10:30
Marquez improves again but stays seventh.
Ogura has moved up to second.
Marco Bezzecchi, 2026 MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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MotoGP Assen LIVE: Qualifying updates as Quartararo, Mir advance to Q2
Live updates from the qualifying session at the 2026 Assen MotoGP in the Netherlands.
Live coverage of the qualifying session at the 2026 Assen MotoGP. Qualifying is due to start at 10:50 local time, with the Sprint coming up this afternoon at 15:00.
Key Moments
- Morbidelli misses out as Quartararo, Mir head through to Q2
- Bezzecchi tops FP2 as Acosta, Fernandez suffer breakdowns
- Qualifying to start at 10:50 local time/09:50 BST
Marco Bezzecchi comes into Saturday having been fastest in both sessions on Friday as he looks to rebound from his Czech disaster this weekend at Assen. The Italian pointed to stability as an area to improve with the RS-GP as he seeks a first pole since the Italian Grand Prix a month ago.
Jorge Martin said yesterday that Bezzecchi has a step on the field at Assen, but that it's more pronounced in time attack trim than race pace. The Spaniard was also the rider who was most outspoken about the heat, saying it would be "not really healthy" to do a full-distance grand prix on Sunday if the weather doesn't cool, which it is due to.
Martin was also one of several crashers in Practice yesterday, going down at turn 12 and coming away unharmed. Two others were the two Gresini Racing riders, who both went down at turn 11. Fermin Aldeguer was taken to hospital and this morning has been declared unfit, while Alex Marquez will be reviewed after FP2.
Marquez's crash brought out the red flags towards the end of Practice, after which Marc Marquez did not return to the track. He admitted afterwards that he didn't enjoy Friday, but he got directly into Q2 from Practice in sixth.
Marquez was just behind his team-mate Francesco Bagnaia in Practice, the Italian flirting with disaster for much of the second half of the session as he worked longer on race pace than anyone else, and then had two time attack laps cancelled for yellow flags. He eventually got in in fifth, and said afterwards that qualifying will be of particular importance this weekend.
27 Jun 2026
12:16
Martin keeps Assen pole after yellow flag verdict in final practice
Jorge Martin celebrates “emotional” Aprilia MotoGP pole, escapes yellow flag infringement
Jorge Martin, qualifying, 2026 Assen MotoGP.
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10:43
Report: Jorge Martin snatches Assen MotoGP pole, Marc Marquez seventh
Jorge Martin inherited pole after a late lap cancellation for Raul Fernandez in Assen MotoGP qualifying.
Jorge Martin snatches Assen MotoGP pole, Marc Marquez seventh
Jorge Martin, Aprilia Racing, 2026 Dutch MotoGP
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10:35
Assen MotoGP: Qualifying Results
2026 Dutch MotoGP, Assen - QUALIFYING Results
Jorge Martin, 2026 Assen MotoGP.
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10:32
Martin on pole
It's Jorge Martin who takes pole at Assen. Aprilia lock out the front row with Ogura second and Bezzecchi third. Fernandez makes it an all-Aprilia top-four.
Bagnaia and Di Giannantonio complete the second row, ahead of Marc Marquez, Acosta, and Quartararo on row three.
Mir and Bastianini were the slowest riders in Q2, while Alex Marquez will line up 12th after not taking part in Q2.
10:29
Fernandez improves again and goes pole!
But it's cancelled for track limits and he drops to fourth.
10:28
Marquez gets a lap in but it's only enough for P7, 0.362s off pole.
10:27
Bezzecchi improves but 0.033s slower than Martin. He had to abandon his previous lap for yellows for Acosta.
Fernandez solidifies his P3 spot, a tenth off Martin.
Acosta heading back out on his other bike.
10:26
Martin to pole, 1m31.812s to go fastest ahead of Bezzecchi.
Acosta has broken down again and is wheeling his bike back into the pits. The bike has broken down in the exact same place as in FP2, bizarre.
10:22
Marquez up to eighth with his second lap, but that's been cancelled as well.
10:21
Raul Fernandez the second rider to get into the 1m30s as he moves up to second. Aprilia top-three lockout at the moment.
10:20
Alex Marquez is not taking part in this Q2 session, MotoGP.com pit lane reporter Jack Appleyard has just confirmed on the world feed broadcast.
10:20
Bezzecchi was 0.1s under his best time at the halfway point of his second lap, but he's backed out of it.
10:19
Marc Marquez has had his first lap cancelled for track limits as Bezzecchi looks for further improvements.
10:19
Bezzecchi immediately into the 1m30s for provisional pole on his first lap ahead of Martin and Acosta.
10:16
Q2 start
Q2 is underway in Assen as pit lane opens for this Dutch pole battle.
10:13
Q2 riders
Quartararo and Mir join the following in Q2, which is now just a couple of minutes away:
- Bezzecchi
- R. Fernandez
- Acosta
- Ogura
- Bagnaia
- M. Marquez
- Di Giannantonio
- Bastianini
- Martin
- A. Marquez
10:09
As good as Quartararo was, it was a disastrous Q1 for Razgatlioglu to end up behind Crutchlow.
10:08
Quartararo, Mir advance
A late push from Morbidelli almost had him through, but he lost 0.3s in the final split.
Quartararo advances from Mir. The grid from row five back will look like:
Morbidelli, Moreira, Binder;
Rins, Marini, Miller;
Vinales, A. Fernandez, Crutchlow;
Razgatlioglu
10:04
Moreira's hopes of Q2 are done, he's down at turn seven. Thankfully he's physically okay to be enough to be fuming.
10:03
Quartararo blows the final chicane with a load of traffic ahead of him, not stoked on some touring there.
10:02
Well, what a lap from Quartararo, he goes 0.044s clear of Mir and takes over at the top.
09:56
Morbidelli improves but stays second, and then he's bumped to third as Mir goes fastest by 0.4s on a 1m31.315s. Incredible time from Mir, the fourth-fastest of the weekend.
09:54
Morbidelli goes briefly fastest but he towed Moreira behind him to a better time by a tenth, they have the top two spots for now over Binder.
09:51
Q1 start
Pit lane is open again at Assen and Q1 is underway.