Gp Assen Race: Bagnaia supremacy, victory over Martin and Bastianini

MotoGP GP Olanda Assen Gara – Pecco Bagnaia performed a hat-trick at the TT Circuit in Assen, where he achieved pole position, success in the Sprint and victory in the “long” race on Sunday.

Just as in the Sprint race, the two-time MotoGP world champion immediately took command of the operations, never leaving the lead of the race, reaching times that were unattainable for all the others, with only Jorge Martin trying to keep his lead. step.

For the Piedmontese rider, fifth victory of the season after those obtained in Lusail, Jerez, Barcellona and Mugello, 23rd in MotoGP (all with Ducati, equals Casey Stoner, ed.), 33rd in his career. Third consecutive victory at Assen.

As mentioned, Jorge Martin climbed onto the second step of the podium as he did yesterday, taking the risk of using the medium front tyre, which however still did not allow him to keep up with Bagnaia.

There was a great fight for the third step of the podium which saw Enea Bastianini, Maverick Vinales, Marc Marquez and Fabio di Giannantonio as protagonists.

In the end, Enea Bastianini came out on top, starting from tenth place and then climbing up to third place. Fourth on the finish line was Marc Marquez, who after yesterday’s crash was fighting for the podium until a few laps from the end. Behind the eight-time world champion, an excellent Fabio di Giannantonio riding the Ducati VR46 Racing Team and Maverick Vinales, the only Aprilia on the track given the withdrawals of the injured Aleix Espargarò and Lorenzo Savadori.

Closing the top ten are Brad Binder (KTM), Alex Marquez (Ducati Gresini), Raul Fernandez (Aprilia Trackouse) and Franco Morbidelli (Ducati Pramac).

Also scoring points were Jack Miller (KTM), Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), Johann Zarco (best Honda at the finish line, ed.), Augusto Fernandez (KTM Team GASGAS Tech3) and Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia Trackouse).

Sixteenth and seventeenth place for Takaaki Nakagami (Honda LCR) and Luca Marini (Honda Repsol). Falls for Alex Rins (at the first corner immediately after the start, ed.), Marco Bezzecchi, Joan Mir and Pedro Acosta, with the latter falling on the last lap when he was seventh.

With this victory Bagnaia closes in the standings, moving to 10 points behind leader Jorge Martin. Marc Marquez is third, 51 points behind, while Bastianini is fourth at 64 points.