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MotoGP 2024
Race Round 8   Assen

Repsol Honda Team prospects dashed by early race incidents in Assen

A promising start to the race for both Joan Mir and Luca Marini would be extinguished early in the race as a fall and off-track moment saw them drop out of contention at the Dutch TT.

Both Repsol Honda Team riders entered Sunday with clear ambitions of forward progress. Starting well as the lights went out, Joan Mir quickly moved into the lead of the quarter of RC213V machines and attached himself to the main group. Sitting comfortable in the points with the majority of the race ahead of him, a small crash on lap seven would bring a premature end to proceedings. Mir was unharmed in the fall.

Looking to make up for the lost track time on Saturday, Luca Marini was determined to make amends. Slotting in behind his teammate as the lights went out, Marini made good progress in the first lap. Unfortunately, a moment in the opening sent Marini into the gravel, the Italian rejoining in order to collect the maximum amount of data. He finished 17th.

Now the race is on to arrive at the Sachsenring for the next round of the MotoGP World Championship, on track action starting in just five days’ time.

Luca Marini

17th

“This weekend was full of bad luck for us, in today’s race I had the pace to fight with Zarco. Augusto Fernandez made contact with me early in the race and I went into the gravel, losing a lot of time. I really thing I had the potential to finish in the points. It’s clear that we need to keep on working and I think a fast track like Assen gives us some insight into what areas are most critical. It’s really good to have Sachsenring now, to have a better race before another break.”

Joan Mir

DNF

“During the start I had made some progress and was with the group fighting for the top ten. I was happy with my speed and breaking away from the riders behind and my feeling was improving with every lap. I was trying hard in Sector 1 to recover the time I was losing in other parts of the track and in turn three I leant just a little bit too much and lost the front. I am a rider that is always going to try for more, and sometimes this means we fall. That ended our race. We can see the areas we need to work during the break.”

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Race Round 8   Assen

Dutch Grand Prix Results

Cloudy
Humidity
50%
Track Temp
39°C
Air Temp
22°C
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Bagnaia Francesco 1 ITA 25 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 40'07.214
2 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 20 Pramac Racing Ducati 3.575
3 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 16 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 7.073
4 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 13 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 7.863
5 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 11 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 8.299
6 Binder Brad 33 RSA 10 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 8.258
7 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 9 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 16.005
8 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 8 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 21.095
9 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 7 Pramac Racing Ducati 22.368
10 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 6 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 23.413
11 Miller Jack 43 AUS 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24.004
12 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 4 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24.057
13 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 3 LCR Honda Honda 42.767
14 Fernandez Augusto 37 SPA 2 Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3 KTM 42.871
15 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 1 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 44.429
16 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 0 LCR Honda Honda 46.246
17 Marini Luca 10 ITA 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'10.937
18 Acosta Pedro 31 SPA DNF Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3 KTM DNF
19 Mir Joan 36 SPA DNF Repsol Honda Team Honda DNF
20 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA DNF Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati DNF
21 Rins Alex 42 SPA DNF Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha DNF
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Rider standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 200 Pramac Racing Ducati
2 Bagnaia Francesco 1 ITA 190 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
3 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 142 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
4 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 136 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
5 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 118 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
6 Acosta Pedro 31 SPA 101 Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3 KTM
7 Binder Brad 33 RSA 99 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
8 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 92 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati
9 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 82 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
10 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 62 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
11 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 45 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati
12 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 40 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia
13 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 39 Pramac Racing Ducati
14 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 39 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
15 Miller Jack 43 AUS 32 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
16 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 32 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia
17 Fernandez Augusto 37 SPA 15 Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3 KTM
18 Mir Joan 36 SPA 13 Repsol Honda Team Honda
19 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 12 LCR Honda Honda
20 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 8 LCR Honda Honda
21 Rins Alex 42 SPA 8 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
22 Pedrosa Dani 26 SPA 7 KTM Test Team KTM
23 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 0 KTM Test Team KTM
24 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 0 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia
25 Bradl Stefan 6 GER 0 HRC Test Team Honda
26 Marini Luca 10 ITA 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda
Location Information

Assen is the only venue to have held a round of the Motorcycle World Championship every year since its creation in 1949. The circuit was purpose built for the Dutch TT in 1955, with previous events having been held on public roads. The track is narrow, with rapid changes in… read more.

Length 4.542 kilometres / 2.822 miles
Width 14 metres
Left corners 6
Right corners 12
Longest straight 0.487 kilometres / 0.303 miles
Constructed 1955
Modified 2012

TT Circuit Assen, De Haar, Assen, The Netherlands - View in Google Maps

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Records

Pole Position 1m 30.540s (180.5km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024)
Race Lap 1m 31.866s (177.9km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024)
Race Time 40m 07.214s (176.6km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024)
2024 Race Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
2024 Sprint Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
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