The weather forecast got it right with the arrival of unstable weather and the rain showed up at the Dutch track in Assen shortly before the start of the second and decisive timed practices of the three classes. Thus, the times that will finally be used to…
Thus, the times that will finally be used to make the grids for tomorrow’s in the 125cc and 250cc classes will be those set yesterday on a dry track. Different situation for the grid of the premier class, which was decided this afternoon in the rain.
The session finished with the Australian rider on top of the time sheets, while Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden will be starting from the third and fifth row. Today was not a good session for the Repsol Honda MotoGP Team riders, especially for Dani Pedrosa, who struggled with the settings on the Dutch track. The Spanish rider, eighth in the morning and ninth in the afternoon, will have to fix a couple of details to be able to close the gap to the leading riders.
The reigning World Champion was not able to confirm the positive evolution he had on the dry, in the rain. Third in the morning, Hayden had to settle this afternoon for the thirteenth position of the grid, and will be forced to start the race tomorrow from the fifth row.
The rain fallen over the Dutch track this afternoon aborted any attempt to improve the times set yesterday during the second and definitive qualifying session in the 125cc and 250cc classes. With Bradley Smith already in Barcelona undergoing several medical examinations to assess the seriousness of the injuries sustained yesterday during the first free practice, the only representative of the Repsol Honda Team in the eight of a litre class, Esteve Rabat, will start tomorrow from the fifth row of the grid after the nineteenth position achieved yesterday.
Same situation for the Repsol Honda Team riders in the 250cc class, who will have to settle for the positions achieved yesterday as well. Julián Simón will start from the third row after clocking the ninth fastest time yesterday and team-mate Shuhei Aoyama will do it from the fourth row, after finishing fourteenth.
