Assen to move TT race day to Sunday from 2016 onwards
A big shift has been announced today for MotoGP fans – with the long held Saturday race day being moved to Sunday. Here is the press release put out by motogp.com regarding the move… After carefully...
View ArticleAlvaro Bautista reflects on positive testing on day one at Assen
For Aprilia Racing Team Gresini the first two practice sessions of the Dutch GP round were the ideal continuation of the tests begun at Barcelona the Monday after the last race. That was a day of...
View ArticleAlex Marquez 5th, Tito Rabat 8th in opening sessions at Assen
Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS rider Álex Márquez demonstrated his soaring confidence and improved speed in the 2015 Moto2 World Championship today by setting the fifth quickest time in practice...
View ArticleRed Bull Rookies, Assen: Qualifying report
Thursday’s practice and qualifying sessions at Assen were all about chasing Bo Bendsneyder. The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup leader was quickest in all three sessions and in the all important...
View ArticleSolid day one at Assen for Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales continued the work to find the good set up of their GSX-RRs today at the TT Assen Circuit in The Netherlands and set positive lap times within...
View ArticleFirst row start for Marc Marquez at Assen, second row for Dani Pedrosa
The second day of practice at the “Cathedral of Motorcycle Racing” saw the starting grid for the eighth round of the season decided. After contesting pole position in qualifying, Marc Marquez...
View ArticleJorge Lorenzo to start Assen race from 8th on grid
Jorge Lorenzo was unable to ride the hot Qualifying lap he had in mind at Assen today and will start tomorrow‘s race from eighth on the grid. Lorenzo posted some very competitive times, but was unable...
View ArticleJorge Navarro qualifies second for Assen Moto3 grid
After their good practice sessions yesterday, today the Repsol Moto3 riders continued to improve at Assen on Friday. In the morning free practice, Jorge Navarro was again very fast, setting the third...
View ArticleNinth place on Assen grid for Efren Vazquez
Efren Vazquez qualified ninth for round eight at the historical TT Circuit in Assen tomorrow. Despite some rain drops this morning the weather remains dry for this afternoon’s qualifying practice in...
View ArticleSeventh row start in Assen for Alvaro Bautista
The qualifiers were held today at Assen to define the starting grid for the Dutch GP which, in accordance with tradition, will be raced on Saturday. As always, development continued on the Aprilia...
View ArticleJorge Martin lines up 15th on Assen grid, Juanfran Guevara 18th
After dominating all three free practice sessions at the Dutch TT, Danny Kent looked to be a clear favourite for pole position in qualifying this afternoon, although that didn’t turn out to be the...
View ArticleTito Rabat qualifies 2nd in Assen, Alex Marquez 13th
A seventh front row start of 2015 was the reward for a record-breaking Dutch TT qualifying performance by Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS rider Tito Rabat in Assen this afternoon. The Spaniard...
View ArticlePol Espargaro qualifies an impressive fifth at Assen
Monster Yamaha Tech3 Team rider Pol Espargaro will begin the 85th Dutch TT from the middle of the second row on the grid after pulling off an impressive qualifying performance aboard his Yamaha...
View ArticleRed Bull Rookies, Assen: Race 1 report
Bo Bendsneyder got the best of a wheel-to-wheel battle with Fabio Di Giannantonio to win Race 1 at Assen by 8 hundredths of a second. The 16-year-old Dutchman went into the race as firm favourite...
View ArticleAleix Espargaro qualifies second at Assen, Maverick Viñales ninth
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s Aleix Espargaro put in an astonishing qualifying-lap to claim second place on the grid for tomorrow’s eighth round of the MotoGP™ World Championship at Assen in The Netherlands...
View ArticleLittle reward at Assen for Jorge Martin and Juanfran Guevara
Although today in Assen the Moto3 race had been expected to feature a large lead group, in the end the pack split from lap three onwards and seven riders fought for the win. Although many riders had...
View ArticleFourth place at Assen for Jorge Navarro, unfortunate DNF for Maria Herrera
Saturday was a bittersweet day for the Repsol riders in Moto3. Whilst Fabio Quartararo and Jorge Navarro placed second and fourth, respectively, Maria Herrera has starred in a spectacular battle in...
View ArticleMiguel Oliveira takes stunning Assen victory
Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Miguel Oliveira won an exciting Moto3 Dutch TT –the last to be held on a Saturday– with an excellent performance. The win was his second of the season, after a triumph at...
View ArticleMarc Marquez 2nd at Assen after epic battle with Rossi, Dani Pedrosa 8th
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have experienced another strange race weekend in Assen at the Dutch TT. Qualifying 3rd and 4th on the grid for today’s 26 lap race, both riders showed...
View ArticleAlvaro Bautista battles to 17th at Assen
The changes Aprilia brought to Assen were used both in practice and in the race, continuing development on the RS-GP. But after the good results obtained on Thursday and Friday a series of...
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