Francesco Bagnaia took pole position on Saturday in qualifying for the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix at Assen.
Italian Francesco Bagnaia took pole position in qualifying for the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix at Assen on Saturday, ahead of world championship leader Jorge Martin of Spain. The factory Ducati rider once again set the absolute track record with a time of 1:30.540, but only 0.81 seconds ahead of the Pramac Ducati.
The weapons are therefore geared up to see which of the two drivers will leave Assen, the 8th round of the world championship, at the top of the provisional ranking. Bagnaia is currently 18 points behind Martin but can amass 37 points in total if he wins the Sprint race on Saturday and then the Grand Prix on Sunday.
Already winner of the last two editions of this Assen Grand Prix, the Turinese will however have to triumph over the determination of Martin who will leave Ducati-Pramac next season to join Aprilia after seeing the managers of the official Ducati team prefer him six-time world champion Marc Marquez to join Bagnaia next year.
Marquez, for his part, fell heavily during qualifying on his Ducati-Gresini and will only start 7th on the grid for the Sprint race and the Grand Prix.
