Mathew Scholtz on a Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R9 led from start to finish to win Saturday’s MotoAmerica Supersport race at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen inherited second after Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott crashed. Cameron Peterson on the Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse Ducati finished third, ahead of Blake Davis on the second Strack Yamaha and Kayla Yaakov on another Rahal Ducati.
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Alessandro Di Mario took his Robem Engineering Aprilia RS660 to a clear win in Saturday’s MotoAmerica SC-Project Twins Cup race at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Levi Badie pushed his Karns/TST Industries Suzuki past the RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki of Matthew Chapin for second. Hank Vossberg was fourth on another Robem Engineering Aprilia, and Seth Dahmer was fifth on the Altus Motorsports Suzuki GSX-8R.
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Kara Knebel won the first of three MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. races scheduled for this weekend at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Knebel finished 7.522 seconds ahead of Shea MacGregor, who was 0.071 seconds ahead of polesitter Miranda Cain. Kate West finished fourth, ahead of Camille Conrad in fifth.
Andy DiBrino kept his perfect streak at The Ridge Motorsports Park over the weekend intact, taking pole on Saturday for the MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan class on his Competition Werkes Triumph. Saddlemen Race Development Harley-Davidson riders Jake Lewis and Cory West were second and third, with KWR Harley-Davidson’s James Rispoli in fourth, ahead of Saddlemen’s Travis Wyman.
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Attack Performance Progressive Insurance Yamaha’s Jake Gagne made it a clean sweep of the MotoAmerica Superbike practice and qualifying sessions at The Ridge Motorsports Park, taking pole position for the the weekend’s races. Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Josh Herrin was second, ahead of Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier, with Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante fourth and Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim fifth.
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Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz crashed out of Saturday’s MotoAmerica Supersport qualifying session, but his time from Friday’s session was quick enough to earn him pole at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen was second, with Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott third and Rahal Ducati’s Kayla Yaakov fourth. Strack Racing’s Blake Davis completed the top five.
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Alessandro Di Mario had a huge crash in qualifying but still put his Robem Engineering Aprilia on pole in MotoAmerica Twins Cup competition on Saturday at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Levi Badie on the Karns/TST Industries Suzuki was second, Avery Dreher on the Bad Boys Racing Aprilia third, with Matthew Chapin fourth on the RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki and Sean Ungvarsky fifth on the Kock Racing Suzuki.
UPDATE: MotoAmerica revised qualifying to reflect three DQs in parc ferme.
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Miranda Cain took the MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. pole position on Saturday at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Kira Knebel was second ahead of Shea MacGregor, with Cassie Creer fourth and Camille Conrad fifth.
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Marc Marquez won the MotoGP Tissot Sprint race Saturday afternoon at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the six-time MotoGP World Champion won the 13-lap race by 0.351 second.
Alex Marquez was the runner-up on his BK8 Gresini Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
Marco Bezzecchi finished third on Aprilia Racing RS-GP25.
Fabio Di Giannantonio took fourth on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Ducati Desmosedici GP25.
Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez’s teammate, crossed the finish line fifth.
Polesitter, Fabio Quartararo crashed his Monster Energy Yamaha YZR-M1.
Marc Marquez leads the championship with 282 points, 43 ahead of Alex Marquez who has 239 points. Bagnaia is third with 165 points.
Classification Sprint race motogp
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Marc Marquez fends off Alex Marquez for Assen Sprint glory. The #93 beats his chief title rival by 0.3s as Bezzecchi earns his first Saturday podium of the year.
Tissot Sprint victory number nine of the season is in the books for Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) after the #93 got to the front early doors on Saturday at the Motul Grand Prix of the Netherlands, and then he managed to keep Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) behind. The latter claims another silver medal on Saturday as the brothers cross the line just 0.351s apart, and joining them on the Sprint rostrum was Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing).
Story of the Sprint
It was a brilliant start from pole for Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) as Marc Marquez got away just as he’d have hoped. The Yamaha and factory Ducati went into Turn 1 side by side, it was tight, and because he was on the outside, Marquez was slightly wide and had to come back onto the track over the curb. That then meant it was tight between Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), but the former stayed in P2.
And then, by the end of Lap 1 at the GT Chicane, the title race leader was the Sprint leader after carving up the inside of Quartararo. Alex Marquez quickly followed his brother through and then Bezzecchi was also past the polesitter.
At the start of Lap 5, the Sprint had settled down a tad, but Alex Marquez was looking eager to pass the #93. Bezzecchi was 0.3s away in P3, Quartararo was a further 0.5s away from the RS-GP and had Pecco and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) for close company. And the latter, who had not long set the fastest lap of the Sprint, attacked Pecco at Turn 5 on Lap 6. It wasn’t a move that stuck, but it was a warning shot for the recent king of Assen.
Half a lap later, Di Giannantonio was through on Pecco at the GT Chicane. The top six were split by 1.5s on Lap 7 of 13, but it was still Marc Marquez leading the chase. It was as you were at the front with four laps to go, but Pecco had now lost touch on the top five.
Then, Quartararo was down. Turn 10 was the place as the YZR-M1’s front end washed away from underneath the Frenchman after he’d just fired in his fastest lap of the Sprint. That gave Bezzecchi some breathing space in P3, the Italian was 0.8s clear of Di Giannantonio with three laps to go.
Last lap time. 0.2s split the top two, with Bezzecchi 0.7s further down. Could Alex find a way through on Marc? There was no way through in the first three sectors, so it was all coming down to the GT Chicane. And boasting enough of a gap, there was no getting by the six-time MotoGP World Champion. A ninth Sprint win of the season came the way of the #93 in what has been the most difficult weekend of his year so far.
The points scorers on Saturday
Di Giannantonio finished just over a second away from Bezzecchi in P4, with Bagnaia having to settle for a low-key P5 on Saturday – the Italian will be hunting more on Sunday afternoon. Top KTM honours went the way of Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3) in P6, as Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) collected P7 despite having to take a Long Lap penalty on the final lap for exceeding track limits. The final two points-paying positions belonged to Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) in P8 and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) in P9.
Next: Grand Prix Sunday
Another Saturday, another gold medal for Marc Marquez. But with 1.2s covering the podium and the likes of Quartararo and Bagnaia hungry for much, Sunday is well worth tuning in for – as always.
Diogo Moreira earned pole position during Moto2 World Championship qualifying Saturday at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Riding his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Brazilian rider turned a 1:34.777 to top the field of 28 riders.
Ivan Ortola was second-best with a 1:34.849 on his QJMOTOR – Frinsa – MSI Boscoscuro.
Manuel Gonzalez claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:34.985 on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.
Row-two qualifiers included Aron Canet on his Fantic Racing Lino Sonego Kalex (1:35.000), Albert Arenas on his ITALJET Gresini Kalex (1:35.053) and Canet’s teammate, Barry Baltus (1:35.145).
American Joe Roberts finished Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session 8th with a best time of 1:35.255 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
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More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Moreira stuns again to grab third pole in a row. The Brazilian’s run of Saturday glory continues – can he convert it into a win on third time of asking?
Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) has taken a third pole position in a row thanks to a stunning new lap record at the Motul GP of the Netherlands, so the question is asked anew: can he convert it into a first Moto2™ win? So far he’s just come up short. Trying to stop him on the front row will be Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI), the rookie impressing late on to get within 0.072s of pole, with Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) completing the front row.
Moreira was on top before being pipped by Mugello duelling partner Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) to knock him off provisional pole, but the Brazilian hit back late on in the session. Canet was pushed off the front row by the flag, and had also got caught up in the headline drama of the Q2 session. He was right behind an incident between Alonso Lopez (Folladore SpeedRS Team) and Filip Salač (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) that saw the Czech rider head to the medical centre and Lopez head off into the gravel, staying upright at least.
Behind Moreira, Ortola, Gonzalez and Canet, the latter heading up Row 2, Mugello podium finisher Albert Arenas (Italjet Gresini Moto2) lines up P5 ahead of Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego), with Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP), Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing) and Dani Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) next up.
Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completes the top ten, denying Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) as the Brit looks for more on Sunday.
Find full Moto2 qualifying results here and come back to see if Moreira can make history on Sunday!
Mathew Scholtz on a Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R9 led from start to finish to win Saturday’s MotoAmerica Supersport race at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen inherited second after Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott crashed. Cameron Peterson on the Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse Ducati finished third, ahead of Blake Davis on the second Strack Yamaha and Kayla Yaakov on another Rahal Ducati.
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Alessandro Di Mario took his Robem Engineering Aprilia RS660 to a clear win in Saturday’s MotoAmerica SC-Project Twins Cup race at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Levi Badie pushed his Karns/TST Industries Suzuki past the RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki of Matthew Chapin for second. Hank Vossberg was fourth on another Robem Engineering Aprilia, and Seth Dahmer was fifth on the Altus Motorsports Suzuki GSX-8R.
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Kara Knebel won the first of three MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. races scheduled for this weekend at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Knebel finished 7.522 seconds ahead of Shea MacGregor, who was 0.071 seconds ahead of polesitter Miranda Cain. Kate West finished fourth, ahead of Camille Conrad in fifth.
Andy DiBrino kept his perfect streak at The Ridge Motorsports Park over the weekend intact, taking pole on Saturday for the MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan class on his Competition Werkes Triumph. Saddlemen Race Development Harley-Davidson riders Jake Lewis and Cory West were second and third, with KWR Harley-Davidson’s James Rispoli in fourth, ahead of Saddlemen’s Travis Wyman.
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Attack Performance Progressive Insurance Yamaha’s Jake Gagne made it a clean sweep of the MotoAmerica Superbike practice and qualifying sessions at The Ridge Motorsports Park, taking pole position for the the weekend’s races. Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Josh Herrin was second, ahead of Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier, with Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante fourth and Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim fifth.
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Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz crashed out of Saturday’s MotoAmerica Supersport qualifying session, but his time from Friday’s session was quick enough to earn him pole at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto/Xpel’s PJ Jacobsen was second, with Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott third and Rahal Ducati’s Kayla Yaakov fourth. Strack Racing’s Blake Davis completed the top five.
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Alessandro Di Mario had a huge crash in qualifying but still put his Robem Engineering Aprilia on pole in MotoAmerica Twins Cup competition on Saturday at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Levi Badie on the Karns/TST Industries Suzuki was second, Avery Dreher on the Bad Boys Racing Aprilia third, with Matthew Chapin fourth on the RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki and Sean Ungvarsky fifth on the Kock Racing Suzuki.
UPDATE: MotoAmerica revised qualifying to reflect three DQs in parc ferme.
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Miranda Cain took the MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. pole position on Saturday at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Kira Knebel was second ahead of Shea MacGregor, with Cassie Creer fourth and Camille Conrad fifth.
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Marc Marquez won the MotoGP Tissot Sprint race Saturday afternoon at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the six-time MotoGP World Champion won the 13-lap race by 0.351 second.
Alex Marquez was the runner-up on his BK8 Gresini Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
Marco Bezzecchi finished third on Aprilia Racing RS-GP25.
Fabio Di Giannantonio took fourth on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Ducati Desmosedici GP25.
Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez’s teammate, crossed the finish line fifth.
Polesitter, Fabio Quartararo crashed his Monster Energy Yamaha YZR-M1.
Marc Marquez leads the championship with 282 points, 43 ahead of Alex Marquez who has 239 points. Bagnaia is third with 165 points.
Classification Sprint race motogp
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Marc Marquez fends off Alex Marquez for Assen Sprint glory. The #93 beats his chief title rival by 0.3s as Bezzecchi earns his first Saturday podium of the year.
Tissot Sprint victory number nine of the season is in the books for Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) after the #93 got to the front early doors on Saturday at the Motul Grand Prix of the Netherlands, and then he managed to keep Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) behind. The latter claims another silver medal on Saturday as the brothers cross the line just 0.351s apart, and joining them on the Sprint rostrum was Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing).
Story of the Sprint
It was a brilliant start from pole for Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) as Marc Marquez got away just as he’d have hoped. The Yamaha and factory Ducati went into Turn 1 side by side, it was tight, and because he was on the outside, Marquez was slightly wide and had to come back onto the track over the curb. That then meant it was tight between Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), but the former stayed in P2.
And then, by the end of Lap 1 at the GT Chicane, the title race leader was the Sprint leader after carving up the inside of Quartararo. Alex Marquez quickly followed his brother through and then Bezzecchi was also past the polesitter.
At the start of Lap 5, the Sprint had settled down a tad, but Alex Marquez was looking eager to pass the #93. Bezzecchi was 0.3s away in P3, Quartararo was a further 0.5s away from the RS-GP and had Pecco and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) for close company. And the latter, who had not long set the fastest lap of the Sprint, attacked Pecco at Turn 5 on Lap 6. It wasn’t a move that stuck, but it was a warning shot for the recent king of Assen.
Half a lap later, Di Giannantonio was through on Pecco at the GT Chicane. The top six were split by 1.5s on Lap 7 of 13, but it was still Marc Marquez leading the chase. It was as you were at the front with four laps to go, but Pecco had now lost touch on the top five.
Then, Quartararo was down. Turn 10 was the place as the YZR-M1’s front end washed away from underneath the Frenchman after he’d just fired in his fastest lap of the Sprint. That gave Bezzecchi some breathing space in P3, the Italian was 0.8s clear of Di Giannantonio with three laps to go.
Last lap time. 0.2s split the top two, with Bezzecchi 0.7s further down. Could Alex find a way through on Marc? There was no way through in the first three sectors, so it was all coming down to the GT Chicane. And boasting enough of a gap, there was no getting by the six-time MotoGP World Champion. A ninth Sprint win of the season came the way of the #93 in what has been the most difficult weekend of his year so far.
The points scorers on Saturday
Di Giannantonio finished just over a second away from Bezzecchi in P4, with Bagnaia having to settle for a low-key P5 on Saturday – the Italian will be hunting more on Sunday afternoon. Top KTM honours went the way of Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3) in P6, as Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) collected P7 despite having to take a Long Lap penalty on the final lap for exceeding track limits. The final two points-paying positions belonged to Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) in P8 and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) in P9.
Next: Grand Prix Sunday
Another Saturday, another gold medal for Marc Marquez. But with 1.2s covering the podium and the likes of Quartararo and Bagnaia hungry for much, Sunday is well worth tuning in for – as always.
Diogo Moreira earned pole position during Moto2 World Championship qualifying Saturday at TT Assen Circuit, in the Netherlands. Riding his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Brazilian rider turned a 1:34.777 to top the field of 28 riders.
Ivan Ortola was second-best with a 1:34.849 on his QJMOTOR – Frinsa – MSI Boscoscuro.
Manuel Gonzalez claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:34.985 on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.
Row-two qualifiers included Aron Canet on his Fantic Racing Lino Sonego Kalex (1:35.000), Albert Arenas on his ITALJET Gresini Kalex (1:35.053) and Canet’s teammate, Barry Baltus (1:35.145).
American Joe Roberts finished Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session 8th with a best time of 1:35.255 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
QualifyingResults moto2
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Moreira stuns again to grab third pole in a row. The Brazilian’s run of Saturday glory continues – can he convert it into a win on third time of asking?
Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) has taken a third pole position in a row thanks to a stunning new lap record at the Motul GP of the Netherlands, so the question is asked anew: can he convert it into a first Moto2™ win? So far he’s just come up short. Trying to stop him on the front row will be Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI), the rookie impressing late on to get within 0.072s of pole, with Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) completing the front row.
Moreira was on top before being pipped by Mugello duelling partner Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) to knock him off provisional pole, but the Brazilian hit back late on in the session. Canet was pushed off the front row by the flag, and had also got caught up in the headline drama of the Q2 session. He was right behind an incident between Alonso Lopez (Folladore SpeedRS Team) and Filip Salač (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) that saw the Czech rider head to the medical centre and Lopez head off into the gravel, staying upright at least.
Behind Moreira, Ortola, Gonzalez and Canet, the latter heading up Row 2, Mugello podium finisher Albert Arenas (Italjet Gresini Moto2) lines up P5 ahead of Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego), with Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP), Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing) and Dani Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) next up.
Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completes the top ten, denying Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) as the Brit looks for more on Sunday.
Find full Moto2 qualifying results here and come back to see if Moreira can make history on Sunday!
