Motogp in Assen, Fernandez wins the Sprint. Then Ogura and Di Giannantonio

Double in Assen for the Trackhouse team, which placed its two Aprilia in front of everyone in the Sprint race of the Dutch Grand Prixtenth appointment of MotoGP World Championship. Vince Raul Fernandez in front of his teammate Ai Oguraexcellent third place for Fabio Di Giannantonio with the Ducati VR46 branded.

At the foot of the podium the official Aprilias, with Marco Bezzecchi fourth ahead of Jorge Martin. The Ducatis follow Francesco Bagnaia e Marc Marquezsixth and seventh respectively. In points too Enea Bastianini (Ktm Tech3), eighth ahead of Pedro Acosta (Ktm). ‘Pecco’ subsequently fell back one position due to a penalty due to failure to respect the track limit, causing Marquez to drop to sixth position.

Sprint finishing order

This is the order of arrival of the Sprint Race of the Dutch Grand Prix of the MotoGP class, the tenth event of the season (out of 22), held on the circuit of Assen: 1. Raul Fernandez (Esp) Aprilia in 20’05″310 at an average speed of 176.2 km/h 2. Ai Ogura (Jpn) Aprilia at 0″362 3. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ita) Ducati 1″131 4. Marco Bezzecchi (Ita) Aprilia 2″161 5. Jorge Martin (Esp) Aprilia 4″591 6. Marc Marquez (Esp) Ducati 4″801 7. Francesco Bagnaia (Ita) Ducati 4″901 8. Enea Bastianini (Ita) Ktm 5″237 9. Pedro Acosta (Esp) Ktm 9″598 10. Fabio Quartararo (Fra) Yamaha 11″134 Fastest lap: Ai Ogura (lap 11) in 1’32″003 at an average speed of 177.6 km/h

The words of Di Giannantonio

“We know that the Aprilias are very fast and are doing exceptional things. We are trying to maximize the result, we couldn’t win and I was very at the limit. podium it’s an extraordinary result for us”, explained Di Giannantonio (Ducati VR46) after third place in the Sprint Race.

Ogura’s comment

“It’s our first double and I’m very happy for the team,” he underlined Ai Ogura -. It’s a shame to have lost a few positions in the final laps, we know what we will have to improve for tomorrow’s long race.”

Fernandez’s satisfaction

“I am very happy with the victory,” he said Fernandez –. Often we weren’t strong in the Sprints, but now we’ve found the right balance. The race went well and I know I dropped a bit at the end, we’ll see tomorrow because the race will be very long.”

The words of Bezzecchi and Martin

“I’m halfway satisfied, lately in the Sprints I always struggle, especially in the first laps – he explained Bezzecchi –. Then I managed to climb back up and overtake Jorge (Martin, ed.), with whom I also managed to have fun. Let’s hope tomorrow we can take another step forward.” “Fourth place was a hard-earned victory, I’m a little disappointed but up to now the weekend has been good. All the other Aprilias are going strong, even the Trackhouses”, adds the leader of the rider classification.

Saturday with two faces for Martin: the Spaniard achieved his first pole position with Aprilia Racing, the 21st in the top class and the 42nd in all the classes of the MotoGP. His last pole dates back to 616 days ago, at Phillip Island in 2024. In the sprint, the Spanish rider then contested a fighting race, finishing in fifth position. “I’m happy for the pole position and proud to have achieved it after a long time. I made a decent start, but then I had no grip at the rear, especially in the last laps it was complicated – says the Spaniard – In terms of pace I wasn’t that far from my rivals, even if I saw Marco (Bezzecchi, ed.) as slightly stronger. I gave it my all and I still enjoyed it. We’re improving, which is the most important thing, and getting pole was a big step forward”. Qualifying produced a historic result for Aprilia Racing: for the first time the Noale manufacturer monopolized the first four positions on the starting grid, with Martín ahead of Ogura, Bezzecchi and Fernández. Fernandez and Ogura then took first and second in the sprint.

Marquez’s point

“It’s a track where I usually struggle and this year it will be tough, here both Di Giannantonio and Bagnaia are stronger than me. The Aprilia is faster, they make the difference here, I try to do 100%, but tomorrow we’ll have to fight for seventh or eighth place. However, I’m happy with how it’s going.” These are the analysis of Marc Marquez: “I play defense. I knew I would have difficulties here, I have to be careful because there are many changes of direction where I struggle”, adds the Spanish driver.