The Englishman from the Pramac team stood out on Saturday morning during the third free practice session by setting the best time in the wet. But in the combined classification he only occupied fifteenth position, and he therefore had to go through Q1 to hope to continue. Never mind, the Briton achieved the best time in this Q1 and happily qualified for Q2.
This Q2 would prove to be full of emotion with a fall, followed by a hasty return to the pits, to jump on his second bike and qualify in fifth position on the very last lap!
So Scott started on the second row, started well and held on to fifth place for ten laps, which was simply superb. He was then overtaken by Maverick Vinales, Andrea Dovizioso, Alvaro Bautista, Alex Espargaro, Dani Pedrosa and Jack Miller, which meant he found himself in eleventh position on the seventeenth lap.
While Zarco changed bikes, Redding passed Pedrosa and Espargaro again, moving up to seventh place just ahead of Loris Baz with two laps remaining. It was then that he fell and ruined his chances of equaling his best result of the year which was a seventh place obtained in Qatar.
According to Scott Redding, “ After a very good start, in the first laps the race pace was excellent.
“Then I started to lose feeling especially with the front tire which suddenly started to drop. When it started to rain, I thought things might get better, but I didn't find the benefits I expected.
“I'm so sorry for the crash on the last lap, but I have to admit it was a good weekend, especially after the big problem we had on Friday. »
Dutch Grand Prix results:
1- Valentino Rossi – Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha YZR M1 – 26 laps
2- Danilo Petrucci – OCTO Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 0.063
3- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 5.201
4- Cal Crutchlow – LCR Honda – Honda RC213V – + 5.243
5- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 5.327
6- Jack Miller – Marc VDS 0.0 EG – Honda RC213V – 23,390 +
7- Karel Abraham – Pull & Bear Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP15 – 36,982 +
8- Loris Baz – Royal Avintia Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP15 – 37,058 +
9- Andrea Iannone – Ecstar Team Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-RR – 37,166 +
10- Aleix Espargaro – Aprilia Racing Team Gresini – Aprilia RS-GP – + 1'01.929
11- Pol Espargaro – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM RC16 – + 1’09.384
12- Tito Rabat – EG 0.0 Marc VDS – Honda RC213V – + 1’10.121
- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 1’10.344
14- Johann Zarco – Monster Yamaha to Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1’35.655
15- Jorge Lorenzo – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP at 1 lap
16- Hector Barbera – Royal Avintia Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP at 1 lap
17- Alex Rins – Team Suzuki Ecstar – Suzuki GSX-RR 1 lap
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1 Andrea DOVIZIOSO-Ducati 115 points
2 Maverick VIÑALES-Yamaha 111
3 Valentino ROSSI-Yamaha 108
4 Marc MARQUEZ-Honda 104
5 Dani PEDROSA-Honda 87
6 Johann ZARCO-Yamaha 77
7 Danilo PETRUCCI-Ducati 62
8 Jorge LORENZO-Ducati 60
9 Cal CRUTCHLOW-Honda 58
10 Jonas FOLGER-Yamaha 51
11 Jack MILLER-Honda 40
12 Alvaro BAUTISTA-Ducati 34
13 Scott REDDING-Ducati 33
14 Loris BAZ-Ducati 31
15 Andrea IANNONE-Suzuki 28
16 Aleix ESPARGARO-Aprilia 23
17 Tito RABAT-Honda 23
18 Hector BARBERA-Ducati 21
19 Karel ABRAHAM-Ducati 20
20 Pol ESPARGARO-KTM 11
