Álex Márquez comes 6th in Assen race
The top six served up close action that a capacity crowd of 105,000 fans could not take their eyes off, with numerous overtakes for the lead, before Morbidelli made a decisive last lap attack on...
View ArticleKTM’s best MotoGP result in Assen from Pol Espargaro
As the half way point of 2017 season approaches, the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team took their best ever MotoGP finish today in Assen, Holland after a dramatic race where mixed conditions and...
View ArticleMotul TT Assen, raceday roundup: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3
MotoGP Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) penned another stunning chapter in what is now the longest winning career in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing at the ‘Cathedral’ of speed, as...
View ArticleAssen GP sees Augusto Fernández continue to close in on the points
The eighth race of the Moto2 season – the Motul TT in Assen – was run under a cloudy and uncertain sky today. The Speed Up team finished a good weekend with Spanish rookie Augusto Fernández who, in...
View ArticleNOT the MotoGP News: Assen – Pass the Duchy from the left hand-side
Welcome to NOT The MotoGP News – our blog by Guy Anderson. Oh – and when you’re done, make sure to go follow Guy on Twitter – @SirGuyGuisborne Assen is great for many reasons. It’s in The Netherlands....
View ArticleWorldSBK Assen, Day 2: Rea roars to eighth consecutive TT Assen win
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) stormed to his third win of the season with a quintessential Assen performance, nailing his eighth consecutive Dutch win and twelfth in total, equalling Carl...
View ArticleWorldSBK Assen, Sunday roundup: World Superbike, World Supersport, WorldSSP300
World Superbike Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) put in the most dominant performance in the 2018 season of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship so far, recording fastest lap after...
View ArticleCareer pole number 75 for Marc Marquez in Assen, tough qualifying for Dani...
So close was today’s qualifying session in Assen that the riders on the front row ended up within just 0.059”, whilst the top-10 were split by less than 4 tenths of a second. Well aware of how tight...
View ArticleAugusto Fernández to start the Dutch GP from 16th position
Augusto Fernández today faced the second day of the Dutch GP at Assen TT Circuit, looking forward to improve yesterday feelings – and that’s what he did. The Spanish Pons HP 40 rider kept getting to...
View ArticleRed Bull Rookies: Can Öncü unstoppable in Race 1 at Assen
Turkish 14-year-old Can Öncü grabbed a dominant lights-to-flag win from Pole Position to extend his lead in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup to 24 points. His twin brother Deniz led a five man KTM RC...
View ArticleAlvaro Bautista takes best grid slot of the season at Assen
Jorge Lorenzo struck first in qualifying for the Dutch TT, clocking a 1’33.600 on his first flying lap out of the garage but a succession of fast laps in an intense finale saw him drop to tenth place...
View ArticleNOT the MotoGP News: Assen about…
Flat like an ironing board but somehow amazing. Shorter than it should be like Dani. But just as loveable, Assen is just as good as Mugello and Philip Island, but unlike them it was better. Before it...
View Article#NLDWorldSBK– Day 1 roundup: World Superbike, World Supersport, WorldSSP300
World Superbike Day one at the Motul Dutch Round for the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship is complete for the WorldSBK class, at a freezing cold and windy Assen. In a stunningly close session...
View Article#NLDWorldSBK – Day 3 roundup: World Superbike, World Supersport, WorldSSP300
World Superbike Race 1 of the Motul Dutch Round at the TT Circuit Assen proved to be a thrilling encounter, as it got underway in bright sunshine at the legendary venue. With the race firing into...
View ArticleComplicated qualifying session for Augusto Fernandez in Assen
Augusto Fernández had a complicated qualifying Saturday on the very fast Dutch track of Assen today. After a good first contact yesterday, today Augusto and teammate Baldassarri wanted to continue...
View ArticleRed Bull Rookies: Carlos caps a perfect weekend in Assen
Carlos Tatay wrapped up a faultless Dutch TT with a winning double after being fastest through practice and qualifying. The Spanish 16-year-old had to fight all the way to the line for victory though...
View ArticleDNFs for Raul Fernandez and Albert Arenas at Assen
Tony Arbolino broke the curse that seemed to have befallen the Moto3 grid this season, becoming the first rider to score more than one win in 2019. The Italian emerged victorious from another crazy...
View ArticlePoints for Alonso Lopez and Sergio Garcia in unpredictable Dutch TT
The Estrella Galicia 0,0 Moto3 riders took on the 22-lap Dutch TT this Sunday, amidst high temperatures and stronger wind than in previous days. The race was won by Tony Aroblino. Alonso Lopez gained...
View ArticleAlex Márquez and Xavi Vierge suffer cruel misfortune in Assen
In the midst of the heat wave engulfing Europe, the 71st running of the Dutch Grand Prix got underway in sunny conditions with track temperatures of 26 degrees. Both Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS...
View ArticleAugusto Fernandez takes superb first GP victory at Assen
After the complicated qualifying day at Assen yesterday, in which Augusto Fernandez took the thirteenth position on the gird, today he achieved a great comeback and at the same time took a magnificent...
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