With Pirelli the Moto2™ and Moto3™ riders set new records in Assen as well

Moto2™

· Fermín Aldeguer (Folladore SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) took pole position for the race tomorrow with a time of 1'35.269, a new all-time lap record. Already in the Practice 1 session Friday afternoon, the Spaniard had broken the all-time record set in 2023 by Ai Ogura using tyres in the soft SC0 compound at the rear and the soft SC1 compound at the front. Saturday morning in Practice 2, Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia/Kalex) further improved on Aldeguer's record by 6 tenths, with a time of 1'35.341, later beaten in qualifying.

· In Practice 2, an astonishing 14 riders dropped below Ai Ogura's 2023 track record, whereas in Q2, 9 riders did the same, in spite of asphalt temperatures around 50°C.

Moto3™

· Ángel Piqueras (Leopard Racing/Honda) took pole position in the finale of the qualifying session with a time of 1'39.746, just over the time of 1'39.703 and new all-time lap record set in Practice 2 on Saturday morning by hometown hero, Dutchman Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Husqvarna), who will start from the third spot on the grid tomorrow, just behind Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia/Honda), second.

· Moto3™ was super-fast straight away from Friday morning, with Iván Ortolá (MT Helmets-MSI/KTM) already setting the new track record in free practice with a time of 1'40.610, breaking the 2023 record set by David Muñoz by more than half a second. Collin Veijer then improved it further, first in the afternoon Practice 1 session with a time of 1'40.259 and then in the Saturday morning Practice 2 session with a time of 1'39.703, a new all-time track record for the category.

· Overall, in Q2, an amazing 17 out of 18 riders dropped below the 2023 track record time, whereas in Practice 2 on Saturday morning, with asphalt temperatures below 25°C, an astonishing 20 riders did laps faster than the old record.