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 Ducatiwhich closes the gap on first place in the rankings, occupied by Jorge Martin. Bagnaia also took pole position in qualifyingwith a time of 1’30”540, new Assen track record.
“We have been doing an excellent job since yesterday morning. Today I tried to maintain a constant pace in practice to test the grip of the rear in view of tomorrow. We are very happy with the pole and the victory in the Sprint. I can’t wait to race tomorrow,” said the reigning world champion.
The Ducati rider also dominated the free and pre-qualifications setting a time of 1’31″340, a track record, and 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 get under one thirty, because this morning I was doing one thirty-one with the used tire”. These are Francesco’s words Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo), to the microphones of Sky Sport, at the end of the qualifications. “For the Sprint I think I’ll use the soft tyre on the rear. We’ll have to understand the race pace well, but Vinales is definitely the most consistent at the moment. Qualifying strategy? I decided with the team to start before the others to capitalise on my speed”.
The starting grid
This one starting grid of the Dutch Grand Prix, eighth round of the MotoGP class of the season, scheduled on 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
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7. Marc Marquez (Esp) Ducati 1’31″378
8. Franco Morbidelli (Ita) Ducati 1’31″405
9. Brad Binder (Rsa) Ktm 1’31″479
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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 classification
1. Jorge Martin (Ducati) 180
2. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) 165
3. Marc Marquez (Ducati) 136
4. Enea Bastianini (Ducati) 120
5. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) 107
6. Pedro Acosta (KTM) 101
7. Brad Binder (KTM) 89
8. Aleix Espargarò (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
