Bagnaia dominates for Assen double ahead of Martin

Bagnaia dominates for Assen double ahead of Martin

World champion Francesco Bagnaia swept to his second win of the 2024 MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix weekend after dominating Sunday’s main race ahead of Jorge Martin. Having eased to victory in the sprint on Saturday, Bagnaia stormed to a third-successive Dutch GP win of his career on Sunday on his factory Ducati having controlled the […]

Espargaro ruled out of Dutch MotoGP race after high-speed crash

Espargaro ruled out of Dutch MotoGP race after high-speed crash

Aleix Espargaro will sit out Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix following a high-speed crash on the final lap of the sprint race, his Aprilia MotoGP team has announced. Espargaro’s participation in the Assen contest had been in doubt since he fell off his bike at Turn 15 and had to be taken to the hospital for […]

Martin hit with grid penalty for MotoGP Dutch GP after qualifying incident

Martin hit with grid penalty for MotoGP Dutch GP after qualifying incident

MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin has been hit with a three-place grid penalty for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix after impeding Raul Fernandez in qualifying. Pramac Ducati rider Martin qualified second on the grid at Assen and stayed there in Saturday’s 13-lap sprint, losing out to title rival Francesco Bagnaia. A number of riders tripped […]

Marquez explains Assen MotoGP sprint crash he ‘should have avoided’

Marquez explains Assen MotoGP sprint crash he ‘should have avoided’

Marc Marquez says he is “upset” with himself after crashing out of the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix sprint race as it’s the kind of incident “you need to avoid”. The Gresini Ducati rider started from seventh in Saturday’s 13-lap Assen sprint after crashing out late on in qualifying, but was running fifth after the first […]

Bagnaia takes dominant sprint win, Marquez crashes

Bagnaia takes dominant sprint win, Marquez crashes

MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia dominated the Dutch Grand Prix sprint to narrow Jorge Martin’s points lead in the standings, as Marc Marquez crashed out. Having topped both practice sessions on a Friday for the first time in his MotoGP career and taken pole with a lap record, Bagnaia led from start to finish in […]

Bagnaia smashes lap record to take pole, Marquez crashes

Bagnaia smashes lap record to take pole, Marquez crashes

World champion Francesco Bagnaia headed Jorge Martin in a tight pole battle at the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix, as a late crash for Marc Marquez left him seventh. Bagnaia and standings leader Martin traded all-time Assen lap records at the start of the Q2 session, before the former smashed it with a 1m30.540s with just […]

«Strange» to talk to Ducati boss Dall’Igna after MotoGP split

«Strange» to talk to Ducati boss Dall’Igna after MotoGP split

Jorge Martin admits he finds it «strange» to talk to Ducati’s MotoGP chief Gigi Dall’Igna after being passed over for a factory promotion for the 2025 season. The Spaniard was initially chosen to partner Francesco Bagnaia at the works Ducati squad on the back of his stunning form with Pramac before Marc Marquez’s refusal to […]

Marquez doesn’t feel «guilty» for Pramac/Ducati MotoGP split

Marquez doesn’t feel «guilty» for Pramac/Ducati MotoGP split

Marc Marquez says he ‘doesn’t feel guilty’ about Pramac leaving Ducati for Yamaha for the 2025 MotoGP season because he feels “I didn’t do anything”. On Friday afternoon at the Dutch Grand Prix, Pramac confirmed Motorsport.com’s earlier reports that it would be ditching Ducati for Yamaha from 2025. The move comes in the wake of […]

Yamaha debuts new engine in Assen MotoGP practice

Yamaha debuts new engine in Assen MotoGP practice

Yamaha debuted a new MotoGP engine on Friday at the Dutch Grand Prix, but Fabio Quartararo doesn’t believe it is helping much at the flowing Assen track. The Japanese marque has utilised its concession benefits to develop and test the new engine with its race riders prior to this weekend’s Dutch GP. Yamaha’s initial 2024 […]