Bradl gathers data in Assen.
Moto GP 2022
Assen, June 26, 2022: 18th place for the Stefan Bradl and the Repsol Honda Team as first half of 2022 comes to a close.
Threats of rain continued throughout the day as a full house of fans came through the gates of the TT Circuit Assen. But the threats would stay just that as the entire day’s action was held in dry conditions.
From 18th on the grid, Stefan Bradl made a strong start aboard his Repsol Honda Team RC213V to the 26-lap race and found himself on the edge of the points in the early laps. Keeping the factory Suzuki pair in sight, Bradl protected his position as the race began to unfold and several riders fell up ahead. The majority of the race was spent with Marini, Bradl able to study him and gather more important information of HRC’s engineers. Taking 18th at the line, Bradl leaves the Netherlands content with what he accomplished in Sunday’s rapid race.
Nakagami was able to take 12th place on the LCR Honda machine, the Japanese rider the top Honda finisher on Sunday.
The Repsol Honda Team head into the Summer Break, looking for a positive and productive return to action in Silverstone, August 05-07, after a difficult start to the 2022 season. Silverstone was the scene of Pol Espargaro’s first pole position with the Repsol Honda Team last year, the #44 already working to be fit for the British GP.
This break will give the riders, mechanics and engineers a much-needed chance to rest and recover after the most demanding start to a MotoGP season in history. The primary focus of the Repsol Honda Team is to return ready to fight for the top positions once again.
Stefan Bradl (18th)
“It was not a bad race and overall I am happy with what we did. It’s clear that we suffered a lot, the bike at the moment does not have the right balance and we need to keep working on it. I made a good start and I was able to stay with Marini for most of the race which was good for information. This was good to feedback to the engineers. Now we go into the Summer Break but I have another test in Jerez in July, so we will keep working then. We are not going to stop working until we have more improvements.”
TT Assen - Race Results
Pos.
Rider
Num
Points
Team
Constructor
Time/Gap
1
BAGNAIA FRANCESCO
62
25
Ducati Lenovo Team
Ducati
40'25.205
2
BEZZECCHI MARCO
73
20
Mooney VR46 Racing Team
Ducati
0.444
3
VINALES MAVERICK
12
16
Aprilia Racing
Aprilia
1.209
4
ESPARGARO ALEIX
41
13
Aprilia Racing
Aprilia
2.585
5
BINDER BRAD
33
11
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
KTM
2.721
6
MILLER JACK
43
10
Ducati Lenovo Team
Ducati
3.045
7
MARTIN JORGE
89
9
Pramac Racing
Ducati
4.34
8
MIR JOAN
36
8
Team Suzuki Ecstar
Suzuki
8.185
9
OLIVEIRA MIGUEL
88
7
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
KTM
8.325
10
RINS ALEX
42
6
Team Suzuki Ecstar
Suzuki
8.596
11
BASTIANINI ENEA
23
5
Team Gresini Racing MotoGP
Ducati
9.783
12
NAKAGAMI TAKAAKI
30
4
LCR Honda
Honda
10.617
13
ZARCO JOHANN
5
3
Pramac Racing
Ducati
14.405
14
DI GIANNANTONIO FABIO
49
2
Team Gresini Racing MotoGP
Ducati
17.681
15
MARQUEZ ALEX
73
1
LCR Honda
Honda
25.866
16
DOVIZIOSO ANDREA
4
0
WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team
Yamaha
29.711
17
MARINI LUCA
10
0
Mooney VR46 Racing Team
Ducati
30.296
18
BRADL STEFAN
6
0
Repsol Honda Team
Honda
32.225
19
GARDNER REMY
87
0
Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing
KTM
34.947
20
SAVADORI LORENZO
32
0
Aprilia Racing Test Team
Aprilia
35.798
21
FERNANDEZ RAUL
25
0
Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing
KTM
DNF
22
QUARTARARO FABIO
20
0
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP
Yamaha
DNF
23
BINDER DARRYN
40
0
WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team
Yamaha
DNF
24
MORBIDELLI FRANCO
21
0
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP
Yamaha
DNF
