Jorge Martin swept the historic Aprilia prime 4 grid on this afternoon’s Assen MotoGP dash race.
Martin took his first RS-GP pole place by defeating Ai Ogura, a monitor home rider who certified for the Brno pole.
Nonetheless, though Ogura’s teammate Raul Fernandez set the quickest lap, he exceeded the monitor restrict and misplaced a lap.
The cancellation dropped Fernandes to fourth place, whereas title chief Marco Bezzecchi, who had been quickest all through observe, returned to the entrance row.
Bezzecchi misplaced a lap resulting from Pedro Acosta’s yellow flag.
Marc Marquez, 2026 Assen MotoGP.
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Ducati’s Pecco Bagnaia had the most effective non-Aprilia begin in fifth place, with VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio on the second row.
Marc Marquez, the reigning champion and final 12 months’s second consecutive Assen winner, was solely capable of end seventh and was positioned on the entrance of the third row.
Marquez shall be joined by KTM’s Acosta, who suffered additional technical issues in qualifying, and Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo.
Pedro Acosta, technical situation, 2026 Assen MotoGP.
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Joan Mir, Enea Bastianini and Alex Marquez had been within the fourth row.
After last observe confirmed he was protected to return from Friday’s accident, Alex launched into qualifying, however is now set to return to the dash.
Nonetheless, Gresini’s teammate Fermin Aldeguer fractured his T7 vertebrae in a coaching accident and is bound to overlook out.
penalty
Franco Morbidelli will begin thirteenth within the dash, however shall be penalized for third place for the Grand Prix after holding off Enea Bastianini with a quick lap in Friday’s observe.
Going additional again, Cal Crutchlow certified forward of MotoGP common Toprak Razgatoroglu for the primary time since taking his place at LCR.
The 13-lap Assen Dash will begin at 3pm native time (2pm UK).
2026 Assen MotoGP Dash Race: Full Beginning Grid
1st row: Jorge Martin (pole place), Ai Ogura, Marco Bezzecchi
2nd row: Raul Fernandes, Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Di Giannantonio
third row: Marc Marquez, Pedro Acosta, Fabio Quartararo
4th row: Joan Mir, Enea Bastianini, Alex Marquez
fifth row: Franco Morbidelli, Diogo Moreira, Brad Binder
sixth row: Alex Rins, Luca Marini, Jack Miller
seventh row: Maverick Vinales, Augusto Fernandes, Cal Crutchlow
eighth row: Toprak Razgatoriogulo
2026 Assen MotoGP Race: Full Beginning Grid
1st row: Jorge Martin (pole place), Ai Ogura, Marco Bezzecchi
2nd row: Raul Fernandes, Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Di Giannantonio
third row: Marc Marquez, Pedro Acosta, Fabio Quartararo
4th row: Joan Mir, Enea Bastianini, Alex Marquez
fifth row: Diogo Moreira, Brad Binder, Alex Rins
sixth row: Franco Morbidelli*, Luca Marini, Jack Miller
seventh row: Maverick Vinales, Augusto Fernandes, Cal Crutchlow
eighth row: Toprak Razgatrioglu
*3 grid relegation penalty.
