ROUND 8 / JUNE 28-30, 2024
TT CIRCUIT ASSEN / THE NETHERLANDS
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P94
(Red Bull KTM) to a distant
sixth, with Alex Marquez and
Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse
Aprilia) seventh and eighth. An
early mistake put Franco Mor-
bidelli (Pramac Ducati) back
in the pack, as
he
came home
ninth, with Marc
Marquez 10th.
Miller gained
some front-end
confidence in
known, as his front-tire lost tem
-
perature on the left side, caus-
ing him to crash at high speed
at
turn seven on the final circuit.
Thankfully, the rookie was okay.
That elevated Brad Binder
for a 16-second penalty, which
dropped him six places to 10th.
Di Giannantonio was pro
-
moted to fourth, behind Bas-
tianini, after Vinales was judged
to
have exceeded track limits
at the final chi-
cane, desperate
to
atone for his
earlier error.
Behind, Acosta
lost touch with
the podium
fight with five
laps to go. And
the dangers of
riding in clear
air and cooler
temperatures
soon made
themselves
Maverick Vinales (right) made the podium in
the Sprint race and was top five in the GP.
Marc Marquez
was handed a
16-second penalty
for having too low
of a tire pressure
for 60 percent of
the race, but still
squeaked into the
top 10 on Sunday.
