A Moto2 Assen battle for the ages. David Alonso (CFMOTO Azul Marino Aspar Team) vs Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) vs Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP).
A victory battle right out of the Cathedral’s top drawer, a fight that was settled at the final chicane, and an encounter that was won by Colombia. Alonso beat Gonzalez to the flag by just 0.024s to clinch his first win since the 2025 Hungarian GP, with Agius just 0.234s away in P3.
From the front row, it was Alberto Ferrandez (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) who led the field for the first time, and it was teammate Izan Guevara who also got the better of Alonso into Turn 1. The Colombian was P3, as Agius made a solid start from P6 – the Australian was P4 on the opening lap, one place ahead of Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Azul Marino Aspar Team).
It was all change at the end of Lap 2 though. Guevara hit the front, Alonso carved his way through on Ferrandez too, and then Holgado grabbed a lovely two-for-one deal at the final chicane to pocket P3. And a lap later at the Geert Timmer chicane, Holgado led having got through on teammate Alonso and then Guevara.
On Lap 3, Celestino Vietti’s (HDR SpeedRS Team) race ended with a crash at Turn 10, which further dented his championship hopes in what’s been a bruising weekend for the Italian.
Back at the front, having sat behind teammate Holgado for a few laps, Alonso struck to retake the lead on Lap 6. An immediate fastest lap by the polesitter and going onto Lap 8, Alonso stretched his lead to 0.6s over Holgado, Guevara, Gonzalez, Agius, and Brno winner Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – Xeramic – MSI). And at this stage, as well as Alonso, the championship leader was making moves. Gonzalez carved his way up to P2, and shortly after, Agius shoved past Holgado to climb into P3.
By Lap 15, some relentless pace from Gonzalez saw the #18 reel in the #80. And on Lap 17 of 22, the door opened for Gonzalez to lead following a small Alonso mistake at Turn 5 – while at the same time, Agius was now less than a second away from the lead. The Aussie was 0.8s faster than the top two on Lap 17, and after setting the last lap of the race on Lap 18, Agius made it a six-wheeler in the victory fight.
This was some unbelievable pace from Agius, and sure enough, he struck for P2 on Lap 18. However, a mistake on the next lap coming through Turn 7 saw him lose crucial ground while he was hunting Gonzalez, and it was a small error that allowed Alonso to come back through.
Two to go. The top three split by 0.3s. Gonzalez vs Alonso vs Agius. And the blue touch paper was lit on the penultimate lap at the Geert Timmer chicane. Alonso lunged, Gonzalez defended, and as Agius tried to get both of them coming out of the chicane, Alonso was out of shape, which sat up Agius, and that allowed Gonzalez to keep the lead heading onto the final lap.
A final chicane fight for the win, anyone? Gonzalez, holding onto the lead, understandably went ultra defensive, as Alonso – who had a big moment at Turn 11 – rode around the outside of the title chase leader going into the chicane.
Then it was all about the exit. Agius, attempting to get a phenomenal run out of the chicane and pounce, got blocked off by teammate Gonzalez, then lost the rear trying to get the power down, and on the run to the line, Alonso held off Gonzalez by 0.024s to win for the first time since the 2025 Hungarian GP, with Agius just 0.234s adrift of the 25 points.
Guevara picked up important points in P4, but the Spaniard loses more ground in the championship to Gonzalez ahead of the German GP. Ortola completed the top five, with Holgado eventually seven seconds off the win in P6. Adrian Huertas (Italtrans Racing Team) collects his equal-best Moto2 result in P7, Filip Salač (OnlyFans American Racing Team) comes home in P8, with home hero Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) collecting a top 10 in front of the Dutch crowd in P9.
Ferrandez earned his second top 10 of the season with a P10 finish, and it’s double Dutch delight in terms of points scoring rides for the home riders after Zonta van den Goorbergh (Momoven Idrofoglia RW Racing Team) finishes P13.
Onto the Sachsenring we go then. What a race, what a weekend in Moto2.
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