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11.18 Marc Marquez improves and drops to 1:32.557, second 156 thousandths behind Bagnaia. The world champion is stuck in the pits in the meantime.
11.17 Vinales improves and moves to 277 thousandths from Bagnaia in second position. Marc Marquez responds and is record-breaking in T2.
11.16 Pecco Bagnaia records in T1 and T3, confirms himself in T4 and drops to 1:32.401 with 366 thousandths on Alex Marquez.
11.15 Jorge Martin pushes but makes a mistake in the last chicane and ruins an excellent lap. Marc Marquez third, 292 thousandths behind Bagnaia who relaunches himself.
11.14 Alex Marquez improves but remains 142 thousandths behind Bagnaia. Quartararo moves into ninth position at 660.
11.13 Jorge Martin responds and is now third, 302 thousandths behind Pecco. Marc Marquez relaunches himself. Let’s see the Cabroncito.
11.12 Bagnaiaaaaaa!! 1:32.625 flies to the top with 187 thousandths on Alex Marquez and 337 on Raul Fernandez.
11.11 Raul Fernandez flies to the top! 1:32.962 for the Spanish rider from the Trackhouse team with 18 thousandths on Marc Marquez and 184 on Martin
11.10 Alex Marquez sets two records in T2 and T3 but slows down in T4 and remains fifth, 354 thousandths behind his brother.
11.08 Bezzecchi’s mistake! The Romagnola rider ends up long on turn 14 and manages not to fall into the gravel by holding on to his Ducati with great skill.
11.07 The Marquez brothers are also back on track, then Bastianini and Bagnaia. All with soft and medium.
11.06 Vinales, Morbidelli, Oliveira and Raul Fernandez are back in action.
11.05 Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi are back on track!
11.04 At the moment only Joan Mir is on the track with a Honda that is increasingly in crisis. Very high times for the former world champion…
11.02 After the first run all the drivers have stopped in the pits. Let’s see who will be the first to return to action.
11.00 We are 30 minutes from the end. Marc Marquez leads in 1:32.980. Bagnaia is ninth at 665 thousandths ahead of Acosta.
10.59 Jorge Martin moves up to second place, 166 thousandths behind Marc Marquez, then Vinales third at 240 with Bastianini fourth at 267. Bagnaia stops in the pits.
10.58 Vinales moves into third place, 216 thousandths of a second from the top, where Marc Marquez returned in 1:32.980 after Bagnaia’s time was cancelled.
10.57 Bagnaia!! Ringing from the world champion who flies in 1:32.820 with 184 thousandths of a second over Marc Marquez. Quartararo moves into fourth place at 759.
10.56 Marc Marquez improves further and drops to 1:33.004 with 559 thousandths on Alex. Bagnaia fifth at 641.
10.55 Jorge Martin is in the slipstream of Cabroncito by a handful of thousandths, but now it is Raul Fernandez who is dictating the pace in 1:33.642 with 2 thousandths on Vinales.
10.54 Marc Marquez back on top in 1:33.693 with 313 thousandths of a second over Alex Marquez and 532 over Pecco Bagnaia.
10.53 Bagnaia takes first place in 1:34.225 with 61 thousandths of a second over Marc Marquez. Vinales fourth at 91, Martin sixth at 129.
10.52 Marc Marquez closes the second lap and returns to the lead in 1:34.286 with 133 thousandths on Alex. Third Bezzecchi at 738.
10.51 Bagnaia immediately moves into third position, 210 thousandths behind Raul Fernandez, with Jorge Martin seeing his time cancelled.
10.50 Time cancelled for the Marquez brothers, Jorge Martin takes the lead in 1:35.391 with 205 thousandths on Raul Fernandez.
10.49 The first time was set by Marc Marquez in 1:35.323, 550 thousandths ahead of his brother Alex.
10.48 Aleix Espargarò stops immediately! The Spaniard takes turn 2 and goes to the side of the track. Technical problem with his Aprilia!
10.47 We remind you that the PL will not count towards the classification for the qualifications. The pre-qualifications at 15.00 will be the decisive round.
10.46 Everyone on the track straight away to make the most of the morning session.
10.45 GREEN LIGHT!!!!!!! THE PL OF THE DUTCH GP START!!!!!
10.43 A few moments and we’re off. All set for Assen! 45 minutes of capital importance await us!
10.41 In the meantime, during the June break, the riders’ market has been full of “bombs”. Marc Marquez in Ducati Factory, Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi in Aprilia, Enea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales in KTM!
10.38 After Mugello with Pecco Bagnaia’s double, the World Championship has officially reopened and now the ranking is tight. Holland and Germany then the summer break. Absurd calendar but very delicate moment!
10.35 The day on the Drenthe track presents itself with sunshine and temperatures around 20°. The whole weekend should continue in this vein. Assen without rain. Will it really be like this?
10.32 Active riders with victories at Assen:
2 – MARQUEZ Marc (ESP) {2014, 2018}
2 – BAGNAIA Francesco (ITA) {2022, 2023}
1 – MILLER Jack (AUS) {2016}
1 – VIÑALES Maverick (ESP) {2019}
1 – QUARTARARO Fabio (FRA) {2021}
10.29 Before getting into the heart of free practice, let’s do a bit of history of the Dutch MotoGP GP. Driver with the most victories: Valentino ROSSI (8). The Doctor triumphed in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017
10.26 THE 2024 MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANKING
1 MARTIN 171 28 32 20 12 37 26 16
Jorge [SPA] 12 25 16 7 13 7 – 12 25 12 20 6 16 –
2 18 18 BAGNAIA 153 31 6 13 25 16 25 37
Francesco [ITA] 6 – 25 6 11 2 25 – 16 – 25 – 25 12
3 35 17 MARQUEZ 136 18 9 9 24 29 25 22
Marc [SPA] 5 0 13 9 – 9 20 4 20 9 16 9 13 9
4 57 22 BASTIANINI 114 15 24 20 11 19 5 20
Aeneas [ITA] 4 20 11 4 16 4 11 – 13 6 0 5 20 –
5 70 13 ACOSTA 101 9 19 26 15 4 10 18
Pedro [SPA] 2 16 7 3 20 6 6 9 – 4 3 7 11 7
6 71 1 VIÑALES 100 7 12 37 7 18 6 13
Maverick [SPA] 1 – 6 12 25 12 7 – 11 7 4 2 8 5
7 86 15 BINDER 85 29 13 7 10 8 8 10
Brad [RSA] 9 13 20 – 7 0 10 – 8 0 8 – 6 4
8 89 3 ESPARGARO 82 15 10 14 – 12 25 6
Alex [SPA] 7 8 8 2 9 5 – – 7 5 13 12 5 1
9 97 8 BY GIANNANTONIO 74 9 6 10 9 13 15 12
Fabio [ITA] – 6 9 – 10 – 9 0 10 3 11 4 9 3
10 120 23 MARQUEZ 51 13 0 1 13 6 9 9
Alex [SPA]
10.23 We are ready to experience an extremely important weekend. After the long break in June (also due to the cancellation of the Kazakhstan GP) the riders return to the track after 3 weeks of rest with the Mugello race now far in the memory…
10.20 The weekend of the eighth round of the championship officially begins. We start at 10.45 am with free practice, then at 3.00 pm it will be time for pre-qualifying!
10.15 Good morning and welcome to Assen! In exactly 30 minutes the Dutch GP weekend will start!
How to follow the first day of the Assen weekend on TV/streaming – The presentation of the Dutch GP – Numbers and statistics of the Dutch GP
Good morning and welcome to LIVE coverage of the first day of practice for the Dutch GP, the eighth act of the MotoGP season. On the challenging circuit of shaftsdrivers and teams will be hunting for answers in terms of set-up, thinking about tomorrow’s qualifying and Sunday’s race, without obviously forgetting the Sprint Race.
The direct confrontation for the world title resumes between Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin. Pecco, fresh from his triumph at Mugello where he won both the Sprint and the GP, is motivated to repeat and close the gap on the Spaniard. The Piedmontese rider is currently 18 points behind the Iberian. The fact that he won in the last two circumstances in the Cathedral of Motorcycling is an important reassurance.
Martin will have to respond present and we’ll see how market maneuvers will influence what happens on the track. The current championship leader, in fact, has announced his divorce from the Borgo Panigale company to go to Aprilia and so it will be interesting to understand what repercussions there will be. On the other hand, next year Marc Marquez it will be official with Pecco and could play the role of the third wheel this weekend.
OA Sport will offer you the LIVE coverage of the first day of practice for the Dutch GP, the eighth act of the MotoGP season: real-time news and constant updates. It starts at 10.45 with the first free practice sessions, then at 15.00 the Pre-Qualifying sessions. Good fun!
