Marc Marquez won the most nail
biting race of the 2018 season in front of a packed housed at Assen. The Repsol
Honda rider started the race on pole, but it was Jorge Lorenzo, who stole the
limelight. The Ducati rider made a lightning start, which catapulted him from
tenth to second place as the riders made their way through the first corner.
Valentino Rossi, who had been pushed back to fifth place at the start of the
race, was showing good pace as he carved his way past the grid in fifth place
and in the second lap of the race, took second place from Marquez.
Despite having a clear track in front,
Lorenzo wasn’t able to break away from the grid as he normally does. Rossi was
close on Lorenzo’s rear, putting the Spanish rider under tremendous pressure.
The front tyre of Lorenzo’s bike washed out, but the Ducati rider somehow saved
himself from crashing out. While Lorenzo still led the race, Rossi lost
momentum in the incident and was pushed down to fifth place.
Suzuki rider, Alex Rins was on the
charge and he muscled his way past Marquez and was trailing the Ducati duo of
Lorenzo and Dovizioso by the halfway stage of the race. With 12 laps remaining
in the race, Dovizioso overtook his teammate to lead the race. In the following
two laps, Marquez regained his position and it looked like a three-way battle
for the race win.
The
only rider who could come close to Marquez’s pace was Rossi, but he ran wide
off the track in an attempt to defend second position from Dovizioso. Rins
managed to pass Vinales in the last lap, to clinch his best result in premiere
class. It was Marquez’s ninth podium finish at the Dutch circuit and he now
extends his championship lead over Rossi by 41 points. The next race is at
Sachsenring, which is one of Marquez’s favourite racetracks, and he looks on
course to extend his winning run in Germany.
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