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MotoGP Dutch GP: Bagnaia smashes lap record to take pole, Marquez crashes

World champion Francesco Bagnaia headed Jorge Martin in a tight pole battle at the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix, as a late crash for Marc Marquez left him seventh.

Bagnaia and standings leader Martin traded all-time Assen lap records at the start of the Q2 session, before the former smashed it with a 1m30.540s with just under six minutes to go.

So good was Bagnaia’s lap that he felt he could bail out of the session early, though Martin put it under threat on his final tour – coming up 0.081 seconds short.

Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales completed the top three, 0.330s further back, while Alex Marquez heads row two on the first of the Gresini Ducatis as team-mate Marc Marquez crashed late on to end up seventh.

Bagnaia set the tone for the record-breaking Dutch GP qualifying on his first flying lap, setting a 1m31.048s.

But Martin obliterated it with a 1m30.877s seconds later on his first flying lap, and was on course to better it next time around before making a small error at the last corner.

On the first lap of his second run, Bagnaia lit up the timing screens and produced a 1m30.540s to go 0.337s clear of the field at the time.

Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing, Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images)

With the rest of the pack tripping over each other looking for tows, Bagnaia’s lap came under no threat as the clock ticked down to the chequered flag.

Once Martin got a clear run, though, on his last flying lap he started to put Bagnaia’s lap record under threat.

But he narrowly missed out with a 1m30.621s to secure second, while Vinales leapt up to third on his final effort with a 1m30.951s.

Alex Marquez was fourth on his Gresini Ducati ahead of the second factory Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro and Q1 graduate Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46).

Espargaro was involved in a scuffle with Marc Marquez in the closing stages of Q2.

The Aprilia rider put on a hard move on Marquez for track position at the final chicane, before the latter returned the favour at Turn 7 while pushing on his last lap.

Marquez got through but crashed on the exit, leaving him down in seventh on the grid ahead of Pramac’s Franco Morbidelli.

Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images)

Brad Binder was the top KTM in ninth ahead of Q1 pacesetter Pedro Acosta – who crashed at the end of the opening qualifying segment - while Ducati’s Enea Bastianini and Trackhouse Racing’s Raul Fernandez rounded out the top 12.

Fabio Quartararo was denied a place in Q2 by just over two tenths on his upgraded Yamaha and will start 13th ahead of KTM’s Jack Miller and VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi, who took a tumble late on in Q1 at Turn 5.

Johann Zarco was top Honda in 19th for LCR Racing.

MotoGP Dutch GP - Q2 results:

   
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Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Speed Trap
1 Italy F. Bagnaia Ducati Team 1 Ducati 7

1'30.540

  180.596  
2 Spain J. Martin Pramac Racing 89 Ducati 8

+0.081

1'30.621

0.081 180.434  
3 Spain M. Viñales Aprilia Racing Team 12 Aprilia 7

+0.411

1'30.951

0.330 179.780  
4 Spain A. Marquez Gresini Racing 73 Ducati 8

+0.439

1'30.979

0.028 179.724  
5 Spain A. Espargaro Aprilia Racing Team 41 Aprilia 6

+0.537

1'31.077

0.098 179.531  
6 Italy F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46 49 Ducati 5

+0.734

1'31.274

0.197 179.144  
7 Spain M. Marquez Gresini Racing 93 Ducati 6

+0.838

1'31.378

0.104 178.940  
8 Italy F. Morbidelli Pramac Racing 21 Ducati 8

+0.865

1'31.405

0.027 178.887  
9 South Africa B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 33 KTM 8

+0.939

1'31.479

0.074 178.742  
10 Spain P. Acosta Tech 3 31 KTM 7

+0.942

1'31.482

0.003 178.736  
11 Italy E. Bastianini Ducati Team 23 Ducati 8

 

     
12 Spain R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team 25 Aprilia 8

+1.388

1'31.928

0.446 177.869  

MotoGP Dutch GP - Q1 results:

   
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Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Speed Trap
1 Spain P. Acosta Tech 3 31 KTM 9

1'31.372

  178.951  
2 Italy F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46 49 Ducati 9

+0.018

1'31.390

0.018 178.916  
3 France F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing 20 Yamaha 8

+0.248

1'31.620

0.230 178.467  
4 Australia J. Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 43 KTM 8

+0.531

1'31.903

0.283 177.918  
5 Italy M. Bezzecchi Team VR46 72 Ducati 6

+0.625

1'31.997

0.094 177.736  
6 Spain A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing 42 Yamaha 9

+0.736

1'32.108

0.111 177.522  
7 Portugal M. Oliveira Trackhouse Racing Team 88 Aprilia 9

+0.751

1'32.123

0.015 177.493  
8 Italy L. Savadori Aprilia Racing Team 32 Aprilia 8

+0.871

1'32.243

0.120 177.262  
9 France J. Zarco Team LCR 5 Honda 8

+0.888

1'32.260

0.017 177.229  
10 Spain J. Mir Repsol Honda Team 36 Honda 9

+1.125

1'32.497

0.237 176.775  
11 Italy L. Marini Repsol Honda Team 10 Honda 9

+1.255

1'32.627

0.130 176.527  
12 Spain A. Fernandez Tech 3 37 KTM 9

+1.297

1'32.669

0.042 176.447  
13 Japan T. Nakagami Team LCR 30 Honda 9

 

     
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