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Dutch MotoGP: ‘Couldn’t see our potential’, but P3 a ‘good first day’ - Oliveira
Miguel Oliveira enjoys a strong start to the Dutch MotoGP as he claims third position on combined times, even though it was ‘not the smoothest one because of the poor session we had in FP1.”
Dutch MotoGP: Vinales tops day-one, Marc Marquez suffers huge highside
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.
2021 Dutch MotoGP, Assen - Friday Free Practice LIVE!
Live updates, quotes and results from Friday practice for the 2021 Dutch MotoGP at Assen!
Dutch MotoGP: Impressive Vinales tops Free Practice One at Assen
2019 Assen MotoGP winner Maverick Vinales finishes FP1 quickest from Pol Espargaro and Suzuki rider Alex Rins.
Dutch MotoGP: Good result ‘will be necessary for the championship’ - Zarco
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.
Marc Marquez 'felt something strange', went back to older Honda MotoGP parts
Marc Marquez 'felt something strange' with the 2021 Honda MotoGP bike, 'I said, I want to come back to something I know... 2019 or 2020 in Jerez'.
'Very interesting test' for Dovizioso, Aprilia decision 'soon' for MotoGP 2022
Andrea Dovizioso completes 'very interesting' third MotoGP test for Aprilia, factory must make a decison 'soon' regarding 2022 race seat with 'other interesting and valid alternatives' also on the table.
MotoGP Assen: Maverick Vinales 'very upset', 'will copy Quartararo'
Maverick Vinales 'very upset' at last place MotoGP finish in Germany and lack of answers from Yamaha, will 'copy everything' team-mate Fabio Quartararo does to his bike at Assen.
MotoGP Assen: Pol Espargaro: Best to use the same bike as the guy winning
Pol Espargaro explains what he hopes to gain by following Marc Marquez's lead on Honda MotoGP bike spec: 'I'm not saying by putting Marc's settings I'm going to be as fast as him. This is bullshit! But using the same package shows where you are weak'
Dutch MotoGP: Assen an up-and-down track for Miller, 2016 a ‘massive highlight’
Jack Miller returns to the scene of ‘massive highlight’ - first MotoGP win (2016), even though Assen is a circuit ‘I’ve never really gelled with.”
Dutch MotoGP: Marquez: Summer break will be important. Good news we go to Austin
Marc Marquez believes the five week MotoGP break after Assen will play a big role in his recovery; ‘Summer break will be important for me. Still the arm and the shoulder especially, feels a lot if you stress too much.”
Dutch MotoGP: Rossi: Prince pushing me to ride next year, will be very difficult
Following the confirmation of Valentino Rossi’s new Aramco VR46 MotoGP team and Ducati joining forces for the 2022 season, the Italian says ‘I think it will be very difficult that I race next year’ in my own team.
Official: VR46 signs with Ducati, 'fantastic' if Rossi rides alongside Marini
Valentino Rossi's new Aramco VR46 MotoGP team confirms Ducati machinery in 2022, 'fantastic' if Valentino Rossi rides alongside Luca Marini.
Moto3: Salac splits from Snipers team, rejoins PrustelGP for remainder of 2021
Sachsenring Moto3 pole sitter Filip Salac rejoins PrustelGP after mutually agreeing to part ways with Team Snipers, who in turn will replace the Czech rider with VR46 protege Alberto Surra.
Dutch MotoGP: Quartararo: You need speed and consistency, this year we have both
Fabio Quartararo heads to ‘one of my favourite circuits’ being Assen, after describing third place in Germany as ‘a bad weekend’. Maverick Vinales returns to the Dutch TT as the last rider to win there in 2019.
Dutch MotoGP: Bagnaia has Assen track tattooed on his arm, ‘pleased to be back’
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.
WorldSBK rider Garrett Gerloff to replace Franco Morbidelli at Dutch MotoGP
WorldSBK rider Garrett Gerloff will replace the injured Franco Morbidelli at Petronas Yamaha for this weekend’s Dutch MotoGP.
Official date for Americas MotoGP announced, Japanese GP cancelled
An official date to stage the 2021 Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas has been confirmed by Dorna for October 1-3, while the Japanese GP has been cancelled.
Dutch MotoGP: Good previous results, ‘but situation is different now’ - Marquez
German MotoGP winner Marc Marquez, to use Assen as an opportunity to continue recent improvements - ‘see what’s possible’. Pol Espargaro excited by ‘historic track’ after one year away.
Dutch MotoGP: Rossi: We need to figure out what happened in Germany
Valentino Rossi’ 14th place finish at the MotoGP of Germany leaves him 19th in the championship heading into Assen - scene of his last premier class win (2017).
Training injury forces Franco Morbidelli out of Dutch MotoGP
Franco Morbidelli has been forced to withdraw from this weekend's Dutch MotoGP.
Germany MotoGP: Last few laps ‘I was finished, improved from Barcelona’ - Martin
Jorge Martin finishes 12th in second MotoGP since making a return from injury at Catalunya; ‘At the beginning I felt great and I was in P8, but my physical condition didn’t allow me to push more.”
Last chance for Petrucci, Lecuona to impress before 2022 Tech3 KTM decision?
Tech3 KTM team boss Herve Poncharal says it will be 'interesting to monitor what goes on during the Dutch MotoGP... to be closer to the final decision of who will be team-mate to Remy Gardner in 2022'
Crash.net MotoGP podcast with Keith Huewen: Marquez returns as king of the 'ring
Episode 8 of Crash.net's new MotoGP podcasts featuring Keith Huewen looks back on Marc Marquez's emotional Sachsenring win.