Dutch Grand Prix Assen MotoGP Warm Up: Marquez very solid, the others a little less…

Exceptionally, the last lap of yesterday's MotoGP qualifying took on the appearance of a small train which had the consequence of showing the first 4 riders (Marc Márquez, Cal Crutchlow, Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso) separated by only 8 hundredths of a second and the Top 10 in less than 4 tenths!

Some took advantage of it, others paid the price, but, obviously, the differences will undoubtedly be greater in the race and, to create these gaps, the said drivers only have this 20-minute morning session to refine their skills. settings and/or definitively choose the tires they will use this afternoon.

All drivers except Franco Morbidelli who is out following his crash in FP3.

The sky is still immaculate in Assen, the wind has weakened, the air at 22° and the track only at 28°, when the MotoGP riders set off for this last practice session.

Here are the available chronometric references:

MotoGP™ Assen	2017	2018
FP1	1'34.680 Danilo Petrucci	1'34.227 Marc Marquez
FP2	1'33.130 Maverick Vinales	1'33.378 Maverick Vinales
FP3	1'46.441 Scott Redding	1'33.341 Marc Marquez
FP4	1'44.925 Johann Zarco	1'33.954 Johann Zarco
Qualification 1	1'46.926 Scott Redding	1'32.791 Marc Marquez
Qualification 2	1'46.141 Johann Zarco	1'32.791 Marc Marquez
Warm Up	1'51.203 Jack Miller	1'33.939 Marc Marquez
Course	Rossi, Petrucci, Marquez
All time lap record	1'32.627 Valentino Rossi 2015

 

At the opening of the track, we discover the tires used by the drivers, and we note that the medium rear tire was not chosen by anyone except Dani Pedrosa.

The Moto3 and Moto2 showed us that the track was fast, but the MotoGP started their session slowly, with a Espargaro Pol in the lead at the end of the 2nd flying lap, in 1'34.976, more than 2 seconds behind the best qualifying times.

It takes 2 more turns for Marc Márquez records a 1'33.983, half a second ahead Maverick Vinales and Andrea Dovizioso.

At mid-session, the 3 men precede Álvaro Bautista, Pol Espargaro, Jack Miller, Danilo Petrucci, Bradley Smith, Aleix Espargaro and Alex Rins.

Jorge Lorenzo is currently only in 13th position ahead of Hafizh Syahrin, Valentino Rossi sails in 17th place, Johann zarco at the 19th and Dani Pedrosa at the 22th.

In the image of Valentino Rossi 7th with a soft front tire, a few rare riders made modifications to their bikes and moved up the rankings 5 ​​minutes from the checkered flag.

Thus Andrea Iannone takes 4th place, Jorge Lorenzo at the 6th and Cal Crutchlow in 9th, but many remain in the depths of the hierarchy, like John Zarco et Dani Pedrosa still respectively 17th and 19th less than a minute from the checkered flag.

The French driver then progressed to 12th place, the Spaniard remained 18th, but the one who truly dominated this session from start to finish, in a single run, is called Marc Marquez and will be the man to beat this afternoon…