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ROUND 8 / JUNE 28-30, 2024 TT CIRCUIT ASSEN / THE NETHERLANDS MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P90 least made a fist of it. Again, Bagnaia was imperi- ous off the line and led into the race's first turn ahead of Maver- ick Vinales (Aprilia Racing), Mar- tin and the Marquez brothers, with Marc leading Alex after a neat first lap move at De Strub - ben. Martin was soon on the move as he passed Vinales for second at turn eight. The fast - est laps on the third and fourth laps for the Spaniard hinted at a possible victory challenge. But the number one's response was swift: he had the fastest laps on laps five, 10 and 12 and built his lead to over one second. The truth is, the pair were in a class of their own in both outings. Like the previous round at Mugello, the superiority of Ducati's GP24 was made clear for all to see, as challenges from Ducati's GP23 contingent, as well as Aprilia and KTM fell well short. Bagnaia's comfortable Sprint win left Martin admitting there wasn't much he could do on Sunday, even if he cured the front-end jitters he felt when consistently losing the front at 190 mph through turn seven. But like Mugello, the Spaniard saved his best for Sunday and at 36 JOAN MIR 14TH/DNF MOTOGP "During the start, I had made some progress and was with the group fighting for the top 10," said Repsol Honda's Joan Mir, who crashed out of the Sunday GP. "I was happy with my speed and breaking away from the riders behind, and my feeling was improving with every lap. I was trying hard in sector one to recover the time I was losing in other parts of the track. And in turn three, I leaned just a little bit too much and lost the front. I am a rider who is always going to try for more, and sometimes, this means we fall. That ended our race." 10 LUCA MARINI DNF/17TH MOTOGP For Repsol Honda's Luca Marini, Sunday's GP didn't go much better than his teammate, Mir. "This week- end was full of bad luck for us," Marini said. "In today's race, I had the pace to fight with Zarco. Augusto Fernan- dez made contact with me early in the race, and I went into the gravel, losing a lot of time. I really think I had the potential to finish in the points. It's MYOWNRACE