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MotoGP™ – Francesco Bagnaia ( Ducati Lenovo Team) wins a wild Dutch GP.

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The Ducati Lenovo Team’s Francesco Bagnaia has shot back into the MotoGP™ title picture after taking victory in a chaotic Motul TT Assen. World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) clashed with his nearest rival on the points table, Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) on Lap 5 at the TT Circuit Assen, then crashed again later in the race. It left Pecco to take a much-needed victory, with fellow Italian Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) claiming a career-best second place and Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) clinching third.

From as low as 15th, Espargaro got back to fourth by the chequered flag, a charge he completed with an incredible double-move on Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing). Heading into the summer break, Quartararo’s Championship lead over the Aprilia pilot has been cut to 21 points, with Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) third at 58 points off the pace, and Bagnaia back up to fourth at just eight points further back.

Bagnaia launched well and led the field into the first corner, while Quartararo briefly dropped back to fourth when he ran wide as he tried to go with the pole-sitter into the first corner. He quickly re-passed Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) and also went down the inside of Espargaro at De Strubben, but could not keep the RS-GP behind him when they ran up the back straight.

It was Bagnaia with a margin of 0.7 seconds at the end of the standing lap, by which time Bezzecchi had passed Miller for fifth. The rookie was into fourth position when he overtook Martin at the start of Lap 3, while Miller dropped from sixth to 10th on Lap 4 when he served a Long Lap Penalty for irresponsible riding in Q2.

On Lap 5, it was high drama at Turn 5 when the top two in the World Championship came together. Quartararo looked to make a move on Espargaro but dropped his Yamaha and slid into the Aprilia. The Frenchman was last by the time he had remounted and while Espargaro did well to stay upright, he still plummeted to 15th given he had been forced into the gravel in an incident which will be investigated post-race.

Meanwhile, with Bezzecchi inheriting second position, Bagnaia’s advantage over the field had blown out to 1.3 seconds. Martin inherited third and Binder fourth, although the South African was back to fifth when he was overtaken by Viñales as they ran through the Ossebroeken complex on Lap 10.

A few laps later, De Strubben bit Quartararo again – hard. The Frenchman had already fallen off the lead lap after a visit to the pits when he fell off his Yamaha after highsiding on exit of the slow left-hander. Thankfully, Quartararo got onto his feet, but in apparent pain as he trundled away from the scene of his first and second crash of the race.

Bagnaia continued to lead by about 1.5 seconds as Espargaro mounted his fightback. The Spaniard was already closing in on the battle for ninth position between Zarco and Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) when, a couple of positions ahead, Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) had to take a Long Lap Penalty for exceeding track limits, promoting #41 to 10th spot on Lap 16.

Virtually the only thing that had not happened by that stage was rain, but it soon started falling as well. Rain flags and then the white flag, signalling that riders were allowed to change bikes, started to wave, but the falls never got heavy enough to force them to do so. Still, it made for a tricky period in the race, as Viñales passed Martin for third at the Geert Timmer Chicane on Lap 17, then both Binder and Miller overtook the Pramac rider on the next lap.

For the second weekend in a row, Miller was doing an admirable job of recovering from a Long Lap Penalty, passing Binder for fourth at the start of Lap 21 and wasting little time in closing up to Viñales as he sought consecutive podiums. He looked to have made the move at the Timmer Chicane at the end of Lap 25, but was in a bit too hot and had to bail out of it, which put him back under pressure from Binder.

Free of all the mayhem, Bagnaia cruised to victory. He eased off at the end, with the winning margin officially only 0.444 seconds after 26 remarkable laps, but it never seriously looked in doubt. Bezzecchi sent the VR46 team into raptures with his first premier class podium, and Viñales was less than a second further back in third. Behind them, Espargaro had risen to sixth and that looked like an admirable salvage job, but then he divebombed Miller and Binder as they ran into the Timmer Chicane for the final time.

Binder would take fifth, ahead of Miller, Martin, and Mir, who had contact with Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) as they lined up on the grid before a hit with Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) once the race had actually started. Oliveira shed bodywork in that incident but still finished ninth, ahead of Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar), Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), Nakagami, Zarco, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), and Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) in the final points position.

Raul Fernandez (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing) retired with arm pump, while Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) and Darryn Binder (WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team) made it three YZR-M1 riders who crashed out of the contest.

The MotoGP™ paddock now has the summer break to catch its breath before Round 12, the Monster Energy British Grand Prix, takes place at the Silverstone Circuit on August 5-7

MotoGP™ Race Top 10:

1. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team)
2. Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 0.444
3. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) + 1.209
4. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) + 2.585
5. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 2.721
6. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 3.045
7. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) + 4.340
8. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 8.185
9. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 8.325
10. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 8.596.

Motul TT Assen

MotoGP™ RAC Classification 2022

TT Circuit Assen

June 26th 2022
22º C
Cloudy
Track condition: Dry
Humidity: 59%
Ground: 30º
1 25 63 Francesco Bagnaia IT Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 175.2 40’25.2050
2 20 72 Marco Bezzecchi IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 175.2 +0.444
3 16 12 Maverick Viñales ES Aprilia Racing Aprilia 175.2 +1.209
4 13 41 Aleix Espargaro ES Aprilia Racing Aprilia 175.1 +2.585
5 11 33 Brad Binder ZA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 175.1 +2.721
6 10 43 Jack Miller AU Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 175 +3.045
7 9 89 Jorge Martin ES Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 174.9 +4.340
8 8 36 Joan Mir ES Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 174.7 +8.185
9 7 88 Miguel Oliveira PT Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 174.6 +8.325
10 6 42 Alex Rins ES Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 174.6 +8.596
11 5 23 Enea Bastianini IT Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 174.5 +9.783
12 4 30 Takaaki Nakagami JP LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 174.5 +10.617
13 3 5 Johann Zarco FR Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 174.2 +14.405
14 2 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio IT Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 174 +17.681
15 1 73 Alex Marquez ES LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 173.4 +25.866
16 4 Andrea Dovizioso IT WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 173.1 +29.711
17 10 Luca Marini IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 173.1 +30.296
18 6 Stefan Bradl DE Repsol Honda Team Honda 172.9 +32.225
19 87 Remy Gardner AU Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 172.8 +34.947
20 32 Lorenzo Savadori IT Aprilia Racing Aprilia 172.7 +35.798
25 Raul Fernandez ES Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 170.6 8 laps
20 Fabio Quartararo FR Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 158.4 15 laps
21 Franco Morbidelli IT Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 152.7 18 laps
40 Darryn Binder ZA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 171.4 18 laps

Championship Standings MotoGP™ 2022

MotoGP™ Championship 2022

1 20 Fabio Quartararo FR Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 172
2 41 Aleix Espargaro ES Aprilia Racing Aprilia 151
3 5 Johann Zarco FR Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 114
4 63 Francesco Bagnaia IT Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 106
5 23 Enea Bastianini IT Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 105
6 33 Brad Binder ZA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 93
7 43 Jack Miller AU Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 91
8 36 Joan Mir ES Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 77
9 42 Alex Rins ES Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 75
10 88 Miguel Oliveira PT Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 71
11 89 Jorge Martin ES Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 70
12 12 Maverick Viñales ES Aprilia Racing Aprilia 62
13 93 Marc Marquez ES Repsol Honda Team Honda 60
14 72 Marco Bezzecchi IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 55
15 10 Luca Marini IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 52
16 30 Takaaki Nakagami JP LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 42
17 44 Pol Espargaro ES Repsol Honda Team Honda 40
18 73 Alex Marquez ES LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 27
19 21 Franco Morbidelli IT Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25
20 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio IT Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 18
21 40 Darryn Binder ZA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 10
22 4 Andrea Dovizioso IT WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 10
23 87 Remy Gardner AU Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 9
24 25 Raul Fernandez ES Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 5
25 6 Stefan Bradl DE Repsol Honda Team Honda 0
26 51 Michele Pirro IT Aruba.it Racing Ducati 0
27 32 Lorenzo Savadori IT Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0

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