Pirelli rewrites all the records in Assen; victory for Ogura in Moto2™ and Ortolá in Moto3™

Moto2™

· Choices were practically unanimous in terms of compounds for the race. Almost all the riders used the soft solutions, so the SC0 rear and the SC1 front, with the only exception being Manuel Gonzalez (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2/Kalex) who went with the medium SC2 at the front.

· Another win for Ai Ogura(MT Helmets-MSI/Boscoscuro) after his victory in the GP of Catalunya. Pole man Fermín Aldeguer and teammate Sergio Garcia finished behind him. The race was 16 seconds faster than last year's, with an improvement on lap times of over 7 tenths of a second.

· On the eighth lap, Sergio Garcia (MT Helmets-MSI/Boscoscuro) set the new race lap record with a time of 1'35.977, breaking by over 7 tenths the one set in 2021 by Raul Fernandez. Besides the Spaniard, another 16 riders dropped below the previous track race lap record.

Moto3™

· In the race, almost all the riders (20 out of 26) went with the medium SC2 tyre at the front, the most suitable for the characteristics of the Dutch track, with two significant exceptions: pole man Piqueras and the rider in the second spot on the grid, Furusato, opted for the soft SC1. On the other hand, at the rear, the soft SC1 was the most popular solution (19 riders out of 26) but there were those, like Veijer, who preferred instead the medium SC2 (6 riders out of 26).

· After starting from the fourth spot on the grid, Ivan Ortolá (MT Helmets-MSI/KTM)won the race, overtaking hometown hero Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Husqvarna) on the final lap and finishing with an advantage of just 12 thousandths of a second. Finishing behind them to take the third step of the podium was David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports/KTM). Both Veijer and Muñoz used the SC2 front and rear, whereas Ortolá went with the soft SC1 rear.

· The new race lap record was set by Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing/Honda) who, with a time of 1'40.405 on the third lap, improved on the previous record by almost 8 tenths, set by John Mcphee in 2022. Overall, a total of 14 riders did at least one lap faster than the previous track record time.

· The race this year was more than 28 seconds faster than the 2023 race, held with similar asphalt temperatures, for an average race pace improvement of almost a second and a half.