Jorge Martin secures a stunning pole position for the Styrian MotoGP - his second of the season, while Fabio Quartararo saw a time good enough for top spot deleted due to exceeding track limits at turn nine.
Francesco Bagnaia secures automatic progression to Q2 after finishing FP3 fastest at the Styrian MotoGP. Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira will need to qualify through Q1 at KTM’s home circuit.
Fabio Quartararo, former team-mate Maverick Vinales and current team-mate for the next three races Cal Crutchlow share their thoughts on Valentino Rossi and the nine-time world champion’s decision to retire at the end of the 2021 MotoGP season.
Why Johann Zarco remained in fourth place at Mugello despite both Miguel Oliveira and Joan Mir breaching track limits just ahead of him on the final lap of the Italian MotoGP.
Pramac Ducati riders have finished runner-up in MotoGP races on 13 occasions, team manager Francesco Guidotti; 'If the first win will come it's welcome, but we sleep well at night.'
Johann Zarco, whose MotoGP career was in serious doubt when he left KTM midway through 2019, is Fabio Quartararo's nearest title rival at the midway stage of the 2021 season.
In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column, Aleix Espargaro says ‘it’s hard to see’ Andrea Dovizioso as his team-mate and that he ‘hasn’t been very competitive so far’, while Kevin Schwantz throws out the unlikely but not impossible idea of Maverick Vinales returning to Suzuki.
Alex Rins sent to the back by contact with Johann Zarco in the Dutch MotoGP race; 'he is so aggressive on the overtakes... It was an idiotic move, because he's fighting for the world championship'
Francesco Bagnaia salvages a front row start for Sunday’s Dutch MotoGP on a Ducati machine that’s, ‘very difficult to manage in the fast corners because it’s shaking a lot.”
Maverick Vinales finishes fastest for the third consecutive MotoGP practice in Assen, as Johann Zarco and Marc Marquez missed out on automatic progress to Q2.
Johann Zarco’s best Assen MotoGP finish of eighth is one he hopes to improve upon, as ‘it will be necessary for the championship’ before a five week summer break.
Maverick Vinales was once again fastest in FP2 at the Dutch MotoGP, while Marc Marquez suffered a huge crash shortly before rain hit the Assen circuit.
Francesco Bagnaia ‘pleased to be back racing at Assen’, where he won in both Moto2 and Moto3. Italian is 32 points behind championship leader Fabio Quartararo following fifth place at the German MotoGP.
Johann Zarco acknowleges that Marc Marquez's victory provided a little damage limitation as far as the growing points gap to Fabio Quartararo, but is also wary of Miguel Oliveira's momentum.
Fabio Quartararo extends championship lead with German MotoGP third place finish; believes victory was a long shot during warm-up, ‘was quite clear this morning that we have a good pace, but to fight for the victory it’s difficult.”