Aron Canet recovered from an early off-track excursion to snatch victory away from Romano Fenati at the final corner of a thrilling Dutch TT, cutting his deficit in the championship to Joan Mir to 30 points. Canet was in a hard-charging group battling over sixth spot in the early stages when a crash for Gresini […]
Franco Morbidelli will step up to the MotoGP World Championship next season with the Marc VDS Honda team, after signing a two-year deal to remain with the Belgian squad, with an option to extend that to a third year should he wish. Italian Morbidelli has been part of the Marc VDS fold since 2016 in […]
Jorge Lorenzo has branded his Dutch TT qualifying a ‘disaster’, after the the Spaniard struggled to find grip at a wet Assen and could only manage a career-worst 21st. Lorenzo did not enjoy a positive start to his Assen weekend, the Ducati rider failing to make the top 10 cut and bag a place in […]
Tech3 Yamaha’s Johann Zarco reckons his laps on wet tyres in a drying fourth free practice prepared him for his charge to a maiden MotoGP pole position for the Dutch TT. The French rider was one of a few to venture out onto the Assen circuit in the iffy conditions of final practice on slicks, […]
Johann Zarco stormed to a sensational debut MotoGP pole position for the Dutch TT, denying Marc Marquez and Danilo Petrucci at the death, while Jorge Lorenzo registered his worst ever qualifying result in the MotoGP class in 21st. By the time Q2 got underway the rain had stopped and the track was gradually drying out. […]
Franco Morbidelli led a Marc VDS one-two in a damp final practice ahead of qualifying for the Moto2 Dutch TT later today. Italian Morbidelli will be a force to be reckoned with in qualifying later today after posting the only 1m52s lap of the session, the championship leader riding through several big warnings on his […]
Pramac Racing’s Scott Redding ended a wet third free practice session ahead of the Dutch TT fastest by just over two tenths of a second from Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi. Redding endured a difficult Friday on his GP16, the British rider struggling to find a good feeling on the bike. A podium finisher in last year’s […]
Home hero Bo Bendsneyder delighted the Dutch crowd by topping a crash-strewn wet final free practice session at the TT Circuit Assen. Miserably wet conditions greeted the Moto3 field for their third 40-minute practice session of the Dutch TT weekend, and it didn’t take long for the weather to begin catching riders out. The Turn […]
LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow spent some of Friday’s practice running HRC’s aerodynamic fairing, but is unsure whether he will continue using it for the remainder of the Dutch TT weekend. Crutchlow, who penned a two-year deal with HRC to remain with LCR earlier this week, has regularly tested new parts from Honda this season and […]
Honda’s Marc Marquez has admitted that his main rivals are a step ahead of him despite finishing Friday’s action ahead of the Dutch TT third overall. With the weather set to rob the field of their vital fourth free practice session on Saturday, Marquez decided to begin working on race set-up in the first free […]
Maverick Vinales ends Friday’s running ahead of the Dutch TT in command, after the Yamaha rider went almost four tenths of a second clear of the field in a frantic second practice. With a few spots of rain materialising towards the end of Moto3 practice, the 2.89-mile Assen circuit was abuzz with activity. A few […]
Danilo Petrucci topped a fragmented opening practice session for the Dutch TT weekend at Assen, though suffered a late mechanical issue with his Ducati GP17. The session was stopped just a few minutes in when Andrea Dovizioso’s Ducati leaked oil at Turns 9, 10 and 11, leading to crashes for team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and for […]