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Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Carpe On Pole, Daniel P9 At Assen

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Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Carpe On Pole, Daniel P9 At Assen
Session for NED RookiesCup QP

 

 

 

More, from a press release issued by Red Bull:

Carpe captures Rookies Pole early in Assen

Álvaro Carpe took his second Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Pole after being clearly quickest through the late afternoon Qualifying session, the Spanish 17-year-old hit the top of the timing screen with his 2nd lap and improved with his 4th and 6th.

The blustery wind from the two free sessions had died away but neither FP1 leader Rico Salmela, the Finnish 16-year-old nor Valentin Perrone, the 16-year-old Argentine who headed FP2, could better Carpe when it mattered.

Salmela came closest with his 11th and final lap but was still 0.405 seconds off in 2nd. Brian Uriarte completes the front row and the 15-year-old Spanish Le Mans winner is keen to go a place better than the double second he recorded last time out in Mugello.

Carpe confident

“It is very important because Max is not here because of the penalty and I must make the most of that. I am 3rd in the championship 13 points behind Max and I must get the maximum points to go into the summer break with as big an advantage as possible. That is my goal.

“I started the session with a good feeling and the new tyre, as I caught the group it gave me a good reference and I could set the new lap record here so I’m very happy.”

Salmela will put it all together tomorrow

“A couple of times I had a good lap going, once I lost I think half a second in the last sector because I overtook 4 riders in the last corner. On the last lap, my quickest, I had to pass 2 riders in the braking to the last corner, it was difficult.”

“So I didn’t put that perfect lap together but I feel good with the overtaking and I think this is the most important for tomorrow, 2nd is a good place to start.”

Uriarte has game

“It’s my first time here but I did plenty of laps on the game,” he laughed. “It’s super fast, I enjoy that, a few bumps in some corners but I like it.”

“I had a little bit of chatter but I think it’s the same for everyone. For the race, no plan. You can have a plan but the races get crazy and so you just have to go for it.”

Marco Morelli 4th again

“It’s a fun track, it’s flat and I like that, I love the fast corners. It is more or less like Jerez,” explained the Argentine 16-year-old who won the first race of the year there. “I found a good pace but couldn’t do better than last year, I was 4th then too. That’s OK, I’m happy with the bike and the race should be good.”

Ruche Moodley 5th on his own

“I’m not totally happy with 5th but considering that I was riding alone, that’s not bad,” stated the 17-year-old South African. “But I want more in the race tomorrow and I was getting ready for the race. I think that to get the pole you need a slipstream but I just went alone because I did not want to lose time.”

Dodo Boggio 6th and happy

“I’m very happy because I have struggled in the Rookies this year and finally here I am finally going well,” smiled the 16-year-old Italian. “With the new tyre in Quali the bike felt great and I really enjoyed it so I think the race will be good.”
 

Broadcast

This weekend’s Rookies Cup races can be seen live on www.redbull.tv and on TV stations around the world.

Race 1 is at 17:00 CET on Saturday and Race 2 is on Sunday at 15:30, the show starts 10 minutes before the race.

MotoAmerica: Uribe Leads Stock 1000 FP1 At Ridge

David Swarts
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MotoAmerica: Uribe Leads Stock 1000 FP1 At Ridge

Dunlop has been involved with professional and amateur road racing for many decades. This experience has helped foster some of the most extensive technological advancements and manufacturing capabilities to develop groundbreaking new products for road racers around the world. Dunlop’s Sportmax Slicks are the Official Tires of the MotoAmerica Series and offer the ultimate in-track performance for club racers and professionals alike. Dunlop is the largest supplier of original equipment and replacement motorcycle tires in the U.S.A. Follow @ridedunlop on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and X for the latest Dunlop news.

Jayson Uribe led MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding an OrangeCat Racing BMW M 1000 RR, the Californian navigated the undulating 2.5-mile course in 1:43.414 to lead the field of 33 riders.

Defending Champion Hayden Gillim was second-fastest with a time of 1:43.965 on his Real Steel Motorsports Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP.

Uribe’s teammate Travis Wyman was third-quickest with a 1:44.942.

The session was interrupted with a red flag to deal with a crash by Nolan Lamkin, who was seen later walking around the paddock.

 

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MotoAmerica: O’Hara On Top In Super Hooligan FP1 At Ridge

David Swarts
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MotoAmerica: O’Hara On Top In Super Hooligan FP1 At Ridge

Dunlop has been involved with professional and amateur road racing for many decades. This experience has helped foster some of the most extensive technological advancements and manufacturing capabilities to develop groundbreaking new products for road racers around the world. Dunlop’s Sportmax Slicks are the Official Tires of the MotoAmerica Series and offer the ultimate in-track performance for club racers and professionals alike. Dunlop is the largest supplier of original equipment and replacement motorcycle tires in the U.S.A. Follow @ridedunlop on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and X for the latest Dunlop news.

Tyler O’Hara was quickest during MotoAmerica Roland Sands Design (RSD) Super Hooligan Free Practice One Friday at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding his S&S Indian FTR 1200 on Dunlop control tires, the defending Champion lapped the 2.5-mile course in 1:47.751 to lead the field of 24 entries.

Cory West was second-best with a time of 1:48.813 on his Saddlemen Harley-Davidson Pan America.

Hayden Schultz was third in the session thanks to the 1:50.050 he did on his KWR Harley-Davidson Pan America.

Stefano Mesa did a 1:52.128 on his electric Tytlers Cycle Racing Energica, ranking him 10th in the session.

 

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MotoGP: Pramac Racing Will Be Second Factory Yamaha Team

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MotoGP: Pramac Racing Will Be Second Factory Yamaha Team

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. sign Multi-Year Partnership Agreement with Prima Pramac Racing

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. are pleased to announce that Prima Pramac Racing will be Yamaha’s ‘second Factory Team’ from 2025 onwards, while remaining an independently owned team. The multi-year programme foresees a close cooperation between the two parties which includes Yamaha providing same spec Factory YZR-M1 bikes, riders directly contracted by Yamaha, and MotoGP engineering staff contracted by Yamaha working together with Prima Pramac Racing team staff.

Iwata (Japan), 28th June 2024

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. are delighted to announce their multi-year agreement with Prima Pramac Racing which will see two extra Factory Yamaha YZR-M1s lined up on the MotoGP grid from 2025 onwards.

The new second Factory Yamaha team will remain independently owned and keep their base in Rugby (UK).

The 2025 Prima Pramac Racing rider line-up will be announced in due course.

By doubling Yamaha’s current presence on the MotoGP™ grid next year, Yamaha aim to make a strong statement of their intentions to return to winning ways in the near future.

LIN JARVIS

Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Racing

These are busy times for Yamaha, both on track and behind the scenes. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (YMC) and Yamaha Motor Racing (YMR) have made it no secret that they are putting all their effort into bike development.

We now enter the next phase – one that we have been looking forward to for a long time: the arrival of a second Yamaha team.

The new partnership with Prima Pramac Racing will take a different form than we have used in the past.

Rather than a satellite team, with this new agreement Yamaha have put their trust in Pramac Racing, and we will be providing them with Factory bikes of the same specification used by the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team. 

The targets are to accelerate bike development, which remains YMC and YMR’s key priority in our quest to return to winning ways, as well as having four competitive riders in the MotoGP championship in two top-class teams.

In addition to the MotoGP programme, our collaboration includes a future Moto2 project to provide a platform to groom future MotoGP riders. It is too early to give details about this programme right now as this will be developed in the months ahead.

I would like to extend my personal appreciation and thanks to Paolo Campinoti, CEO of Pramac, and Gino Borsoi, Team Manager of Prima Pramac Racing, for their faith and trust in Yamaha. We have the greatest respect for their team, and we assure them of our full commitment to make this new partnership highly successful for many years to come.

 

 

 

More, from a press release issued by Ducati:

Pramac Racing and Ducati Corse to part ways at the end of the 2024 MotoGP season

Ducati Corse wants to thank Pramac Racing for their excellent work since 2005 as Ducati’s factory-supported MotoGP team.

In these 20 years of collaboration, Paolo Campinoti’s team has contributed to the sporting growth of Ducati and its riders in the premier class, achieving 8 victories, 55 podiums, and 20 pole positions. In addition, the Pramac Racing team won the Teams’ World Title in 2023 and, with its results, contributed to Ducati’s four Constructors’ World Titles in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Claudio Domenicali (Ducati CEO):

“I want to personally thank Paolo Campinoti for all the years we have worked together. We have achieved great results with passion and enthusiasm but, above all, in an atmosphere of great respect and collaboration. Unfortunately, we were not able to find a solution to extend this partnership further, but the esteem and friendship that bind us are totally intact and will continue over time. Best of luck for the future to Paolo and his team.”

Luigi Dall’Igna (Ducati Corse General Manager):

“I want to thank Paolo Campinoti and the Pramac Racing team for all the commitment, dedication, and great work we have done together in these 20 years of collaboration. Our relationship started in 2005, and we have achieved important milestones together. Pramac Racing was the first independent Ducati team to win a race in MotoGP and won the Teams’ World Title in 2023, as well as the Best Independent Team Title several times. We are sorry that we cannot continue together in the future. Now, however, we have to stay focused on the present: we will do our best to support Pramac Racing, Jorge Martín and Franco Morbidelli until the end so that we can achieve other important goals this season.”

MotoGP: Bagnaia Tops Practice With New Lap Record At Assen

Michael Gougis
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MotoGP: Bagnaia Tops Practice With New Lap Record At Assen

Defending MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia set a new lap record at Assen during the final MotoGP practice on Friday. Bagnaia survived a late challenge by Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales, who came up just 0.065 seconds short of the factory Ducati rider. Bagnaia’s 1:31.340 is more than a second quicker than the existing race lap record, a 1:32.500 set by Aleix Espargaro in 2022.

MotoGP Practice 1 Classification

Moto2: Aldeguer Sets New Lap Record At Assen, Roberts Crashes

Michael Gougis
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Moto2: Aldeguer Sets New Lap Record At Assen, Roberts Crashes

Fermin Aldeguer set a new outright best lap time during the final Moto2 practice session on Friday at Assen. Aldeguer’s 1:35.912 edged Ai Ogura, the only other rider in the 1:35 range, by only 0.072 seconds. 

American Joe Roberts was leading the session when he suffered a huge highside in Turn Seven. While his time left him third in the session, he was taken to the medical center and was seen holding his right shoulder.

Moto 2 Practice Classification

 

Moto3: Veijer Tops Practice 1 At Assen

Michael Gougis
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Moto3: Veijer Tops Practice 1 At Assen

Collin Veijer led the final Moto3 practice session in his home Grand Prix at Assen in a tight session where the top 15 were separated by less than a second. Veijer’s 1:40.259 was a new outright lap record, and he was 0.294 seconds clear of Ryusei Yamanaka in second.

Moto3 Practice 1 Classification

MotoGP: Bagnaia Leads FP1 In Assen

Michael Gougis
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MotoGP: Bagnaia Leads FP1 In Assen

Defending MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia led Marc Marquez and Raul Fernandez in the first practice session on Friday morning at the Motul TT Assen. In blustery conditions, Bagnaia was under the existing race lap record but nearly a second off of the all-time best lap at the storied 2.82-mile circuit.

MotoGP Free Practice 1 Classification

Moto2: Ogura Fastest In Free Practice 1 at Assen

Michael Gougis
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Moto2: Ogura Fastest In Free Practice 1 at Assen

Ai Ogura was quickest in Moto2 Free Practice 1 on Friday morning at the Motul TT Assen. Ogura’s 1:36.458 on his MT Helmets – MSI Boscoscura was 0.078 faster than teammate Sergio Garcia and 0.089 faster than Aron Canet on the first of the Kalex machines. American Joe Roberts, winner of the last Moto2 race in Mugello, managed only 10 laps but still posted a 1:37.023 to finish the session ninth, ahead of OnlyFans American Racing Team teammate Marcos Ramirez.

Moto2 Free Practice 1 Classification

Moto3: Ortola Leads FP1 In Assen

Michael Gougis
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Moto3: Ortola Leads FP1 In Assen

Ivan Ortola led the first Moto3 practice session at the Motul TT Assen, clocking a 1:40.610 on his MT Helmets – MSI KTM. Teammate Ryusei Yamanaka was second, 0.091 seconds back. Adrian Fernandez was third for Leopard Racing and the quickest Honda.

Moto3 Free Practice 1 Classification

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Carpe On Pole, Daniel P9 At Assen

Álvaro Carpe (83). Photo courtesy Red Bull.
Session for NED RookiesCup QP

 

 

 

More, from a press release issued by Red Bull:

Carpe captures Rookies Pole early in Assen

Álvaro Carpe took his second Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Pole after being clearly quickest through the late afternoon Qualifying session, the Spanish 17-year-old hit the top of the timing screen with his 2nd lap and improved with his 4th and 6th.

The blustery wind from the two free sessions had died away but neither FP1 leader Rico Salmela, the Finnish 16-year-old nor Valentin Perrone, the 16-year-old Argentine who headed FP2, could better Carpe when it mattered.

Salmela came closest with his 11th and final lap but was still 0.405 seconds off in 2nd. Brian Uriarte completes the front row and the 15-year-old Spanish Le Mans winner is keen to go a place better than the double second he recorded last time out in Mugello.

Carpe confident

“It is very important because Max is not here because of the penalty and I must make the most of that. I am 3rd in the championship 13 points behind Max and I must get the maximum points to go into the summer break with as big an advantage as possible. That is my goal.

“I started the session with a good feeling and the new tyre, as I caught the group it gave me a good reference and I could set the new lap record here so I’m very happy.”

Salmela will put it all together tomorrow

“A couple of times I had a good lap going, once I lost I think half a second in the last sector because I overtook 4 riders in the last corner. On the last lap, my quickest, I had to pass 2 riders in the braking to the last corner, it was difficult.”

“So I didn’t put that perfect lap together but I feel good with the overtaking and I think this is the most important for tomorrow, 2nd is a good place to start.”

Uriarte has game

“It’s my first time here but I did plenty of laps on the game,” he laughed. “It’s super fast, I enjoy that, a few bumps in some corners but I like it.”

“I had a little bit of chatter but I think it’s the same for everyone. For the race, no plan. You can have a plan but the races get crazy and so you just have to go for it.”

Marco Morelli 4th again

“It’s a fun track, it’s flat and I like that, I love the fast corners. It is more or less like Jerez,” explained the Argentine 16-year-old who won the first race of the year there. “I found a good pace but couldn’t do better than last year, I was 4th then too. That’s OK, I’m happy with the bike and the race should be good.”

Ruche Moodley 5th on his own

“I’m not totally happy with 5th but considering that I was riding alone, that’s not bad,” stated the 17-year-old South African. “But I want more in the race tomorrow and I was getting ready for the race. I think that to get the pole you need a slipstream but I just went alone because I did not want to lose time.”

Dodo Boggio 6th and happy

“I’m very happy because I have struggled in the Rookies this year and finally here I am finally going well,” smiled the 16-year-old Italian. “With the new tyre in Quali the bike felt great and I really enjoyed it so I think the race will be good.”
 

Broadcast

This weekend’s Rookies Cup races can be seen live on www.redbull.tv and on TV stations around the world.

Race 1 is at 17:00 CET on Saturday and Race 2 is on Sunday at 15:30, the show starts 10 minutes before the race.

MotoAmerica: Uribe Leads Stock 1000 FP1 At Ridge

Jayson Uribe (360), as seen earlier this season at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Jayson Uribe (360), as seen earlier this season at Barber Motorsports Park. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

Dunlop has been involved with professional and amateur road racing for many decades. This experience has helped foster some of the most extensive technological advancements and manufacturing capabilities to develop groundbreaking new products for road racers around the world. Dunlop’s Sportmax Slicks are the Official Tires of the MotoAmerica Series and offer the ultimate in-track performance for club racers and professionals alike. Dunlop is the largest supplier of original equipment and replacement motorcycle tires in the U.S.A. Follow @ridedunlop on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and X for the latest Dunlop news.

Jayson Uribe led MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Free Practice One (FP1) Friday morning at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding an OrangeCat Racing BMW M 1000 RR, the Californian navigated the undulating 2.5-mile course in 1:43.414 to lead the field of 33 riders.

Defending Champion Hayden Gillim was second-fastest with a time of 1:43.965 on his Real Steel Motorsports Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP.

Uribe’s teammate Travis Wyman was third-quickest with a 1:44.942.

The session was interrupted with a red flag to deal with a crash by Nolan Lamkin, who was seen later walking around the paddock.

 

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MotoAmerica: O’Hara On Top In Super Hooligan FP1 At Ridge

Tyler O'Hara (1), as seen at Daytona. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.
Tyler O'Hara (1), as seen earlier this season at Daytona. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

Dunlop has been involved with professional and amateur road racing for many decades. This experience has helped foster some of the most extensive technological advancements and manufacturing capabilities to develop groundbreaking new products for road racers around the world. Dunlop’s Sportmax Slicks are the Official Tires of the MotoAmerica Series and offer the ultimate in-track performance for club racers and professionals alike. Dunlop is the largest supplier of original equipment and replacement motorcycle tires in the U.S.A. Follow @ridedunlop on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and X for the latest Dunlop news.

Tyler O’Hara was quickest during MotoAmerica Roland Sands Design (RSD) Super Hooligan Free Practice One Friday at Ridge Motorsports Park, in Shelton, Washington. Riding his S&S Indian FTR 1200 on Dunlop control tires, the defending Champion lapped the 2.5-mile course in 1:47.751 to lead the field of 24 entries.

Cory West was second-best with a time of 1:48.813 on his Saddlemen Harley-Davidson Pan America.

Hayden Schultz was third in the session thanks to the 1:50.050 he did on his KWR Harley-Davidson Pan America.

Stefano Mesa did a 1:52.128 on his electric Tytlers Cycle Racing Energica, ranking him 10th in the session.

 

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MotoGP: Pramac Racing Will Be Second Factory Yamaha Team

Jorge Martin. Photo courtesy Prima Pramac Racing.
The Prima Pramac Racing team will be a second factory Yamaha team beginning in 2025. Jorge Martin (89), seen here, has signed to race for Aprilia in 2025. Photo courtesy Prima Pramac Racing.

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. sign Multi-Year Partnership Agreement with Prima Pramac Racing

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. are pleased to announce that Prima Pramac Racing will be Yamaha’s ‘second Factory Team’ from 2025 onwards, while remaining an independently owned team. The multi-year programme foresees a close cooperation between the two parties which includes Yamaha providing same spec Factory YZR-M1 bikes, riders directly contracted by Yamaha, and MotoGP engineering staff contracted by Yamaha working together with Prima Pramac Racing team staff.

Iwata (Japan), 28th June 2024

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. are delighted to announce their multi-year agreement with Prima Pramac Racing which will see two extra Factory Yamaha YZR-M1s lined up on the MotoGP grid from 2025 onwards.

The new second Factory Yamaha team will remain independently owned and keep their base in Rugby (UK).

The 2025 Prima Pramac Racing rider line-up will be announced in due course.

By doubling Yamaha’s current presence on the MotoGP™ grid next year, Yamaha aim to make a strong statement of their intentions to return to winning ways in the near future.

LIN JARVIS

Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Racing

These are busy times for Yamaha, both on track and behind the scenes. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (YMC) and Yamaha Motor Racing (YMR) have made it no secret that they are putting all their effort into bike development.

We now enter the next phase – one that we have been looking forward to for a long time: the arrival of a second Yamaha team.

The new partnership with Prima Pramac Racing will take a different form than we have used in the past.

Rather than a satellite team, with this new agreement Yamaha have put their trust in Pramac Racing, and we will be providing them with Factory bikes of the same specification used by the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team. 

The targets are to accelerate bike development, which remains YMC and YMR’s key priority in our quest to return to winning ways, as well as having four competitive riders in the MotoGP championship in two top-class teams.

In addition to the MotoGP programme, our collaboration includes a future Moto2 project to provide a platform to groom future MotoGP riders. It is too early to give details about this programme right now as this will be developed in the months ahead.

I would like to extend my personal appreciation and thanks to Paolo Campinoti, CEO of Pramac, and Gino Borsoi, Team Manager of Prima Pramac Racing, for their faith and trust in Yamaha. We have the greatest respect for their team, and we assure them of our full commitment to make this new partnership highly successful for many years to come.

 

 

 

More, from a press release issued by Ducati:

Pramac Racing and Ducati Corse to part ways at the end of the 2024 MotoGP season

Ducati Corse wants to thank Pramac Racing for their excellent work since 2005 as Ducati’s factory-supported MotoGP team.

In these 20 years of collaboration, Paolo Campinoti’s team has contributed to the sporting growth of Ducati and its riders in the premier class, achieving 8 victories, 55 podiums, and 20 pole positions. In addition, the Pramac Racing team won the Teams’ World Title in 2023 and, with its results, contributed to Ducati’s four Constructors’ World Titles in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Claudio Domenicali (Ducati CEO):

“I want to personally thank Paolo Campinoti for all the years we have worked together. We have achieved great results with passion and enthusiasm but, above all, in an atmosphere of great respect and collaboration. Unfortunately, we were not able to find a solution to extend this partnership further, but the esteem and friendship that bind us are totally intact and will continue over time. Best of luck for the future to Paolo and his team.”

Luigi Dall’Igna (Ducati Corse General Manager):

“I want to thank Paolo Campinoti and the Pramac Racing team for all the commitment, dedication, and great work we have done together in these 20 years of collaboration. Our relationship started in 2005, and we have achieved important milestones together. Pramac Racing was the first independent Ducati team to win a race in MotoGP and won the Teams’ World Title in 2023, as well as the Best Independent Team Title several times. We are sorry that we cannot continue together in the future. Now, however, we have to stay focused on the present: we will do our best to support Pramac Racing, Jorge Martín and Franco Morbidelli until the end so that we can achieve other important goals this season.”

MotoGP: Bagnaia Tops Practice With New Lap Record At Assen

Maverick Vinales (12) came up just short of unseating Francesco Bagnaia (1) from the top spot in the final MotoGP Friday practice. Photo by Michael Gougis.

Defending MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia set a new lap record at Assen during the final MotoGP practice on Friday. Bagnaia survived a late challenge by Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales, who came up just 0.065 seconds short of the factory Ducati rider. Bagnaia’s 1:31.340 is more than a second quicker than the existing race lap record, a 1:32.500 set by Aleix Espargaro in 2022.

MotoGP Practice 1 Classification

Moto2: Aldeguer Sets New Lap Record At Assen, Roberts Crashes

Fermin Aldeguer (54) topped the final Moto2 practice on Friday at Assen. Photo by Michael Gougis.

Fermin Aldeguer set a new outright best lap time during the final Moto2 practice session on Friday at Assen. Aldeguer’s 1:35.912 edged Ai Ogura, the only other rider in the 1:35 range, by only 0.072 seconds. 

American Joe Roberts was leading the session when he suffered a huge highside in Turn Seven. While his time left him third in the session, he was taken to the medical center and was seen holding his right shoulder.

Moto 2 Practice Classification

 

Moto3: Veijer Tops Practice 1 At Assen

Collin Veijer (95) topped the final Moto3 practice session on Friday. Photo by Michael Gougis.

Collin Veijer led the final Moto3 practice session in his home Grand Prix at Assen in a tight session where the top 15 were separated by less than a second. Veijer’s 1:40.259 was a new outright lap record, and he was 0.294 seconds clear of Ryusei Yamanaka in second.

Moto3 Practice 1 Classification

MotoGP: Bagnaia Leads FP1 In Assen

Francesco Bagnaia (1) was fastest in MotoGP Free Practice 1. Photo by Michael Gougis.

Defending MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia led Marc Marquez and Raul Fernandez in the first practice session on Friday morning at the Motul TT Assen. In blustery conditions, Bagnaia was under the existing race lap record but nearly a second off of the all-time best lap at the storied 2.82-mile circuit.

MotoGP Free Practice 1 Classification

Moto2: Ogura Fastest In Free Practice 1 at Assen

Ai Ogura (79) led Moto2 Free Practice 1 at Assen. Photo by Michael Gougis.

Ai Ogura was quickest in Moto2 Free Practice 1 on Friday morning at the Motul TT Assen. Ogura’s 1:36.458 on his MT Helmets – MSI Boscoscura was 0.078 faster than teammate Sergio Garcia and 0.089 faster than Aron Canet on the first of the Kalex machines. American Joe Roberts, winner of the last Moto2 race in Mugello, managed only 10 laps but still posted a 1:37.023 to finish the session ninth, ahead of OnlyFans American Racing Team teammate Marcos Ramirez.

Moto2 Free Practice 1 Classification

Moto3: Ortola Leads FP1 In Assen

Ivan Ortola (48) was fastest in Moto3 Free Practice 1 at Assen. Photo by Michael Gougis.

Ivan Ortola led the first Moto3 practice session at the Motul TT Assen, clocking a 1:40.610 on his MT Helmets – MSI KTM. Teammate Ryusei Yamanaka was second, 0.091 seconds back. Adrian Fernandez was third for Leopard Racing and the quickest Honda.

Moto3 Free Practice 1 Classification
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