Veijer secures the top spot at home as Alonso crashes twice

Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) was back in business and was quickest at the end of Friday at the Motul TT Assen to the delight of the Dutch fans. Veijer was the fastest rider for the majority of the session before putting in an incredible 1:40.259 in the final five minutes of the day. Behind the #95 was Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI), who had a strong result to finish the day in second. Yamanaka was ahead of his MT Helmets – MSI teammate Ivan Ortola, who didn’t have enough in the tank to match the unbelievable pace of Veijer at the front.

It was a quick session from the word go with Veijer breaking the lap record early on. The Dutchman was over half a second clear of the rest of the field who had no response to the #95’s relentless pace heading into the final 15 minutes. The pace began to heat up in the final 10 minutes with the MT Helmets – MSI duo working together on the track and closing the gap to Veijer as yellow flags soon came out for Daniel Holgado (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) and David Alonso (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), who had their own crashes during the session.

Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) once again impressed after securing the honours of finishing as the top Honda in fourth place. Behind Fernandez was Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo), who shot up the order to round out the top five ahead of the second Leopard Racing machine of Angel Piqueras in sixth. Joel Kelso (BOE Motorsports) consolidated seventh at the end of Friday, 0.530s adrift from Veijer and ahead of Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse).

Further back it was a very dramatic day for Alonso, who crashed twice during the session at turn 5 and later at turn 3. The Colombian also had a huge moment on the exit of the final corner on his fast lap – placing down in ninth. Behind Alonso was Holgado who recovered to 10^th after his crash to place ahead of Tatsuki Suzuki (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) and MLav Racing’s Scott Ogden. Meanwhile, the final spots inside the top 14 went the way of Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) and Stefano Nepa (LEVELUP – MTA).

There will be one last chance for the Moto3™ field to claim their spot inside Q2 in a crucial Practice 2 session on Saturday at 8:40 local time (UTC +2) before qualifying kicks off at 12:50 local time, so make sure you don’t miss anything on motogp.com!

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