Author: Portuguese
The Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) won the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix this Sunday, the eighth race of the season, in a race in which the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) withdrew due to a breakdown on his motorcycle.
Bagnaia completed the 26 laps of the Assen circuit in 40.08.519 minutes, leaving his compatriot Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) in second place, 1.242 seconds behind, with the Spanish Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) third, 1.925 seconds behind, after a penalty assigned to the South African. Brad Binder (KTM) for exceeding track limits
With these results, Bagnaia reinforces the championship lead, now with 194 points, 35 more than the runner-up, the Spanish Jorge Martín (Ducati), who was fifth today.
Source: TSF