Bagnaia immediately seek the ransom after the debacle del Sachsenring and confirm with best time on Friday in Assen that Ducati is increasingly consistent on all tracks and in all conditions. “I’m happy enough but it’s not the speed we lack,” said the Piedmontese. Aprilia did just as well, placing Aleix Espargaró in second place and Vinales in seventh. “This year we were struggling in the wet – said Aleix -. It is important news because in the second part of the season the possibility of wet races increases”. Quartararo, however, is immediately behind them, with the third fastest time, on a track where Yamaha has traditionally been strong.. Rins and Mir bring Suzuki back to the top tenwith the fourth fastest time for Alex (despite his wrist recovering from the fracture remedied in Barcelona) and the sixth for Joan. Jack Miller (quinto), johann zarco (ninth) e Marco Bezzecchi (tenth) lead the Ducatis to four in the top ten which, in case of rain on Saturday morning, could be considered definitive for access to Q2. The reason why Bastianini, only eleventh after the crash in FP1, he made a complaint to the race direction for being hindered, according to him, by Morbidelli in the fast lap. Convulsive day, after the morning rain, which had seen Miller, the wet specialist, in front of everyone (and Bagnaia out of ten). It started under the waterthe afternoon practice session allowed a break, which was quickly exploited by the drivers to mount the dry tires. Only Honda has not been able to take advantage of the opportunity: still in difficulty, the Japanese house does not see any of its riders in the top ten (in the afternoon Alberto Puigteam manager of the HRC team explained the difficulties of the moment in a press conference organized by the Japanese company). Only twelfth Nakagamifourteenth Alex Marquez (who had closed the morning with the fourth time), nineteenth Pol Espargaro (also better in the morning) and twenty-fourth the test driver Stefan Bradlcalled to replace Marc Marquez.
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