2024 Dutch MotoGP, Assen - Full Qualifying Results
Dutch MotoGP, Assen - Full Qualifying Results
Pos
RiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP24)1'30.540s5/7310k2Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP24)+0.081s8/8312k3Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)+0.411s6/7311k4Alex MarquezSPAGresini Ducati (GP23)+0.439s8/8311k5Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)+0.537s6/6311k6Fabio Di GiannantonioITAVR46 Ducati (GP23)+0.734s2/5308k7Marc MarquezSPAGresini Ducati (GP23)+0.838s2/6312k8Franco MorbidelliITAPramac Ducati (GP24)+0.865s7/8311k9Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.939s8/8313k10Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)*+0.942s7/7314k11Enea BastianiniITADucati Lenovo (GP24)+1.088s3/8312k12Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23)+1.388s6/8308k Qualifying 1: 13Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)1'31.62s7/8304k14Jack MillerAUSRed Bull KTM (RC16)1'31.903s7/8311k15Marco BezzecchiITAVR46 Ducati (GP23)1'31.997s3/6311k16Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)1'32.108s7/9304k17Miguel OliveiraPORTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24)1'32.123s7/9315k18Lorenzo SavadoriITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)1'32.243s7/8308k19Johann ZarcoFRALCR Honda (RC213V)1'32.26s7/8306k20Joan MirSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)1'32.497s7/9307k21Luca MariniITARepsol Honda (RC213V)1'32.627s7/9309k22Augusto FernandezSPARed Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)1'32.669s7/9308k23Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)1'33.03s3/9303k* Rookie
Francesco Bagnaia flattens his own Assen lap record to take pole position for the 2024 Dutch MotoGP.
The reigning champion, unbeaten so far this weekend, was so confident in his time that he watched the frantic final stages from inside the Ducati garage.
By contrast, Marc Marquez crashed out after lunging to pass Aleix Espargaro at the fast 180km/h Turn 7 on his last lap and dropped to seventh.
Title leader Jorge Martin almost caused an upset by closing to within 0.081s of pole, with Maverick Vinales completing the front row for Aprilia.
Alex Marquez produced an excellent lap to head row two as the top GP23 rider with Espargaro fifth and Fabio di Giannantonio sixth.
Bagnaia didn’t have it all his own way at the top, with Martin responding to the Italian’s initial lap-record.
That put the Pramac Ducati rider on pole until Bagnaia blasted 0.337s clear with a decisive 1m 30.540s.
Bagnaia could then look on from the pits as a big group of riders held each other up while looking for a tow. With the clock ticking, they were eventually forced to push, which is when Marquez made a risky re-pass on Espargaro and lost the front.
Pedro Acosta and Fabio di Giannantonio graduated through Qualifying 1, at the expense of Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller.
But Acosta fell on his final lap, losing the rear and spinning out, prompting frantic repairs to his preferred bike for Q2.
Acosta went on to claim tenth on the grid.
2023 pole qualifier Marco Bezzecchi fell for the second time today after again losing the front in Qualifying 1.
The Assen Sprint race starts at 3pm.
