2018 Dutch Motorcycle GP: Jorge Martín, Bagnaia and Márquez win at Assen

He had gone without winning the Dutch GP since 2014, but this weekend the bad run came to an end for Marc Márquez and he secured his second victory (or fifth if we count those obtained in other categories) at the legendary Assen Circuit. A perfect weekend for the Repsol rider Honda, who took pole position and the win, and who puts more distance between himself and his main rival in the championship fight, Rossi, who is 41 points behind.

Admittedly, it was not an easy triumph, and the Assen race was a thrilling one, with contact and changes of lead. Apart from Márquez, Lorenzo (who led the most laps of the race), Dovizioso, Viñales and Rossi all took the lead at various points, in a spectacular race well worth watching again and again, which finally ended with a Spanish treble on the podium: Márquez at the top, Alex Rins second in a very intelligent race by the rider from Suzuki, and Maverick Viñales third.

In this way, there was a Spanish treble once again in MotoGP, something that had not happened since the Aragón GP last year. It is the eighteenth time that we have seen three of our riders on the final podium of a MotoGP race, and the first time it has happened at Assen, the Cathedral of motorcycling.

Before that, the Spanish anthem had already sounded on Dutch soil in the first race of the day, the Moto3 race, thanks to Jorge Martín. The rider from Madrid also had a fantastic weekend, with pole position and victory in the race, and thanks to these 25 points he takes the championship lead from Marco Bezzecchi, who did not finish the race due to engine problems. Alongside Martín on the podium were Canet, something he had not achieved since the Argentine GP, and Bastianini.

In Moto2, the championship leader, Pecco Bagnaia, won again after two races without doing so and without even reaching the podium. Furthermore, the protégé of Valentino Rossi’s team leaves with a bigger lead, since his main rival, the Portuguese rider Oliveira, who was only one point behind, could only finish sixth. Behind the Italian crossed the line the winner at Montmeló, Quartararo, and Álex Márquez, who has five podiums this year but still has not made it to the top step.

With the 2018 Dutch GP over at the legendary Cathedral, the riders will have a break until 13, 14 and 15 July. On those dates the 2018 German GP will be held, as it has been for twenty editions now, at the Sachsenring Circuit, in the Saxon town of Hohenstein-Ernstthal.