ROUND 8 / JUNE 28-30, 2024
TT CIRCUIT ASSEN / THE NETHERLANDS
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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lowing lap. He went from lead-
ing by 1.5 seconds to a half a
second
in arrears. He was soon
back with the MSI duo, with
Garcia briefly taking the lead
from Ogura at the GT chicane on
lap 18 before immediately los
-
ing it on the following lap. Then
Garcia
started enduring trans-
mission issues in the final laps,
allowing Ogura
to escape for his
second win of the year, and Al-
deguer went by for second place
in another case
of what could
have been.
Jake Dixon (Aspar Kalex) took
a strong fourth, ahead of Som
-
kiat Chantra (HTA Kalex) and
Tony
Arbolino (Marc VDS Kalex),
couldn't keep his bike within
them, which brought about a
long-lap penalty. Ai Ogura (MSI
Boscoscuro) was on hand to
take full advantage.
The pair, along with Sergio
Garcia (MSI Boscoscuro), took
advantage of the absence of
Joe Roberts (American Racing
Team/Kalex) after the American
broke his right collarbone in a
huge highside on Friday. The trio
swiftly broke clear of the field,
with Aldeguer in the lead to the
tune of 1.6 seconds after Garcia
made a mistake on lap 12.
But Aldeguer was handed a
long-lap penalty on lap 14, and it
demoted him to third on the fol
-
11th, with Fabio Quartararo
(Monster
Energy Yamaha) 12th,
24 seconds back of Bagnaia,
but incredibly still six seconds
faster than last year's race-win-
ning time.
Martin's
(200 points) lead
has been trimmed to 10 points
after Bagnaia's second double
on the bounce. Marc Marquez's
(149) is now 51 points back,
while Bastianini (136) is also
losing touch.
Moto2
For the second race in three,
track limits would determine
this result. For polesitter Fermin
Aldeguer (SpeedUp Boscoscuro)
Ai Ogura
celebrates the
Moto2 victory.
