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Johann Zarco’s best Assen MotoGP finish of eighth is one he hopes to improve upon, as ‘it will be necessary for the championship’ before a five week summer break.
Marc Marquez 'felt something strange' with the 2021 Honda MotoGP bike, 'I said, I want to come back to something I know... 2019 or 2020 in Jerez'.
Andrea Dovizioso completes 'very interesting' third MotoGP test for Aprilia, factory must make a decison 'soon' regarding 2022 race seat with 'other interesting and valid alternatives' also on the table.
Maverick Vinales 'very upset' at last place MotoGP finish in Germany and lack of answers from Yamaha, will 'copy everything' team-mate Fabio Quartararo does to his bike at Assen.
Pol Espargaro explains what he hopes to gain by following Marc Marquez's lead on Honda MotoGP bike spec: 'I'm not saying by putting Marc's settings I'm going to be as fast as him. This is bullshit! But using the same package shows where you are weak'
Jack Miller returns to the scene of ‘massive highlight’ - first MotoGP win (2016), even though Assen is a circuit ‘I’ve never really gelled with.”
Marc Marquez believes the five week MotoGP break after Assen will play a big role in his recovery; ‘Summer break will be important for me. Still the arm and the shoulder especially, feels a lot if you stress too much.”
Following the confirmation of Valentino Rossi’s new Aramco VR46 MotoGP team and Ducati joining forces for the 2022 season, the Italian says ‘I think it will be very difficult that I race next year’ in my own team.
Valentino Rossi's new Aramco VR46 MotoGP team confirms Ducati machinery in 2022, 'fantastic' if Valentino Rossi rides alongside Luca Marini.
Sachsenring Moto3 pole sitter Filip Salac rejoins PrustelGP after mutually agreeing to part ways with Team Snipers, who in turn will replace the Czech rider with VR46 protege Alberto Surra.
Fabio Quartararo heads to ‘one of my favourite circuits’ being Assen, after describing third place in Germany as ‘a bad weekend’. Maverick Vinales returns to the Dutch TT as the last rider to win there in 2019.
Francesco Bagnaia ‘pleased to be back racing at Assen’, where he won in both Moto2 and Moto3. Italian is 32 points behind championship leader Fabio Quartararo following fifth place at the German MotoGP.
WorldSBK rider Garrett Gerloff will replace the injured Franco Morbidelli at Petronas Yamaha for this weekend’s Dutch MotoGP.
An official date to stage the 2021 Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas has been confirmed by Dorna for October 1-3, while the Japanese GP has been cancelled.
German MotoGP winner Marc Marquez, to use Assen as an opportunity to continue recent improvements - ‘see what’s possible’. Pol Espargaro excited by ‘historic track’ after one year away.
Valentino Rossi’ 14th place finish at the MotoGP of Germany leaves him 19th in the championship heading into Assen - scene of his last premier class win (2017).
Franco Morbidelli has been forced to withdraw from this weekend's Dutch MotoGP.
Jorge Martin finishes 12th in second MotoGP since making a return from injury at Catalunya; ‘At the beginning I felt great and I was in P8, but my physical condition didn’t allow me to push more.”
Tech3 KTM team boss Herve Poncharal says it will be 'interesting to monitor what goes on during the Dutch MotoGP... to be closer to the final decision of who will be team-mate to Remy Gardner in 2022'
Episode 8 of Crash.net's new MotoGP podcasts featuring Keith Huewen looks back on Marc Marquez's emotional Sachsenring win.
Johann Zarco acknowleges that Marc Marquez's victory provided a little damage limitation as far as the growing points gap to Fabio Quartararo, but is also wary of Miguel Oliveira's momentum.
Alberto Puig warns breakthrough Sachsenring win for Marc Marquez doesn't mean Honda's MotoGP problems have suddenly been solved.
Aleix Espargaro puts Aprilia into the early MotoGP race lead in Germany but podium hopes evaporate; 'It's like they put cruise control in mid-corner and I’m fighting against the highside'
Valentino Rossi ties with Maverick Vinales for the fastest Yamaha lap in the German MotoGP, but both are left a long way behind podium finisher Fabio Quartararo.