Qualifying and sprint race live

Even for Enea Bastianini these are delicate days that concern his future. While he is preparing for the important appointment of the Dutch Grand Prix, the eighth stage of the World Championship, a few days ago the official announcement of his farewell to the Ducati Factory team arrived for the transfer to the KTM Tech3 team in view of 2025. The goal is to show that he will not be distracted and to leave his mark immediately: “I come from positive races but I arrive on a track that has sometimes given me a hard time in the past. In any case I am confident. The set-up is good on every track and I think that here too I can fight for the podium”.

Delicate days at Ducati which must also manage the rider situation in view of next year, with the arrival of Marc Marquez made official. If the Majorcan did not deny that he did not have excellent relations with Bagnaia, Pecco himself clarified how he experienced his arrival in the team: “I wasn’t included in the decision, I didn’t want to be because I simply wanted to concentrate on the races. It will be a new challenge, every teammate has to beat and Marc is very smart and intelligent. He will understand perfectly how to adapt to the team”

Bagnaia takes the first MotoGP pole position of 2024. The Ducati rider, protagonist of a record lap, left behind the excellent Martin and Vinales. Q2 was marked by Marquez’s attempt to overtake Espargaro which ended badly, with the first in the gravel and the second very nervous. The starting grid of the Dutch GP:

1. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
2. Jorge Martin (Ducati)
3. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia)
4. Alex Marquez (Ducati)
5. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia)
6. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati)
7. Marc Marquez (Ducati)
8. Franco Morbidelli (Ducati)
9. Brad Binder (KTM)
10. Pedro Acosta (GasGas)
11. Enea Bastianini (Ducati)
12. Raul Fernandez (Aprilia)
13. Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha)
14. Jack Miller (KTM)
15. Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati)
16. Alex Rins (Yamaha)
17. Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia)
18. Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia)
19. Johann Zarco (Honda)
20. Joan Mir (Honda)
21. Luca Marini (Honda)
22. August Fernandez (GasGas)
23. Takaaki Nakagami (Honda)

The highlight of today is the Sprint Race which will take place at the end of the two Qualifying sessions. Meet up at 3pm on the Assen Circuit to find out how the short race will go, a prelude to the appointment on Sunday 30 June at 3pm for the official race

Bagnaia with an extraordinary time records the pole and will start in front of everyone in Holland. Behind him Martin and Vinales. Bad fall for Marquez who tries to pass Espargaro and ends up in the gravel. Great nervousness of the rider who remained in the saddle.

Acosta came close to breaking the Bagnaia track record, even if his Q1 was affected by a crash at the end. The Spanish driver qualifies for the Q paired with Di Giannantonio. Quartararo was out, with Miller and Bezzecchi (the latter crashing again), 13th, 14th and 15th respectively.

Unscheduled unexpected event at Assen in the Netherlands. A hare bursts onto the track, cutting the path. Fortunately, no problems either for the cute animal or for the pilots.

Bagnaia is the fastest in free practice 2. Pecco confirms his leadership ahead of Vinales and Acosta. Meanwhile, all is well for Bezzecchi and Fernandez after their respective falls. Now we get serious about qualifying.

In addition to the free practice sessions, the MotoGP Qualifying sessions will also be held in Assen, Holland. They will be broadcast live both free-to-air and at no additional cost, and for a fee for subscribers. In the first case, the appointment is on Tv8 on Digital Terrestrial, in the second, for a fee on Sky TV channels. For streaming, NOW (on demand service) and SkyGo (Sky app), while free-to-air on tv8.it

Race currently suspended after the crashes of Bezzecchi and especially Fernandez. There is gravel on the track and therefore the intervention of workers is necessary to clean the track. After a few minutes, we start again

The TV8 channel, SKY channel 125 and 8 on Digital Terrestrial, will broadcast the qualifications and the Sprint on Saturday live for free, in addition to the Grand Prix on Sunday. The Assen event is, in fact, the fourth of the six for which free-to-air coverage is planned in 2024. Here is the live broadcast schedule:

• 10.50-11.30 am, Live MotoGP Qualifying
• 3.00pm Live SPRINT MotoGP

Bad fall for Bezzecchi in turn 7. However, the Italian driver got up immediately and seems to be fine. Meanwhile Bagnaia leads, with the best time. Marquez behind him. Shortly afterwards, Fernandez also crashed, but still seems to have taken a bad hit.

There are only 10 minutes left until the start of today’s free practice on Saturday 29 June in Assen. A session that opens the day which will then develop for the premier class with the two qualifications and the Sprint scheduled for 3:00 pm

The Dutch Grand Prix should not be held in the wet even if the weather forecast indicates uncertain weather. Both today and tomorrow, clear and partly cloudy with temperatures varying between 12 and 24 degrees on Saturday. Milder on Sunday 30 June, when in the afternoon, time of the race, temperatures should not exceed 17 degrees

Now everything is ready for today’s FP3 for the MotoGP riders. They will start at 10.10am on the Assen Circuit and open the day of preparation for tomorrow’s race, Sunday 30 June at 2.00pm. Here is today’s program:

• 10.10-10.40, MotoGP, Free practice
• 10.50-11.05 am, MotoGP, Qualifying – Q1
• 11.15-11.30, MotoGP, Qualifying – Q2
• Ore 15.00, MotoGP, SPRINT

While they chase each other on the track, Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia are waiting to understand what will happen next year in Ducati with the arrival of the Majorcan and a more than heated rivalry. There is no ironclad friendship between the two and Marquez himself underlined this in the press conference when explaining the welcome he received. “He didn’t exactly say ‘Welcome’ to me, but he made me understand. A handshake is fine with me. Then I’ll try to follow him first on the track and then on Instagram” Marquez concluded by trying to joke about it.

Sunday 30 June is race day for the Dutch GP at the Assen Circuit. Here is the program of a day that will culminate with the 2pm event.

Sunday 30th June

• Ore 09.40, Warm-up MotoGP
• 11.00 am, MOTO3 GRAND PRIX
• 12.15pm, MOTO2 GRAND PRIX
• 2.00 pm, MOTOGP GRAND PRIX

In the first free practice session of the Dutch Grand Prix in Assen, Francesco Bagnaia was excellent and finished in the lead, taking the best time away from a Fabio Di Giannantonio in great form. Positive sensations, with Bagnaia who recorded a good time, especially thinking about race pace and tire management and proving competitive even on the flying lap. Second position for Vinales who finished 65 thousandths behind Bagnaia.

After a long break also due to the cancellation of the Kazakhstan Grand Prix, the Motorcycle World Championship resumes with the Dutch Grand Prix, the eighth round. We were left with a very interesting overall drivers’ classification: Jorge Martin is still in command with 171 points but his margin of advantage is limited to just 18 points over Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia.

In third place we find Marc Marquez 35 points from the top and in 4th position Enea Bastianini with 114 points, ahead of Pedro Acosta with 101st and Maverick Vinales with 100.

Free practice started on Friday, qualifying and the Sprint take place today, and tomorrow, Sunday 30th, the Dutch GP race starts on the Assen Circuit. But how does the entire weekend program develop? Here are all the times of the events that take place between today and tomorrow.

Saturday 29th June

• 08.40-09.10, Moto3, Pre-Qualifying
• 09.25-09.55 am, Moto2, Pre-Qualifying
• 10.10-10.40, MotoGP, Free practice
• 10.50-11.05 am, MotoGP, Qualifying
• 11.15-11.30 am, MotoGP, Qualifying
• 12.15pm, CarE, STAGE I
• 12.50-13.05, Moto3, Qualifying
• 1.15pm-1.30pm, Moto3, Qualifying
• 1.45pm-2.00pm, Moto2, Qualifying
• 2.10pm-2.25pm, Moto2, Qualifying
• Ore 15.00, MotoGP, SPRINT
• 4:10 p.m., MotoE, STATION II

Sunday 30 June

• Ore 09.40, Warm-up MotoGP
• 11.00 am, MOTO3 GRAND PRIX
• 12.15pm, MOTO2 GRAND PRIX
• 2.00 pm, MOTOGP GRAND PRIX

For the Dutch GP, the “TT Circuit Assen” features a medium-long track, 4.5 kilometers long, 14 meters wide and with 18 curves: 6 left and 12 right. The straight is 500 meters long and is shorter than other tracks such as Mugello and Barcelona. A stage represented by a historic track, the “Circuit van Drenthe of Assen”, considered the most prestigious in the world championship panorama, nicknamed “The Cathedral of Speed” and known as “The University of Motorcycling”.

Today, Saturday June 29th, the Assen Circuit will host the qualifying and Sprint for the Dutch GP. For MotoGP, it will start at 10:50, then the qualifying for Moto3 and Moto2, and finally the Sprint Race, for MotoGP, starting at 15:00. Here is the free-to-air TV schedule to follow all of today’s events

• 10.50-11.30 am, Live MotoGP Qualifying
• 1.15pm-1.30pm, Live Moto3 Qualifying (Q2 only)
• 1.45pm-2.25pm, Moto2 Qualifying Live
• 3.00pm Live SPRINT MotoGP

What are the exact times of the Dutch GP in today’s schedule, Saturday, June 29? Here’s everything you need to know to follow the 2024 Dutch MotoGP Grand Prix on TV:

The TV8 channel (125 SKY, 8 Digital Terrestrial) broadcasts today’s qualifying and Sprint live for free, plus Sunday’s Grand Prix. In addition to free-to-air coverage, the single-theme channel Sky Sport MotoGP (208) broadcasts every round of the Dutch Grand Prix live, as happens on the generalist channel Sky Sport Uno (201). The Grand Prix at Assen can be followed live on PC, Tablet and Smartphone via the SkyGo App (paid for Sky subscribers) and via the NOW on-demand streaming service. Furthermore, it will also be possible to watch TV8 via the Tv8.it website, free of charge.

TV8’s free-to-air programming

• 10.50-11.30 am, Live MotoGP Qualifying
• 1.15pm-1.30pm, Moto3 Qualifying Live (Q2 only)
• 1.45pm-2.25pm, Moto2 Qualifying Live
• 3.00pm Live SPRINT MotoGP