Perhaps I can’t, couldn’t, shouldn’t say it was, but in recent MotoGP history it must have been… Marquez took pole at Assen, he seemed to have the pace to out run the competition but a super fast starting Lorenzo jumped from 8th to first by the first corner and managed to hold on for several laps, perhaps way more than what anyone could have predicted. That triggered a series of over taking maneuvers from everybody behind with riders going up and down the position standings lap after lap and with some of the wildest saves we could have imagined possible.
Lorenzo for one, lost the front while followed by Rossi at no less than 195km/h and not only the Yamaha hit the back of the Ducati pretty hard, somehow Loreny managed to stay on the Ducati and keep leading for more laps!!! That was surreal to watch.
Marquez stayed second most of the time but not without his good share of luck as well, a very focused Alex Rins put his Suzuki on the inside of the Honda and both riders touched with Marquez loosing it… Did I say he lost it? No, in the surreal MotoGP world he didn’t, he not only held on, he payed back the maneuver to Rins after a couple of laps and went on to win this fantastic fairy tale race. Rossi led the race for a moment, Viñales came from the back, joined the party and led the race for a brief moment as well, Doviziosso led the race as well so it was a race worth watching from the start to finish.
Battles developed everywhere, we could say all bike brands shined at one or another point of the track and race, some took advantage of the cornering speed, some gained momentum on the straights, some under braking and some under acceleration.
Next round is at the Sachsenring in Germany on July 15th. For the Dutch TT results click here. For the current Championship standings here.
