MotoGP: Vinales tops both Assen practice session

Fastest in FP1, fastest in FP2. That equals a perfect day for Friday Motul TT Assen pacesetter Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), the Spaniard’s 1:33.072 sees the 2019 Dutch TT race winner finish 0.111s clear at the summit heading into Saturday. Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) was second, with Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) third on a rain-affected afternoon in the Netherlands.

Racing in the rain on a MotoGP bike is suicidal. A still recovering Marc Marquez endured a brutal high side in Turn 11. Thankfully, the eight-time World Champion, could walk away limping, but it was a big one. Marquez went back to his box and debrief with his team, however, wiser from his crash, he didn’t head back out for the remainder of the wet 2nd session. Moments after, Repsol Honda Team teammate Pol Espargaro was down at Turn 5, rider ok.

Combined results from both practice session

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Time	Behind	Gap.
1	12	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1’33.241	0.000	0.000
2	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’33.400	0.159	0.159
3	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1’33.491	0.250	0.091
4	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’33.560	0.319	0.069
5	36	Joan MIR	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1’33.701	0.460	0.141
6	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1’33.708	0.467	0.007
7	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1’33.960	0.719	0.252
8	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1’34.066	0.825	0.106
9	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1’34.081	0.840	0.015
10	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’34.096	0.855	0.015
11	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’34.134	0.893	0.038
12	89	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1’34.339	1.098	0.205
13	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	1’34.358	1.117	0.019
14	32	Lorenzo SAVADORI	ITA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1’34.461	1.220	0.103
15	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’34.539	1.298	0.078
16	23	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	1’34.658	1.417	0.119
17	33	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’34.766	1.525	0.108
18	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1’34.777	1.536	0.011
19	63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1’34.832	1.591	0.055
20	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	1’35.726	2.485	0.894
21	31	Garrett GERLOFF	USA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	1’35.744	2.503	0.018
22	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY VR46 Avintia	Ducati	1’36.216	2.975	0.472