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MOTOGP FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 10 / JUNE 28-30, 2019 TT CIRCUIT ASSEN / ASSEN, NETHERLANDS P72 with Fernandez, and brought down Bastianini. But his nemesis was coming, as Baldassarri started pushing at Marquez. He attacked into the slow turn five, running inside and directly losing the front, skittling Marquez, who was visibly irate. This handed a first win to Fernandez and put Binder back on a well-deserved podium, after heroic resistance almost all race long. Fernandez was an emotional maiden winner. "The race was really good. I tried to stay in the groove and stay in the top and see the possibili- ties. I'm sorry for my teammate Baldassarri, but happy for me," said the 21-year-old. Luthi was still close in fourth, lucky to avoid crashing after hitting Vierge's sliding bike, and taking the benefit of the lead in the champion- ship. Tetsuta Nagashima (ONEXOX Kalex) was a career-best fifth, closing at the end. Luthi took the championship lead with 117, then Marquez 111, Fernandez up to 92, Navarro (anoth- er chicane crash victim) 89 and Baldassarri 88. MOTO3 Italian Tony Arbolino (Snipers Honda) became the first repeat winner in 13 MotoGP races, with a forceful final-lap overtake on frequent leader Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Honda) in a blazing hot first race of the day. Both benefited from a controversial penalty to Jakub Kornfeil (Redox KTM), who had led from the 18th to the 20th lap of the 22-lap race… but he had been given a "long-lap" penalty for having cut the chicane. He had gained no advantage by that move, and didn't lose too much either after stretching his lead over three all-out laps, then rejoining in third. It was the climax to a typically close and fre- quently chaotic race, with high-profile fallers and several blazing rides through the field. At half dis- tance, the top 20 were still within three seconds, and the usual changes of fortune were seeing rid- ers gaining and losing places corner by corner. Up front, the situation was slightly more stable. Pole starter Niccolo Antonelli (Snipers Honda) led away, then Qatar winner Kaito Toba (Team Asia Honda) took over for a four-lap spell, before Romano Fenati (Snipers Honda)—through from 13th on the grid—took over for three laps of his own. Then it was Toba again, but by now a charging Darryn Binder (CIP Green Power KTM) had forced his way to the front after starting 25th. The South African even led briefly, though never over the line, and he was still in fifth when things started to fall apart on lap 16. Assen was the scene of a first-time win for Augusto Fernandez in his rookie year.