Aspar's Jake Dixon stunned on the final lap to take pole for the Moto2 Dutch GP. The Aspar Briton clocked 1min36s736 on the clock to beat teammate Albert Arenas by just 0s011. It is the Englishman's second pole position of the season, as he also started from the position of honor in Indonesia.

Arenas will start from the front row in Assen together with Marc VDS' Sam Lowes, who set a time of 1min36s787. The time was identical to that of Japan's Ai Ogura, who will start third on the tiebreaker criterion: second best time.

Jake Dixon ficou com a pole-position na Holanda (Foto: Aspar) — Jake Dixon took the pole-position in the Netherlands (Photo: Aspar)

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Alonso López starts fifth, followed by Jorge Navarro, who closes row 2. Joe Roberts, Bo Bendsneyder, Augusto Fernández and Marcel Schrötter round out the top-10 on the grid in Assen. Championship leader Celestino Vietti starts 11th.

Arón Canet abandoned the Dutch GP still as a result of the road accident he suffered before the German GP. The Spaniard broke his nose in a car accident and started bleeding again after TL2. The driver tried a cauterization in the local hospital on Friday night, but the procedure did not work. Now the Pons rider must undergo surgery on Monday.

The Moto2 Dutch GP in Assen takes place this Sunday at 7:20 am (Brasilia time).GRANDE PRÊMIO is following all the activities of the 2022 Moto2 World Championship.

Q1: Navarro dominates Q1 and passes with Zaccone, Gonzalez and Baltus

Jorge Navarro opened the session on a dry track at the top of the timesheet, 0s235 ahead of Manu Gonzalez. Marcos Ramirez was fourth, with Lorenzo Dalla Porta closing the list of those who had provisionally moved on to the next stage.

In the next round, Navarro improved to 1min37s285 to preserve his lead, 0s474 faster than Ramirez. Dalla Porta took third place, with Gonzalez dropping to fourth, 0s538 ahead of Simone Corsi, the first one below the Q2 cut-off line.

Alessandro Zaccone went 1min37s458 and jumped to second, 0s173 behind Navarro. Gonzalez retook third place, with Barry Baltus taking over fourth. Dalla Porta dropped to fifth, 0s124 inside the drop zone.

Jorge Navarro até se irritou, mas foi o primeiro na Moto2 a baixar de 1min37s no fim de semana (Vídeo: MotoGP) — Jorge Navarro was annoyed, but he was the first Moto2 rider to drop below 1min37s this weekend (Video: MotoGP)

Fermín Aldeguer then lapped 0s104s slower than Navarro to move up to second, but fell back to third and was overtaken by Dalla Porta. Navarro was also better, clocking in at 1min37s149, but his advantage was immediately reduced by Zaccone, who went only 0s117 worse.

Dominating the session, Navarro didn't sit still, and on lap 8 he set a lap of 1min36s916, not only the best lap of the weekend, but also the first under 1min37s on the weekend.

With the timer reset, Navarro, Zaccone, Gonzalez, and Baltus moved on to Q2. Dalla Porta will start 19th, followed by Aldeguer, Zonta van der Goornergh, Marcos Ramirez, Jeremy Alcoba, Sean Dylan Kelly, Simone Corsi, Alex Toledo, Niccolò Antonelli, and Keminth Kubo.

Q2: Dixon leads Aspar 1-2 on Assen grid

The decisive qualifying session started with Navvaro also in command, now with 1min36s860, 0s126 better than Bo Bendsneyder. Alonso López was third.

Navarro soon improved to 1min36s836, but ended up with his lap cancelled. Bedsneyder then turned in 1min36s919, narrowing the margin to 0s059 from pole. Lopez followed in third, now ahead of Sam Lowes, Jake Dixon, and Celestino Vietti.

The World Championship leader did not get very far in the session. With eight minutes to go, Vietti crashed at Ossebroeken turn 3, and although it was not the most spectacular of falls, he had to end Q2.

Celestino Vietti caiu cedo e viu o Q2 acabar antes do previsto (Vídeo: MotoGP) — Celestino Vietti crashed early and saw Q2 end earlier than planned (Video: MotoGP)

Meanwhile Ai Ogura jumped up to third, 0s103s behind Navarro, who remained in command, followed by Bendseyder. Lopez dropped to fourth, accompanied by Lowes, Dixon and Albert Arenas.

Sam Lowes came in next to take the lead with 1min36s767, but did not take the lead as Albert Arenas turned the tables by 0s020 seconds better. Navarro dropped to third, ahead of Joe Roberts.

With a few seconds on the clock, Ogura moved into third place, 0s040 behind the leader. With the checkered flag waved at Assen, Jake Dixon went through in 1min36s736 and beat his Aspar teammate by 0s011 to take pole.