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A record, a penalty and a withdrawal. The notes of the ‘qualy’ of the GP of Assen

BarcelonaPecco Bagnaia dominated Friday’s freestyle and also dominated the Assen GP qualifier. It is the fourth pole of the season for the Ducati rider. Bagnaia turned with a time of 1: 31.504, one tenth faster than Fabio Quartararo and two better than Jorge Martín. The second row in this afternoon’s race (2pm, DAZN) will consist of Marco Bezzecchi, Aleix Espargaró and Jack Miller. Unlike Friday, yesterday the session could be done with dry asphalt.

The Netherlands holds a new record every year

Leaving Friday’s downpour behind allowed the riders to roll to the best of their ability in Assen. And if last year Maverick Viñales had achieved the track record, yesterday Bagnaia managed to leave behind the record of the Roses driver. Pecco was three tenths better than Viñales, shattering the 1: 31.814 record he had achieved in 2021 on the handlebars of a Yamaha. Assen, popularly regarded as the Cathedral of Motorcycling, has become accustomed to records.

The misfortune of the Espargaró brothers

The Espargaró brothers have not been lucky in the face of Assen. Especially the Pole, which had to retire. The Honda rider suffered a severe fall on Friday and yesterday was still in intense pain, especially in the ribs. In the middle of the morning, his team confirmed that he was leaving the Grand Prix. For his part, Aleix received a sanction for violating the regulations, also on Friday’s free. He ran out of the fast lap and had to go back yesterday to be in Q2. He will finally come out fifth.

Jake Dixon steps on the ‘pole’ to Albert Arenas

Eleven thousandths. This is the difference between Jake Dixon and Albert Arenas, teammates in Moto2. The Briton, however, was the fastest and will leave today from the pole in the middle category, which had a very tight rating: the top four are separated by only 51 thousandths. In the small category, the Japanese Ayumu Sasaki was the fastest and got the first pole of the season and the second of his sporting career.



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