The final race of the 2022 MotoGP Round 11 Dutch GP was held on Sunday, June 26th at TT Circuit Assen, and Francesco Bagnaia won the championship.
In dry conditions with a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a road surface temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, Francesco Bagnaia in pole position controlled the race after deciding a hole shot. Following his 6th round in Spain and 8th in Italy, he won his 3rd win of the season and moved up from 6th to 4th overall on the stage where he won his first career victory six years ago.
Rookie Marco Betzecki wins first podium
Marco Betzecki on the 4th grid is second with a 0.444 second difference. If he got the podium in the 11th race of the premier class, Jack Miller on the 6th grid retreated from 6th to 10th after taking a long lap penalty on the 4th lap. He moved up to 3rd at one point, but was 6th with a 3.045 second difference.
Jorge Martin on the 3rd grid is in 7th place, 4.340 seconds behind. Enea Bastianini on the 16th grid is 11th. Johann Zarco on the 7th grid is 13th. Fabio Di Giannan on the 15th grid is 14th. Luca Marini on the 13th grid is 17th.
Maverick Viñales first podium after joining Aprilia
Maverick Viñales on the 11th grid finished in 3rd place, 1.209 seconds behind, and took the first podium in the 17th race after joining Aprilia on the track that won the last podium in his career a year ago. Lorenso Sabadori on the 22nd grid is in 20th place.
Two KTMs have a single finish
Brad Binder on the 10th grid finished in 5th place with a difference of 2.721 seconds and advanced to the single digit level for the 8th time in 5 consecutive races. Miguel Oliveira on the 8th grid is in 9th place, 8.325 seconds behind. If you finish in 9th place for 4 consecutive races, Remy Gardner on the 19th grid will be 19th. Raoul Fernandez on the 23rd grid retired from the pits due to physical problems.
Two people are in the top 10 for the first time in 7 races
Joan Mir on the 14th grid is in 8th place, 8.185 seconds behind. Alex Rins on the 9th grid is in 10th place, 8.596 seconds behind. Suzuki’s two are in the top 10 for the fifth time in seven races since the fourth round of the Americas GP.
Takaaki Nakagami is within the 7th point range of the 3rd race
Takaaki Nakagami on the 12th grid moved up to 8th and 6th on the 5th lap with a good start, but since he exceeded the track limit, he digested the long lap penalty imposed on the 16th lap and 10.617. 12th place with a second difference. Alex Marquez on the 21st grid is 15th. Stefan Bradl on the 18th grid is 18th.
Quartararo falls and contacts Espargaro brother
Fabio Quartararo on the 2nd grid fell at the 5th corner of the 5th lap when he tried to rise from 3rd to 2nd, and crashed into Aleix Espargaro on the 5th grid located on the out side.
Quartararo returned to the race at the end and returned to the pits once, but after returning to the race, he suffered a second fall at the 5th corner on the 12th lap and a fourth fall this season, and this season since the 17th round Algarve GP in November last year. When he retired for the first time, Espargaro retreated to 15th place, 8.560 seconds behind the track, but overtook 11 people to recover to 4th place, 2.585 seconds behind.
The highest rank of Yamaha is 16th
Andrea Dovizioso on the 17th grid is 16th, 29.711 seconds behind. Franco Morbidelli on the 20th grid took a long lap penalty on the 6th lap and fell 23rd on the 8th lap at the 5th corner for the 5th time this season. Darling Binder on the 24th grid fell 18th on the 9th lap at the 8th corner for the 8th time this season.
Championship
Overall 1st place Fabio Quartararo scored 0 points for the first time this season. Overall 2nd place Aleix Espargaro added 13 points for two consecutive races and recovered from a 34-point difference to a 21-point difference.
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