MotoGP Netherlands Assen FP2 LIVE: Francesco Bagnaia still untouchable!

As anticipated, but not to this extent, the first day of the TT Assen MotoGP in the Netherlands experienced a domination of Francis Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), but while the Turinese generally progresses throughout the weekends to peak on Sunday, he outrageously crushed the competition this Friday.

This shows to what extent the one who was already a favorite on paper appears even more so, better time in the morning with a medium rear and holder of the new lap record in the afternoon, alone Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing) able to stay less than 3 tenths from the last double winner to date on the Dutch track. Number 1 is impressive, very impressive!

In the end, alone Francesco Bagnaia, Maverick Vinales, Alex Márquez, Aleix Espargaro, Jorge Martin, Marc Márquez, Brad Binder, Enea Bastianini, Raul Fernandez and Franco Morbidelli go directly to Q2.

While waiting to discover more, when the 23 pilots (Lorenzo Savadori is Wildcard again for Aprilia) are preparing for this 2-minute FP30, with no wind, a rather clear sky and temperatures of 19° in the air and 32° on the ground, let's enjoy these few live moments thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

Here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Netherlands, Assen	2023	2024
FP1	1'32.246 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'32.401 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Practice	1'32.063 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'31.340 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP2	1'32.405 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'31.670 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Q1	1'31.993 Johann Zarco (See here)	(See here)
Q2	1'31.472 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	(See here)
Sprint	Bezzecchi, Bagnaia, Quartararo (See here)	(See here)
Warm Up	1'32.422 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	(See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Bezzecchi, Espargaro (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'31.472 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'31.340 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)

When the red lights go out... Marco Bezzecchi is the fastest with a compact package, Fabio Quartararo perpetuating starting last.

Marc Márquez is called back to his box: he forgot his sliders!

At the end of the first flying round, Maverick Vinales displays 1'33.144 in front of a Francesco Bagnaia who regained the advantage on the next passage in 1'32.295.

The weekend favorite continues his momentum with a very fast 1'31.670, leaving George Martin and his other opponents more than half a second behind.

Marco Bezzecchi fall at high speed, without apparent gravity.

Marc Márquez reduced the gap to 0,380s by positioning itself 2nd, before Raul fernandez he also made a mistake in the fast turn #7.

At mid-session, the hierarchy is made up of Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Márquez, Jorge Martin, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Maverick Vinales, Raul Fernandez, Aleix Espargaro, Pedro Acosta, Jack Miller, Fabio Quartararo, Alex Márquez, Enea Bastianini, Miguel Oliveira, Franco Morbidelli, Brad Binder, Takaaki Nakagami, Alex Rins, Augusto Fernandez, Joan Mir, Luca Marini, Lorenzo Savadori, Johann Zarco and Marco Bezzecchi.

Following the two rapid falls of Marco Bezzecchi et Raul fernandez, the track must be cleaned of gravel present on the asphalt, and the session is interrupted at red flags.

The interruption is short and we leave for 12 minutes of work before qualifying which will now begin at 11:00 a.m.

At the start, we see that the top 5 use a soft rear and a hard front.

Peter Acosta jumps to 2nd position, 0,370s behind Francis Bagnaia. He uses a medium back.

Franco Morbidelli takes 5th position, but it's still Francis Bagnaia who surprises the world by lighting the first two sectors with a rear tire for 14 laps!

Maverick Vinales then comes close to 73/1000 of Francis Bagnaia, with one minute remaining before the checkered flag drops.

 

FP2 MotoGP standings for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix in Assen:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com

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