Loris Baz captured pole position during MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Qualifying Two Saturday morning at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R on Dunlop control tires, the tall Frenchman topped the field with a lap time of 1:39.478.
Cameron Petersen was second-best with a lap of 1:39.544 on his Attack Performance/Progressive Yamaha YZF-R1.
Baz’s teammate Josh Herrin secured the third and final spot on the front row with a lap time of 1:39.585.
Bobby Fong, the current Championship point leader, qualified fourth at 1:39.906 on his Wrench Motorcycles Yamaha.
Petersen’s teammate, three-time and defending Champion Jake Gagne was fifth with a 1:39.961.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R rider Xavi Fores was sixth-fastest with a 1:40.002.
Riders qualifying on row three included EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing BMW’s Sean Dylan Kelly (1:40.010), Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier (1:40.327), and Real Steel Motorsports Honda’s Hayden Gillim (1:40.620).
The Motul TT Assen featured crashes, injuries and penalties, but at the end of the day, Ducati maintained its dominant form, with reigning World Champion Francseco Bagnaia topping every practice session, taking pole and leading the Sprint race from start to finish. So far this season, the Bologna manufacturer has won six of the eight Sprint races, as well as six of the seven Grand Prix races. Next year, Ducati will lose two of the bikes it currently fields, as Prima Pramac Racing will become a Yamaha factory team. Yamaha’s plan is to add two more factory bikes to the pair it currently fields to help gather data, test parts and develop the YZR-M1 back to race-winning form. But both Honda and KTM have run four-bike operations in MotoGP for several years, and upstart Pedro Acosta is perhaps the only real bright spot in the Austrian manufacturer’s season so far, while Honda’s RC213V remains nailed to the bottom of the timesheets.
Maverick Vinales. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales has been the biggest threat to Ducati this season, and the Spaniard put his RS-GP on the front row and finished on the podium during the Sprint.
Francesco Bagnaia (1) leads Jorge Martin (89) at the beginning of the Sprint race at Assen. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Francesco Bagnaia crashed out of three straight Sprint races at the beginning of the season and finished on the podium only once in the first six, but has rebounded and taken two consecutive Sprint races. Title contender Jorge Martin received a three-place grid drop for Sunday’s race for riding slowly on the racing line during practice.
Marc Marquez (93) follows Fabio Quartararo (20) at Assen. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Marc Marquez’ first weekend after signing as a factory Ducati rider for 2025 started well, but Saturday was a disaster. An ill-timed lunge during qualifying beneath Aleix Espargaro saw him on the ground and relegated to seventh on the grid, while a mistake in the Sprint resulted in another crash and zero points on Saturday.
Corner workers run toward the tumbling Raul Fernandez during Saturday practice. Photo by Michael Gougis.Dutch rider Collin Veijer suffered a massive highside on the front straight in front of the home fans, and the bike chased him down the straight. He was uninjured, and the time he set prior to crashing was good enough for the front row of the Moto3 grid. Photo by Michael Gougis.Dutch rider Zonta Van Den Goodbergh crashed out of Moto2 qualifying and will start Sunday’s Grand Prix from 14th. Photo by Michael Gougis.
PJ Jacobsen earned pole position during MotoAmerica Supersport Qualifying Two (Q2) Saturday morning at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding his Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL Panigale V2 on Dunlop control tires, the Championship point leader lapped the 2.5-mile course in 1:42.524, topping the field of 28 riders and eclipsing the lap record of 1:42.538 set by Mathew Scholtz on Friday.
Scholtz suffered an oil leak on his Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 during Q2, limiting his track time and performance, but the 1:42.538 he did in Qualifying One on Friday held up as second-best.
Tyler Scott qualified third with a time of 1:42.889 on his Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R750.
Qualifiers on the second row include Rahal Ducati Moto w/Code 3 Associates’ Corey Alexander (1:42.984), Jacobsen’s 17-year-old teammate Kayla Yaakov (1:43.009), and Altus Motorsports Suzuki’s Jake Lewis (1:43.031).
Brian Uriarte scored a sensational victory with a 6th to 5th gear masterstroke on the final, incredible, passing inundated lap of Assen. Taking Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Race 1 in the Netherlands and the Cup lead.
The 15-year-old Spaniard led Rico Salmela (2nd) and Valentin Perrone (3rd) in a flash across the line with just one second covering the top 8 KTMs.
9 riders went into the race needing to perform long lap penalties after issues in practice, mainly slow and inconsiderate riding. This reorganised the lead group in the early laps but the fastest riders like pole man Alvaro Carpe, Salmela and Perrone soon got back to the front.
Carpe fought to hold the lead for much of the race but had shown his cards and got trumped on the final lap.
Uriarte had the answer up his sleeve
“As I said yesterday, there was no plan before the race because it just gets so crazy. I rode a lot on my own in practice and I felt I had a really good flow here. I felt that in the race too, I was really comfortable. I did have a big front wheel slide, saved it, a bit of skill, a good bit of luck.”
“Alvaro was fast through the final section but as I followed him I realised that he was doing the last very fast left-hander in 6th and I was doing it in 5th. That gave me the better drive down to the chicane.”
“I didn’t want to show him earlier, on the last lap I went for it and got in front of him before that. I knew I had it then he would not get past.”
Salmela missed by 0.112 seconds
“It wasn’t easy starting with a long lap penalty but I felt confident all race and I didn’t need to rush to go to the front,” stated the 16-year-old Finn. “I tried to stick with Carpe and Perrone all race. Carpe had a good speed, I felt like I could have gone faster but I didn’t want to fight too much.”
“The last lap didn’t go like I wanted, I had a good slipstream down the back straight, got in a good position but was not quite close enough to Brian down to the chicane at the end to go for it. But still, P2 is not bad.”
Perrone podiums
“I’m happy about this race because yesterday I made some mistakes in Qualifying and I got a long lap penalty,” explained the Argentine 16-year-old. “But in the race, I did the long lap so fast and I caught the lead group back quickly and I was in P2 to P5 all the laps.
“In the last lap, I lost some positions in the last corner because there was almost a collision but I made a good exit and overtook Carpe and made the podium, for tomorrow I will try to do even better.”
Veda Pratama an impressive 4th
“I’m really happy with the result for Race 1,” enthused the 15-year-old Indonesian. “In the last lap, I tried to get on the podium but I missed a gear exiting a corner into the fast section before the finish and then I shifted and touched someone so lost places. I finished P4 and I’m still happy but I want more tomorrow.”
Ruche Moodley loses early advantage
“When I got to the front I tried to push hard so that it would break up the group a little bit,” explained the South African 17-year-old. “I thought that I had the pace from yesterday. But when they came back from the long lap penalty I got passed and dropped too far back. So tomorrow I need to pass someone as soon as they pass me and not allow myself to drop back.”
Carpe clipped at the finish
“I was running a good pace with a lot of confidence,” stated the Spanish 17-year-old who still holds 3rd in the points table.” I had to do the long lap but then in less than 2 laps I caught the group and I led almost all the race. But then on the last lap, 2 riders overtook me in the back straight out of the slipstream.”
“Then one more on the brakes into the chicane on the last lap. Then another rider touched me quite hard, at the last corner. I am happy to take P6 because it could be a lot worse, it could have been a nasty crash.”
Broadcast
This weekend’s Rookies Cup races can be seen live on www.redbull.tv and on TV stations around the world.
Race 2 is on Sunday at 15:30 CET, the show starts 10 minutes before the race.
Hayden Gillim earned pole position during MotoAmerica Stock 1000 qualifying Saturday at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. The defending Champion lapped the 2.5-mile road course in 1:40.904 on his Dunlop-shod Real Steel Motorsports Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP. Not only was that good enough to top the field of 26 riders, it was also good enough to lower the Stock 1000 lap record of 1:41.180 that Gillim set Friday afternoon.
Jayson Uribe was the best of the rest with a time of 1:41.311 on his OrangeCat Racing BMW M 1000 RR.
Ashton Yates claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a lap at 1:42.031 on his Jones Honda.
The second row of the grid will be composed of FLO4LAW Racing Yamaha’s Benjamin Smith (1:42.291), Motorsports Exotica BMW’s Andrew Lee (1:42.642), and Visit Indiana/Tom Wood Powersports BMW’s Nolan Lamkin (1:42.673).
Mikayla Moore topped MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. (BTR) final qualifying Saturday at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding her Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 on Dunlop control tires, the defending Champion captured pole position with a time of 2:04.175, which eclipsed the new lap record of 2:04.845 she set on Friday.
Lauren Prince qualified second at 2:07.678, nearly two seconds faster than she went in provisional qualifying on Friday.
Camille Conrad bounced back from a crash during qualifying on Friday to secure the third and final spot on the front row with a lap time of 2:08.987.
Alessandro Zaccone took second in the first MotoE race at the Motul TT Assen, and went one better a few hours later to take the win in Race Two on Saturday at the fabled circuit.
Race One winner Hector Garzo dropped to third in Race Two, behind Oscar Gutierrez, who finished second. Gutierrez was third in Race One, behind Garzo and Zaccone.
Francesco Bagnaia (1) won the MotoGP Sprint race at Assen over Jorge Martin (89) and Maverick Vinales (12). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Defending World Champion Francesco Bagnaia led the MotoGP Sprint race at Assen from start to finish, cutting into the Championship lead of tital rival Jorge Martin, who finished second. Eight-time World Champion Marc Marquez crashed out on the second lap after touching the curbing in the fast Turn Two. Maverick Vinales converted his front-row starting position into third, ahead of factory Ducati rider Enea Bastianini.
Fermin Aldeguer took pole position for the Moto2 race at the Motul TT Assen with a new outright lap record. Aldeguer headed home a Boscoscuro 1-2-3, with Ai Ogura and Sergio Garcia completing the front row.
With Pirelli the Moto2™ and Moto3™ riders set new records in Assen as well
Pole position and all-time lap record for Aldeguer in Moto2™, Piqueras fastest in Moto3™ qualifiers but the lap record goes to hometown hero Veijer
Fermin Aldeguer (54). Photo courtesy Pirelli.
In the qualifiers for the Dutch GP which is raced this weekend at the TT Assen Circuit, Fermín Aldeguer (Folladore SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) in Moto2™ and Ángel Piqueras (Leopard Racing/Honda) in Moto3™ took pole position, so they’ll be starting from the first spot on the grid for their respective races tomorrow.
In Moto2™, Spaniard Fermín Aldeguer took pole position as well as setting the new track record with a time of 1’35.269. Right behind him were team MT Helmets-MSI teammates, Japanese rider Ai Ogura and Spaniard Sergio Garcia.
In Moto3™, Piqueras snatched pole position in the finale of the qualifying session, whereas hometown hero Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Husqvarna) had to settle for third place after setting the new all-time lap record in the Practice 2 session on Saturday morning with a time of 1’39.703.
Outstanding performance by the tyres Pirelli chose for this GP, which are all standard and regularly sold to the general public on the market.
Giorgio Barbier
Motorcycle Racing Director
More lap records and once again with standard tyres
“Yet again, here in Assen, already on Friday, the riders set new track lap records with our tyres, only to improve today by almost a second and a half in Moto3™ and more than 7 tenths in Moto2™, so we’re talking about truly significant progress with asphalt temperatures around 50°C, so rather demanding conditions. These results take on even more significance if we consider that they were achieved with strictly standard tyres that any rider can purchase, so not prototypes intended only for a few riders. Among other things, this is not exactly a simple track either, because it is rather hard on the front tyres and this is the first time Pirelli is racing with these categories and in this period of the year, since we have always come here with the World Superbike Championship in April, with cooler temperatures. Therefore, the outcome of these first two days is undoubtedly positive. Tomorrow, the temperatures should be a bit lower than today, but that won’t influence tyre choice for the races. We expect the soft compounds to be the most popular for front and rear, with a possible prevalence of the medium SC2 just for the front in Moto3.”
Moto2™
· Fermín Aldeguer (Folladore SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) took pole position for the race tomorrow with a time of 1’35.269, a new all-time lap record. Already in the Practice 1 session Friday afternoon, the Spaniard had broken the all-time record set in 2023 by Ai Ogura using tyres in the soft SC0 compound at the rear and the soft SC1 compound at the front. Saturday morning in Practice 2, Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia/Kalex) further improved on Aldeguer’s record by 6 tenths, with a time of 1’35.341, later beaten in qualifying.
· In Practice 2, an astonishing 14 riders dropped below Ai Ogura’s 2023 track record, whereas in Q2, 9 riders did the same, in spite of asphalt temperatures around 50°C.
Moto3™
· Ángel Piqueras (Leopard Racing/Honda) took pole position in the finale of the qualifying session with a time of 1’39.746, just over the time of 1’39.703 and new all-time lap record set in Practice 2 on Saturday morning by hometown hero, Dutchman Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Husqvarna), who will start from the third spot on the grid tomorrow, just behind Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia/Honda), second.
· Moto3™ was super-fast straight away from Friday morning, with Iván Ortolá (MT Helmets-MSI/KTM) already setting the new track record in free practice with a time of 1’40.610, breaking the 2023 record set by David Muñoz by more than half a second. Collin Veijer then improved it further, first in the afternoon Practice 1 session with a time of 1’40.259 and then in the Saturday morning Practice 2 session with a time of 1’39.703, a new all-time track record for the category.
· Overall, in Q2, an amazing 17 out of 18 riders dropped below the 2023 track record time, whereas in Practice 2 on Saturday morning, with asphalt temperatures below 25°C, an astonishing 20 riders did laps faster than the old record.
Angel Piqueras took pole position for the Moto3 World Championship race after Dutch rider Collin Veijer, who was leading the final qualifying session, highsided on the main straight. Veijer was quickest at the time he crashed, but Piqueras and Taiyo Furusato put their Hondas first and second on the grid, pushing Veijer to third.
Loris Baz captured pole position during MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Qualifying Two Saturday morning at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R on Dunlop control tires, the tall Frenchman topped the field with a lap time of 1:39.478.
Cameron Petersen was second-best with a lap of 1:39.544 on his Attack Performance/Progressive Yamaha YZF-R1.
Baz’s teammate Josh Herrin secured the third and final spot on the front row with a lap time of 1:39.585.
Bobby Fong, the current Championship point leader, qualified fourth at 1:39.906 on his Wrench Motorcycles Yamaha.
Petersen’s teammate, three-time and defending Champion Jake Gagne was fifth with a 1:39.961.
Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000R rider Xavi Fores was sixth-fastest with a 1:40.002.
Riders qualifying on row three included EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing BMW’s Sean Dylan Kelly (1:40.010), Tytlers Cycle Racing BMW’s Cameron Beaubier (1:40.327), and Real Steel Motorsports Honda’s Hayden Gillim (1:40.620).
Aleix Espargaro (41) crashed on Friday and during the Sprint race on Saturday and was taken to the medical center for evaluation. Photo by Michael Gougis.
The Motul TT Assen featured crashes, injuries and penalties, but at the end of the day, Ducati maintained its dominant form, with reigning World Champion Francseco Bagnaia topping every practice session, taking pole and leading the Sprint race from start to finish. So far this season, the Bologna manufacturer has won six of the eight Sprint races, as well as six of the seven Grand Prix races. Next year, Ducati will lose two of the bikes it currently fields, as Prima Pramac Racing will become a Yamaha factory team. Yamaha’s plan is to add two more factory bikes to the pair it currently fields to help gather data, test parts and develop the YZR-M1 back to race-winning form. But both Honda and KTM have run four-bike operations in MotoGP for several years, and upstart Pedro Acosta is perhaps the only real bright spot in the Austrian manufacturer’s season so far, while Honda’s RC213V remains nailed to the bottom of the timesheets.
Maverick Vinales. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales has been the biggest threat to Ducati this season, and the Spaniard put his RS-GP on the front row and finished on the podium during the Sprint.
Francesco Bagnaia (1) leads Jorge Martin (89) at the beginning of the Sprint race at Assen. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Francesco Bagnaia crashed out of three straight Sprint races at the beginning of the season and finished on the podium only once in the first six, but has rebounded and taken two consecutive Sprint races. Title contender Jorge Martin received a three-place grid drop for Sunday’s race for riding slowly on the racing line during practice.
Marc Marquez (93) follows Fabio Quartararo (20) at Assen. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Marc Marquez’ first weekend after signing as a factory Ducati rider for 2025 started well, but Saturday was a disaster. An ill-timed lunge during qualifying beneath Aleix Espargaro saw him on the ground and relegated to seventh on the grid, while a mistake in the Sprint resulted in another crash and zero points on Saturday.
Corner workers run toward the tumbling Raul Fernandez during Saturday practice. Photo by Michael Gougis.Dutch rider Collin Veijer suffered a massive highside on the front straight in front of the home fans, and the bike chased him down the straight. He was uninjured, and the time he set prior to crashing was good enough for the front row of the Moto3 grid. Photo by Michael Gougis.Dutch rider Zonta Van Den Goodbergh crashed out of Moto2 qualifying and will start Sunday’s Grand Prix from 14th. Photo by Michael Gougis.
PJ Jacobsen earned pole position during MotoAmerica Supersport Qualifying Two (Q2) Saturday morning at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding his Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL Panigale V2 on Dunlop control tires, the Championship point leader lapped the 2.5-mile course in 1:42.524, topping the field of 28 riders and eclipsing the lap record of 1:42.538 set by Mathew Scholtz on Friday.
Scholtz suffered an oil leak on his Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 during Q2, limiting his track time and performance, but the 1:42.538 he did in Qualifying One on Friday held up as second-best.
Tyler Scott qualified third with a time of 1:42.889 on his Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R750.
Qualifiers on the second row include Rahal Ducati Moto w/Code 3 Associates’ Corey Alexander (1:42.984), Jacobsen’s 17-year-old teammate Kayla Yaakov (1:43.009), and Altus Motorsports Suzuki’s Jake Lewis (1:43.031).
Brian Uriarte scored a sensational victory with a 6th to 5th gear masterstroke on the final, incredible, passing inundated lap of Assen. Taking Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Race 1 in the Netherlands and the Cup lead.
The 15-year-old Spaniard led Rico Salmela (2nd) and Valentin Perrone (3rd) in a flash across the line with just one second covering the top 8 KTMs.
9 riders went into the race needing to perform long lap penalties after issues in practice, mainly slow and inconsiderate riding. This reorganised the lead group in the early laps but the fastest riders like pole man Alvaro Carpe, Salmela and Perrone soon got back to the front.
Carpe fought to hold the lead for much of the race but had shown his cards and got trumped on the final lap.
Uriarte had the answer up his sleeve
“As I said yesterday, there was no plan before the race because it just gets so crazy. I rode a lot on my own in practice and I felt I had a really good flow here. I felt that in the race too, I was really comfortable. I did have a big front wheel slide, saved it, a bit of skill, a good bit of luck.”
“Alvaro was fast through the final section but as I followed him I realised that he was doing the last very fast left-hander in 6th and I was doing it in 5th. That gave me the better drive down to the chicane.”
“I didn’t want to show him earlier, on the last lap I went for it and got in front of him before that. I knew I had it then he would not get past.”
Salmela missed by 0.112 seconds
“It wasn’t easy starting with a long lap penalty but I felt confident all race and I didn’t need to rush to go to the front,” stated the 16-year-old Finn. “I tried to stick with Carpe and Perrone all race. Carpe had a good speed, I felt like I could have gone faster but I didn’t want to fight too much.”
“The last lap didn’t go like I wanted, I had a good slipstream down the back straight, got in a good position but was not quite close enough to Brian down to the chicane at the end to go for it. But still, P2 is not bad.”
Perrone podiums
“I’m happy about this race because yesterday I made some mistakes in Qualifying and I got a long lap penalty,” explained the Argentine 16-year-old. “But in the race, I did the long lap so fast and I caught the lead group back quickly and I was in P2 to P5 all the laps.
“In the last lap, I lost some positions in the last corner because there was almost a collision but I made a good exit and overtook Carpe and made the podium, for tomorrow I will try to do even better.”
Veda Pratama an impressive 4th
“I’m really happy with the result for Race 1,” enthused the 15-year-old Indonesian. “In the last lap, I tried to get on the podium but I missed a gear exiting a corner into the fast section before the finish and then I shifted and touched someone so lost places. I finished P4 and I’m still happy but I want more tomorrow.”
Ruche Moodley loses early advantage
“When I got to the front I tried to push hard so that it would break up the group a little bit,” explained the South African 17-year-old. “I thought that I had the pace from yesterday. But when they came back from the long lap penalty I got passed and dropped too far back. So tomorrow I need to pass someone as soon as they pass me and not allow myself to drop back.”
Carpe clipped at the finish
“I was running a good pace with a lot of confidence,” stated the Spanish 17-year-old who still holds 3rd in the points table.” I had to do the long lap but then in less than 2 laps I caught the group and I led almost all the race. But then on the last lap, 2 riders overtook me in the back straight out of the slipstream.”
“Then one more on the brakes into the chicane on the last lap. Then another rider touched me quite hard, at the last corner. I am happy to take P6 because it could be a lot worse, it could have been a nasty crash.”
Broadcast
This weekend’s Rookies Cup races can be seen live on www.redbull.tv and on TV stations around the world.
Race 2 is on Sunday at 15:30 CET, the show starts 10 minutes before the race.
Hayden Gillim earned pole position during MotoAmerica Stock 1000 qualifying Saturday at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. The defending Champion lapped the 2.5-mile road course in 1:40.904 on his Dunlop-shod Real Steel Motorsports Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP. Not only was that good enough to top the field of 26 riders, it was also good enough to lower the Stock 1000 lap record of 1:41.180 that Gillim set Friday afternoon.
Jayson Uribe was the best of the rest with a time of 1:41.311 on his OrangeCat Racing BMW M 1000 RR.
Ashton Yates claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a lap at 1:42.031 on his Jones Honda.
The second row of the grid will be composed of FLO4LAW Racing Yamaha’s Benjamin Smith (1:42.291), Motorsports Exotica BMW’s Andrew Lee (1:42.642), and Visit Indiana/Tom Wood Powersports BMW’s Nolan Lamkin (1:42.673).
Mikayla Moore topped MotoAmerica Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. (BTR) final qualifying Saturday at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding her Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 on Dunlop control tires, the defending Champion captured pole position with a time of 2:04.175, which eclipsed the new lap record of 2:04.845 she set on Friday.
Lauren Prince qualified second at 2:07.678, nearly two seconds faster than she went in provisional qualifying on Friday.
Camille Conrad bounced back from a crash during qualifying on Friday to secure the third and final spot on the front row with a lap time of 2:08.987.
Alessandro Zaccone took second in the first MotoE race at the Motul TT Assen, and went one better a few hours later to take the win in Race Two on Saturday at the fabled circuit.
Race One winner Hector Garzo dropped to third in Race Two, behind Oscar Gutierrez, who finished second. Gutierrez was third in Race One, behind Garzo and Zaccone.
Francesco Bagnaia (1) won the MotoGP Sprint race at Assen over Jorge Martin (89) and Maverick Vinales (12). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Defending World Champion Francesco Bagnaia led the MotoGP Sprint race at Assen from start to finish, cutting into the Championship lead of tital rival Jorge Martin, who finished second. Eight-time World Champion Marc Marquez crashed out on the second lap after touching the curbing in the fast Turn Two. Maverick Vinales converted his front-row starting position into third, ahead of factory Ducati rider Enea Bastianini.
Fermin Aldeguer took pole position for the Moto2 race at the Motul TT Assen with a new outright lap record. Aldeguer headed home a Boscoscuro 1-2-3, with Ai Ogura and Sergio Garcia completing the front row.
With Pirelli the Moto2™ and Moto3™ riders set new records in Assen as well
Pole position and all-time lap record for Aldeguer in Moto2™, Piqueras fastest in Moto3™ qualifiers but the lap record goes to hometown hero Veijer
Fermin Aldeguer (54). Photo courtesy Pirelli.
In the qualifiers for the Dutch GP which is raced this weekend at the TT Assen Circuit, Fermín Aldeguer (Folladore SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) in Moto2™ and Ángel Piqueras (Leopard Racing/Honda) in Moto3™ took pole position, so they’ll be starting from the first spot on the grid for their respective races tomorrow.
In Moto2™, Spaniard Fermín Aldeguer took pole position as well as setting the new track record with a time of 1’35.269. Right behind him were team MT Helmets-MSI teammates, Japanese rider Ai Ogura and Spaniard Sergio Garcia.
In Moto3™, Piqueras snatched pole position in the finale of the qualifying session, whereas hometown hero Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Husqvarna) had to settle for third place after setting the new all-time lap record in the Practice 2 session on Saturday morning with a time of 1’39.703.
Outstanding performance by the tyres Pirelli chose for this GP, which are all standard and regularly sold to the general public on the market.
Giorgio Barbier
Motorcycle Racing Director
More lap records and once again with standard tyres
“Yet again, here in Assen, already on Friday, the riders set new track lap records with our tyres, only to improve today by almost a second and a half in Moto3™ and more than 7 tenths in Moto2™, so we’re talking about truly significant progress with asphalt temperatures around 50°C, so rather demanding conditions. These results take on even more significance if we consider that they were achieved with strictly standard tyres that any rider can purchase, so not prototypes intended only for a few riders. Among other things, this is not exactly a simple track either, because it is rather hard on the front tyres and this is the first time Pirelli is racing with these categories and in this period of the year, since we have always come here with the World Superbike Championship in April, with cooler temperatures. Therefore, the outcome of these first two days is undoubtedly positive. Tomorrow, the temperatures should be a bit lower than today, but that won’t influence tyre choice for the races. We expect the soft compounds to be the most popular for front and rear, with a possible prevalence of the medium SC2 just for the front in Moto3.”
Moto2™
· Fermín Aldeguer (Folladore SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) took pole position for the race tomorrow with a time of 1’35.269, a new all-time lap record. Already in the Practice 1 session Friday afternoon, the Spaniard had broken the all-time record set in 2023 by Ai Ogura using tyres in the soft SC0 compound at the rear and the soft SC1 compound at the front. Saturday morning in Practice 2, Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia/Kalex) further improved on Aldeguer’s record by 6 tenths, with a time of 1’35.341, later beaten in qualifying.
· In Practice 2, an astonishing 14 riders dropped below Ai Ogura’s 2023 track record, whereas in Q2, 9 riders did the same, in spite of asphalt temperatures around 50°C.
Moto3™
· Ángel Piqueras (Leopard Racing/Honda) took pole position in the finale of the qualifying session with a time of 1’39.746, just over the time of 1’39.703 and new all-time lap record set in Practice 2 on Saturday morning by hometown hero, Dutchman Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Husqvarna), who will start from the third spot on the grid tomorrow, just behind Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia/Honda), second.
· Moto3™ was super-fast straight away from Friday morning, with Iván Ortolá (MT Helmets-MSI/KTM) already setting the new track record in free practice with a time of 1’40.610, breaking the 2023 record set by David Muñoz by more than half a second. Collin Veijer then improved it further, first in the afternoon Practice 1 session with a time of 1’40.259 and then in the Saturday morning Practice 2 session with a time of 1’39.703, a new all-time track record for the category.
· Overall, in Q2, an amazing 17 out of 18 riders dropped below the 2023 track record time, whereas in Practice 2 on Saturday morning, with asphalt temperatures below 25°C, an astonishing 20 riders did laps faster than the old record.
Angel Piqueras took pole position for the Moto3 World Championship race after Dutch rider Collin Veijer, who was leading the final qualifying session, highsided on the main straight. Veijer was quickest at the time he crashed, but Piqueras and Taiyo Furusato put their Hondas first and second on the grid, pushing Veijer to third.
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