The reigning double world champion led from begin to end on the Assen circuit to win the Dutch Motorbike Grand Prix.
Francesco Bagnaia took his third consecutive Dutch MotoGP title forward of championship chief Jorge Martín to scale back the hole to 10 factors in his quest for a 3rd consecutive world title.
Bagnaia’s official Ducati teammate Enea Bastianini accomplished the rostrum at Assen on Sunday.
Pole-sitter Bagnaia led from the begin to put in a flawless race, capping a memorable weekend after additionally taking victory in Saturday’s dash race.
After giving a masterclass on horse driving, the Turin rider stated: “It is unimaginable.
“I needed to push from the beginning and I struggled a bit with the rear tyre. However lap after lap I improved.”
“We had been very quick, very exact… I’m very happy,” added Bagnaia, who twice broke the Assen monitor report in the course of the weekend.
The weekend victory at Assen additionally once more underlined Ducati’s dominance within the producers’ championship standings, delivering Ducati’s fifth consecutive full podium end.
Bagnaia’s race was by no means unsure as each he and Martin opened a substantial hole on the remainder of the sector within the opening laps of the race.
All through the race, Martin remained inside 5 seconds of the chief on the 4.5-kilometre (2.8-mile) monitor. He made a last-ditch effort to catch Bagnaia however was unable to get shut sufficient to problem him, finally ending 3.68 seconds behind the Italian.
“On the finish of the race I had nothing left. “I did every thing I may to catch him,” Martin stated.
The true battle was for third place, which become a titanic struggle between Bastianini, Aprilia’s Maverick Viñales, Marc Márquez on a Ducati Gresini and Fabio Di Giannantonio on a Ducati VR46.
After rounds of ping-pong racing, Bastianini overtook Viñales with 4 laps to go and held third place till the chequered flag forward of the Spaniard.
The riders are already getting ready for subsequent week’s German MotoGP at Sachsenring.
Martin now leads the 2024 MotoGP World Championship standings with 200 factors after eight of 21 rounds. Bagnaia is subsequent greatest on 190 factors, adopted by Marquez on 149.