1m30.540s.
Jorge Martin (Pramac Ducati) was 2nd behind Francesco Bagnaia by 0.081s. But he has been handed a three-place grid penalty for Sunday's race. He was adjudged to have been riding slowly on the racing line and disturbing Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia) in Q2.
Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing) completed the top three, 0.330s further back.
Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) was 4th ahead of Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati). His team-mate and brother Marc Marquez (Gresini Ducati) crashed late on to end up 7th.
Franco Morbidelli (Pramac Ducati) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) will start on the 3rd row tomorrow.
In the Sprint Race, Francesco Bagnaia took back-to-back wins following Italian GP.
He dominated the race and led from start to finish in the 13-lap.
Jorge Martin finished in 2nd and Maverick Vinales was 3rd.
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo) rallied from 11th to finish in 4th place ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Brad Binder.
Alex Marquez received a long lap penalty for track limits and finished in 8th. So Fabio Quartararo (Monster Yamaha) was promoted to 7th.
Franco Morbidelli(Pramac Ducati) was 9th and got the final sprint race point.
Marc Marquez crashed out on lap 2, and Aleix Espargaro crashed out on the final lap while fighting for 5th.
Francesco Bagnaia said, “I feel fantastic. I love this track. I topped every session until now so anything more than this is impossible. We still have tomorrow which is the main target so it will be important to make the same start and try to control the race. Today wasn't easy because Martin was really strong at the start so I pushed a lot but I was trying to understand the rear tyre and whether it is possible to race with the soft tomorrow. I did the maximum and the bike is working perfectly. It's something that we built on in the last races and it's working super well. As soon as I started [the race] I started to push a lot to build an advantage. I finished the first lap with 0.4s and then I just tried to push a bit but under control. It was easy to make mistakes today with the temperature and the tyres were quite difficult to manage. But the pace was incredible. I did a 1m 32s on the last lap, otherwise it was the perfect race under the 32s.”
Motul TT Assen Qualifying Results- Francesco Bagnaia / Ducati Lenovo / 1'30.540s
- Jorge Martin / Pramac Ducati / +0.081s
- Maverick Vinales / Aprilia Racing / +0.411s
- Alex Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +0.439s
- Aleix Espargaro / Aprilia Racing / +0.537s
- Fabio Di Giannantonio / VR46 Ducati / +0.734s
- Marc Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +0.838s
- Franco Morbidelli / Pramac Ducati / +0.865s
- Brad Binder / Red Bull KTM / +0.939s
- Pedro Acosta / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / +0.942s
- Enea Bastianini / Ducati Lenovo / +1.088s
- Raul Fernandez / Trackhouse Aprilia / +1.388s
- Fabio Quartararo / Monster Yamaha / 1'31.62s
- Jack Miller / Red Bull KTM / 1'31.903s
- Marco Bezzecchi / VR46 Ducati / 1'31.997s
- Alex Rins / Monster Yamaha / 1'32.108s
- Miguel Oliveira / Trackhouse Aprilia / 1'32.123s
- Lorenzo Savadori / Aprilia Racing / 1'32.243s
- Johann Zarco / LCR Honda / 1'32.26s
- Joan Mir / Repsol Honda / 1'32.497s
- Luca Marini / Repsol Honda / 1'32.627s
- Augusto Fernandez / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / 1'32.669s
- Takaaki Nakagami / LCR Honda / 1'33.03s
Motul TT Assen Sprint Race Results- Francesco Bagnaia / Ducati Lenovo / 19m 58.09s
- Jorge Martin / Pramac Ducati / +2.355s
- Maverick Vinales / Aprilia Racing / +4.103s
- Enea Bastianini / Ducati Lenovo / +6.377s
- Fabio Di Giannantonio / VR46 Ducati / +8.869s
- Brad Binder / Red Bull KTM / +9.727s
- Fabio Quartararo / Monster Yamaha / +10.828s
- Alex Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +13.196s
- Franco Morbidelli / Pramac Ducati / +13.560s
- Pedro Acosta / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / +15.972s
- Marco Bezzecchi / VR46 Ducati / +16.036s
- Miguel Oliveira / Trackhouse Aprilia / +16.082s
- Jack Miller / Red Bull KTM / +18.739s
- Joan Mir / Repsol Honda / +21.791s
- Augusto Fernandez / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / +22.450s
- Johann Zarco / LCR Honda / +23.690s
- Raul Fernandez / Trackhouse Aprilia / +24.430s
- Takaaki Nakagami / LCR Honda / +29.568s
- Alex Rins / Monster Yamaha / +23.553s
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