Overview
- Ai Ogura won the Dutch Grand Prix at Assen to record his first MotoGP victory and end a multi-decade gap for Japanese winners.
- Aprilia completed a commanding weekend with Trackhouse teammates Ogura and Raúl Fernández finishing first and second and factory rider Jorge Martin on the podium.
- Marco Bezzecchi suffered a heavy, high-speed crash at turn 15 and was taken to the circuit medical centre and then to hospital for checks but remained conscious.
- Jorge Martin moved to the top of the championship standings with a seven-point lead over Bezzecchi after Sunday’s race while several front-runners retired or crashed.
- Mechanical retirements and multiple crashes, including Pecco Bagnaia’s technical problem and withdrawals by Pedro Acosta and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, have tightened the title battle ahead of Sachsenring.