MotoGP: Bagnaia sets new lap record to claim Assen pole

Francesco Bagnaia (shown above) has stormed to pole position for the Motul TT Assen, shattering the All-Time Lap Record as he looks to breathe new life into his MotoGP World Championship title bid.

The Ducati Lenovo Team rider set a 1:31.504 to beat the old benchmark at the TT Circuit Assen by more than three tenths of a second.

Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) qualified second and Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) was also on lap record pace as he grabbed the final berth on the front row.

Qualifying Results

POS	RIDER	NAT	TEAM	TIME/BEHIND
1	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	1m31.504s
2	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.116s
3	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	+0.204s
4	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*	+0.292s
5	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	+0.364s
6	Jack Miller	AUS	Ducati Lenovo (GP22)	+0.620s
7	Johann Zarco	FRA	Pramac Ducati (GP22)	+0.671s
8	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.768s
9	Alex Rins	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.803s
10	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.863s
11	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	+0.920s
12	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.463s
Qualifying 1:
13	Luca Marini	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)	1’32.787s
14	Joan Mir	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	1’32.898s
15	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP21)*	1’32.912s
16	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP21)	1’33.005s
17	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)	1’33.009s
18	Stefan Bradl	GER	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	1’33.029s
19	Remy Gardner	AUS	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	1’33.093s
20	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	1’33.096s
21	Alex Marquez	SPA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	1’33.113s
22	Lorenzo Savadori	ITA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	1’33.467s
23	Raul Fernandez	SPA	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	1’33.652s
24	Darryn Binder	RSA	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*	1’33.998s