Bezzecchi all over Marquez for the lead still. Bagnaia dropping off now. Acosta passed him at the final chicane and Morbidelli now all over him for fourth.
Vinales closing in on the group as well. Di Giannantonio with the fastest lap of the race.
Wasn't final chicane for Aldeguer and Mir.
Aldeguer lost the rear exiting turn 11, Quartararo slowed to avoid him, and Mir couldn't avoid Quartararo.
Bezzecchi up to second at the final chicane, past Bagnaia.
Front four starting to pull away marginally from Morbidelli now, Vinales then in sixth, and Di Giannantonio then in seventh.
Mir and Aldeguer have crashed at the final chicane.
Alex Marquez is down on the back straight. He tried to pass Acosta on the inside of turn five. Acosta tried to hang on around the outside, they touched a bit, and when they changed direction for the right-hand kink Marquez's front wheel locked and he went down. He's up and has walked away.
Marc Marquez to the lead now. Passes Bagnaia in the final chicane to end lap six. Bagnaia tries to respond at turn one, but isn't strong enough on the brakes.
Still Bagnaia who leads. Group of six at the front now , back to Morbidelli, then a gap of around 0.6s to Quartararo, Vinales, and Aldeguer.
Acosta up to fourth, past Alex Marquez, at turn five. Marquez getting beaten up a bit early on here.
Savadori has crashed out .
Bagnaia continues to lead. Fastest lap of the race for him that time around but only a 1:32.7. Not many people have done a lot of running on the medium rear tyre this weekend so you feel it's being felt out a bit at the moment.
Bagnaia leads from Marc Marqeuz and Bezzecchi over the line, the Italian passed Alex Marquez at the final chicane.
Quartararo dopped back on the front straight there. He's down to sixth behind Bezzecchi and Acosta now.
Bagnaia leads the opening lap from Alex Marquez, Marc Marquez, Quartararo and Bezzecchi.
Marc passes Alex at turn one of lap two.
Oliveira and Ogura into the turn five gravel. Ogura dropped the Aprilia in it but Oliveira has continued, albeit seemingly with some damage.
It's lights out in Assen for the Dutch TT and it's Bagnaia with the holeshot.
Not a good start from Quartararo, he's back to fifth.
Riders are off on their warm-up lap ahead of the Dutch TT.
Conditions are much warmer today than at other times in the weekend. Compared to yesterday, when the track temperature was 27C, today it's up at 43C.
That means almost everyone is on the hard-compound front tyre (the only exception is Chantra).
On the rear, almost everyone with the medium-compound tyre. The only exceptions are the four Hondas and Ogura.
Alex Marquez remains Marc Marquez's closest challenger in the riders' standings. The Spaniard hasn't beaten his brother in a race this year since the Silverstone Sprint, though.
A win today would get his deficit to the championship leader back down under 40 points, but he'd need Marc to finish lower than second in order to be within a race weekend worth of points (37) heading to Germany in a couple of weeks.
A win from second on the grid today for Francesco Bagnaia would be his fourth successive Dutch TT win.
He was only fifth yesterday in what was the first race at Assen he'd finished off the podium since he was sixth in 2021.
He explained afterwards that he feels more confident for today's race, that his issues in the Sprint were - as was often the case in 2024 - Sprint-specific.
Marc Marquez is targeting three grand prix wins in a row this afternoon, and, after his Sprint win yesterday, three successive doubles.
The Spaniard hasn't been beaten in a race since Marco Bezzecchi won the Silverstone Sprint, and is protecting a 43-point championship lead over Alex Marquez.
A win today would also put him equal with Giacomo Agostini for premier class grand prix wins on 68.
Enea Bastianini penalised by three-place grid drop.
| 2025 Dutch MotoGP, Assen - Starting grid | |||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team |
| 1 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) |
| 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) |
| 3 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) |
| 4 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) |
| 5 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) |
| 6 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) |
| 7 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) |
| 8 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) |
| 10 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) |
| 11 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) |
| 12 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) |
| 13 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) |
| 14 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) |
| 15 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25) |
| 16 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) |
| 17 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) |
| 18 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) |
| 19 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) |
| 20 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) |
| 21 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) |
| 22 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V) |
It's a fourth pole position of the season for Fabio Quartararo today. He converted it to a crash yesterday, but he did that in the Spanish Sprint, too, and was on the podium the day after.
Even still, Quartararo was not optimistic about his victory chances yesterday.
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25 minutes to go until the start of the Dutch TT and the pit lane is open. Riders heading off on their sighting lap and round to the grid.
Welcome to live coverage of today's MotoGP Dutch TT. The main race will be coming up in just under 30 minutes at 14:00 local time.
