Rome, 29 June 2024 – Pecco Bagnaia wins too Sprint Race of the GP of shafts, in the Netherlands. Very important victory for the driver of the Ducatiwho closes the gap on the first place in the standings, occupied by Jorge Martin. Bagnaia also achieved pole position in qualifyingwith a time of 1’30”540, new Assen track record.
“We’ve been doing a great job since yesterday morning. Today I tried to keep a constant pace in practice to test the rear grip for tomorrow. We’re very happy with the pole and the win in the Sprint. I can’t wait to race tomorrow,” said the reigning world champion.
The Ducati rider also dominated the free practice and pre-qualifying setting a time of 1’31″340, a track record, and today he was also the fastest in Free Practice 2.
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Bagnaia’s words
“I finally managed to get back to pole position: the important thing, however, is to be fast on the race pace. I knew I could go below one and thirty, because this morning I was doing a fixed one and thirty-one with the used tyre.” These are the words of Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo), speaking to Sky Sport at the end of the qualifications. “For the Sprint I think of using the soft tire on the rear. We will need to understand the race pace well, but Vinales is certainly the most consistent at the moment. Strategy for qualifying? I decided with the team to start before the others to capitalize on my speed” .
The starting grid
This is the starting grid of the Dutch Grand Prix, the eighth round of the MotoGP season, scheduled for the Assen circuit:
1^ fila
1. Francesco Bagnaia (Ita) Ducati 1’30″540 at an average speed of 180.5 km/h
2. Jorge Martin (Esp) Ducati 1’30″621
3. Maverick Vinales (Esp) Aprilia 1’30″951
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4. Alex Marquez (Esp) Ducati 1’30″979
5. Aleix Espargarò (Esp) Aprilia 1’31″077
6. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ita) Ducati 1’31″274
3^ fila
7. Marc Marquez (Esp) Ducati 1’31″378
8. Franco Morbidelli (Ita) Ducati 1’31″405
9. Brad Binder (Rsa) Ktm 1’31″479
4^ fila
10. Pedro Acosta (Esp) Ktm 1’31″482
11. Enea Bastianini (Ita) Ducati 1’31″628
12. Raul Fernandez (Esp) Aprilia 1’31″928
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13. Fabio Quartararo (Fra) Yamaha 1’31”620
14. Jack Miller (Austria) KTM 1:31.903
15. Marco Bezzecchi (Ita) Ducati 1:31.997
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16. Alex Rins (Spa) Yamaha 1:32.108
17. Miguel Oliveira (By) Aprilia 1:32.123
18. Lorenzo Savadori (Ita) Aprilia 1:32.243
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19. Johann Zarco (FRA) Honda 1:32.260
20. Joan Mir (Spa) Honda 1:32.497
21. Luca Marini (Ita) Honda 1:32.627
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22. August Fernandez (Spa) GasGas 1:32.669
23. Takaaki Nakagami (Gia) Honda st
The general ranking
1. Jorge Martin (Ducati) 180
2. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) 165
3. Marc Marquez (Ducati) 136
4. Enea Bastianini (Ducati) 120
5. Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) 107
6. Pedro Acosta (KTM) 101
7. Brad Binder (KTM) 89
8. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) 82
9. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati) 79
10. Alex Marquez (Aprilia) 53
11. Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) 45
12. Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) 35
13. Raul Fernandez (Aprilia) 32
14. Franco Morbidelli (Ducati) 32
15. Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) 31
16. Jack Miller (KTM) 27
17. Augusto Fernandez (KTM) 13
18. Joan Mir (KTM) 13
19. Johann Zarco (Honda) 9
20. Alex Rins (Yamaha) 8
21. Takaaki Nakagami (Honda) 8
22. Daniel Pedrosa (KTM) 7
23. Pol Espargaro (KTM) 0
24. Luca Marini (Honda) 0
25. Stefan Bradl (Honda) 0
26. Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia) 0
