With a best time of 1'43.030, Aleix Espargaró tops the list of ten riders who will advance to Q2 for the MotoGP qualifying round at Assen. 0.798s slower than the Catalan rider, Joan Mir leads the line for the final two places in Q1 for the decisive MotoGP qualifying round.
Aleix Espargaró overcame the setback he suffered with a punishment handed down on Friday by the FIM (International Motorcycling Federation) Commissioners' Panel and secured a direct place in Q2 of the MotoGP qualifying in the Netherlands. With 1min32s164 the Catalan rider leads the list of riders who go straight to the final qualifying round.
Just 0s041s slower than the Aprilia rider Fabio Quartararo also advanced to Q2, as did Álex Rins, Takaaki Nakagami, Marco Bezzecchi, Francesco Bagnaia, Maverick Viñales, Jorge Martín and Johann Zarco. With 1min32s878, Jack Miller closes the list of riders who have gone straight through to the final round.
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Joan Mir was 0s798 slower than Aleix in the free practice combination and will have to go through Q1, as will Fabio Di Giannantonio, Franco Morbidelli, Brad Binder, Miguel Oliveira, Luca Marini, Enea Bastianini, Lorenzo Savadori, Andrea Dovizioso, Álex Márquez, Remy Gardner, Stefan Bradl, Raúl Fernámdez and Darrn Binder.
Pol Espargaró withdrew from the Dutch GP due to rib pain caused by the accident he suffered on the first day of practice for the German GP last week.
Qualifying practice for the Dutch GP of MotoGP at Assen takes place this Saturday at 9:10 am (Brasilia time).GRANDE PRÊMIO is following all the activities of the 2022 MotoGP World Championship.