It's a clap of thunder in a completely clear sky and a storm of blue skies plunging the Assen route into a summer torpor: the Ducati clan is in turmoil upon receiving this information mentioning a possible penalty for Danilo Petrucci, future official of Borgo Panigale, who would have hindered during qualifying. The same Petrux which had been taken out at the start of the Italian Grand Prix by a Márquez who had not suffered any wrath from the officials...
As a result, the atmosphere was a little tense in the Pramac box: “ If I am punished, I will ask for an explanation as to why Márquez was not punished at Mugello. He took me off the track after touching me. I didn't touch anyone or bother anyone. I don't really know what to think. We will see ».
The teammate is blamed for Miller too slow a pace on the trajectory during Q.2. A session finished in eleventh place with a touch of disappointment: “ I hoped for better. Our potential is better than that. But I let my tires cool down too much between two runs. In sectors one and two, they were therefore too cold before being up to temperature in the third and fourth. We had enough to position ourselves one line or even two better ».
For the race, he comments: “ a top 5 is possible, but it will be complicated because I will have to use my tires to get back up. Furthermore, during FP4, we didn't have great pace. Of course, we are all very close, but starting from the fourth row is a problem”. And we will remember that Lorenzo will start tenth…
Dutch Grand Prix Assen MotoGP J.2: Chronos
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1'32.791 | ||
| 2 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'32.832 | 0.041 | 0.041 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'32.850 | 0.059 | 0.018 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'32.870 | 0.079 | 0.020 |
| 5 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'32.933 | 0.142 | 0.063 |
| 6 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'32.984 | 0.193 | 0.051 |
| 7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'33.029 | 0.238 | 0.045 |
| 8 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'33.072 | 0.281 | 0.043 |
| 9 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'33.120 | 0.329 | 0.048 |
| 10 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'33.167 | 0.376 | 0.047 |
| 11 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'33.292 | 0.501 | 0.125 |
| 12 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 1'34.015 | 1.224 | 0.723 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'33.578 | ||
| Q2 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'33.600 | 0.022 | 0.022 |
| 13 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'33.625 | 0.047 | 0.025 |
| 14 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'33.666 | 0.088 | 0.041 |
| 15 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | 1'33.666 | 0.088 | |
| 16 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'33.672 | 0.094 | 0.006 |
| 17 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | 1'33.995 | 0.417 | 0.323 |
| 18 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'34.125 | 0.547 | 0.130 |
| 19 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'34.145 | 0.567 | 0.020 |
| 20 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 1'34.149 | 0.571 | 0.004 |
| 21 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1'34.268 | 0.690 | 0.119 |
| 22 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 1'35.192 | 1.614 | 0.924 |
| 23 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | 1'35.646 | 2.068 | 0.454 |
| 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda |
