2017 Moto2 Championship Standings After Round 8, Assen, The Netherlands
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Moto2 standings after Assen:
Round Number:
8
Year:
2017
2017 Assen Moto2 Race Result: Not A Moto3 Race But Nearly
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Results and summary of the Moto2 race in Assen:
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2017 MotoGP Championship Standings After Race 8, Assen, The Netherlands
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MotoGP standings after a scintillating race at Assen:
Round Number:
8
Year:
2017
2017 Assen MotoGP Race Result: Like A Kid In His Playground
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Results and summary of the MotoGP race in Assen:
2017 Moto3 Championship Standings After Race 8, Assen, The Netherlands
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Moto3 standings after a thrilling race at Assen:
Round Number:
8
Year:
2017
Franco Morbidelli Signs Two-Year MotoGP Deal With Marc VDS
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As had been widely trailed, Franco Morbidelli has signed a two-year with the Marc VDS squad to move up to MotoGP. The deal will see the Italian take the place of Tito Rabat inside the Marc VDS team for the next two years, with an option to sign on for a third.
Morbidelli had also been under consideration for a ride with Ducati, but the relationship the Italian had built up with the team proved decisive.
2017 Assen Moto3 Race Result: Chaos With A Side Of Drama
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2017 Assen Moto2 Warm Up Result: Another Marc VDS Double
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2017 Assen MotoGP Warm Up Result: Miller Makes It Rain
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2017 Assen Moto3 Warm Up Result: Martin Heads Overcast Morning
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2017 Assen MotoGP Saturday Round Up: Weird Grids, Hot Tires, And Team Troubles
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Motorcycle racing is an outdoor sport. The riders are at the mercy of the elements. Not just the riders, but the teams and factories too. A bike that works well in the dry may be terrible in the wet. A bike that is strong in the wet may struggle when conditions were mixed. Finding the right balance when conditions change can throw the best laid plans into disarray.
All of these questions were multiplied by the weather at Assen. With nothing between the circuit and the North Sea but a row of sand dunes, the odd high rise office block, and a hundred kilometers of pancake-flat farmland punctuated by the occasional tree, the wind, sun, and rain blow out just as quickly as they blow in. The weather at Assen is as fickle as a pretty teenager in a crowded disco.
That made it tough for MotoGP at the Dutch circuit. Searching for the right setup was both perilously difficult and ultimately futile, for as soon as you found something in the right ballpark for the conditions, the rain would come or the track would dry out, and you would have to start all over again. Add in tarmac which has fantastic grip in the dry but diminishing grip in the dry, and you had a recipe for, if not chaos, then at least a fairly random mix of riders topping qualifying.
2017 Assen Moto2 Qualifying Result: Finding The Secret To a Drying Track
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Results and summary of qualifying for the Moto2 class in Assen:
2017 Assen MotoGP Qualifying Result: Surprises Not All That Surprising
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Results and summary of qualifying for the MotoGP class in Assen:
2017 Assen MotoGP FP4 Result: Zarco Gets the Slick Window Right
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The sun decided to come out and play at the beginning of the fourth practice session, prompting the riders to get a quick taster of the conditions before heading back to the garage to have their bikes prepared for dry conditions.
Only a handful of riders decided to stay out for more than one lap on wet tyres, as the mechanics kept busy with set-up changes, while keeping an eye on the forecast that threatened with another shower.
Why Cal Crutchlow's Aerodynamic Fairing Is Not Technically A New Fairing
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Just how clever has Honda been with their fairings? At Assen, Cal Crutchlow spent Friday going back and forth between bikes with and without the addition of aerodynamic side pods on the outside of the fairing. That led to some confusion among the media. Had Honda homologated the aerodynamic fairing already? Or was this something new?
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