**”Bagnaia Shatters Record for Pole as Title Leader Martin Penalized: Full Qualifying Drama at 2024 Dutch MotoGP”**

Latest Update: 2024 Dutch MotoGP in Assen – Complete Qualifying Results

Here are the comprehensive qualifying results and starting grid for the Saturday Sprint and the main race on Sunday at the Dutch MotoGP in Assen, marking the 8th round out of 21 in the 2024 World Championship.

Championship front-runner Jorge Martin is set to start Sunday's grand prix from fifth position instead of second. This change comes after he was handed a three-place grid penalty for "riding slowly and disrupting rider #25 [Raul Fernandez] at Turns 2-3" during the second qualifying session.

Complete Qualifying Results for the Dutch MotoGP, Assen

Position

* Novice

Francesco Bagnaia breaks his own lap record at Assen to secure pole position for the 2024 Dutch MotoGP.

The current titleholder, who hasn't lost a match this weekend, felt so assured about his performance that he observed the hectic final moments from within the Ducati team’s garage.

Conversely, Marc Marquez fell after attempting to overtake Aleix Espargaro at the high-speed Turn 7, where riders reach 180 km/h, during his final lap and ended up in seventh place.

Jorge Martin, who is leading the standings, nearly created a surprise by coming just 0.081 seconds short of securing pole position. Maverick Vinales rounded out the front row for Aprilia.

Alex Marquez delivered an impressive lap, securing the lead position in the second row as the fastest GP23 rider. Espargaro claimed fifth place, while Fabio di Giannantonio took sixth.

Bagnaia faced stiff competition at the top as Martin quickly countered the Italian's initial lap-record.

The Pramac Ducati rider secured pole position until Bagnaia surged ahead by 0.337 seconds with an impressive time of 1 minute and 30.540 seconds.

From the pits, Bagnaia observed as a large pack of riders impeded each other's progress in their search for a slipstream. As time dwindled, they had no choice but to accelerate, which led to Marquez making a daring move to overtake Espargaro, resulting in a front-end loss.

Pedro Acosta and Fabio di Giannantonio advanced through Qualifying 1, surpassing Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller.

Acosta lost control and crashed on his last lap, causing his team to scramble to fix his favorite bike in time for Q2.

Acosta secured the tenth position on the starting grid.

Marco Bezzecchi, who secured the pole position for 2023, experienced his second fall of the day after losing control of the front during Qualifying 1.

The Assen Sprint race is scheduled to begin at 3:00 in

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