The TT Assen festivities will begin on Thursday at midday, with Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) testing a BMW from the DTM championship alongside the driver of the said category, Bruno Spengler (Team RMG).
Downtown, Alex Rins, Joan Mir, Karel Abraham, Tito Rabat, Tom Lüthi et Will Bendsneyder will each lead a team of two very young drivers who will compete in karting.
Finally, the traditional pre-event press conference which will take place at 17 p.m. will this time welcome Marc Marquez (SPA-Honda), Alex Rins (SPA-Suzuki), Danilo Petrucci (ITA-Ducati), Jack Miller (AUS-Ducati), Fabio Quartararo (FRA-Yamaha) and Alex Marquez (SPA-Kalex).
Le Friday, the times are those usual for the European tour but will also include free practice (11:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m. then 16:05 p.m.-16:35 p.m.) and qualifying (17:35 p.m.-18:00 p.m.) of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in which three of our representatives are selected: Lorenzo Fellon, Clément Rougé et Gabin Planques.
Two races of this promotional formula are on the program for this weekend, the first Saturday at 16:30 p.m., the second Sunday to 15 p.m.
