The start was promising, but it stopped there: Miguel 12th in the Sprint
The first day of the Dutch Grand Prix was full of ups and downs for Miguel Oliveira. In the first free practice sessions, marked by multiple crashes, the Pramac rider even showed promising track pace, but the chaos that appeared at the end prevented him from putting in a perfect lap. As a result, Oliveira could only finish in 14th place and had to go through Q1. In the first qualifying session, this Saturday, the Portuguese rider finished almost half a second behind Raúl Fernández, in eighth place, which dropped him to the sixth and penultimate row of the starting grid, starting from 18th place. For Sprint, the task of finishing in the top nine places was quite complicated, but not impossible... for now.
“It was an endless session due to the red flag, which made things more complicated than usual as we didn’t know when we would be able to get back on track. From a technical point of view, I initially thought the medium tyre would be the ideal choice, but it turned out to be unpredictable due to the track and weather conditions. So I decided to wait ten minutes in the garage and focus on the time attacks. As we all saw today [Friday], some drivers crashed due to lack of tyre temperature. This was mainly due to the difficulty in selecting the right compound for the track conditions – similar to what we experienced at Silverstone, which was also quite tricky. Here in Assen we will give our best”, said Miguel Oliveira at the end of Friday’s sessions.
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So, in the first race of the weekend in Assen, the Portuguese rider started off with a bang and, by the end of the first lap, had already climbed to 12th place. Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) started from pole position and managed to hold on to first place, holding off a promising attack from Marc Márquez (Ducati) who, at the end of the first lap, managed to overtake him. Shortly afterwards, the Frenchman dropped to fourth place, with Álex Márquez (Gresini) and Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) completing the podium. With Marc holding on to first place, Bezzecchi gradually fell behind and, with four laps to go, Quartararo crashed while running in fourth place.
Until the end, Marc Márquez held on to first place and secured his ninth victory — out of ten — in the Sprint races in 2025. Álex Márquez finished in second place, followed by Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati). Miguel Oliveira finished in 12th place, emerging as the best Yamaha rider, with more than three seconds ahead of Jack Miller (Pramac) and Álex Rins (Yamaha). In the riders' World Championship tally, Marc reached 282 points and is now 43 more than his brother (239). Bagnaia is third with 165.
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— MotoGP™???? (@MotoGP) June 28, 2025
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