Jack Miller dominated Free Practice 1 in the rain

Don’t say water. Say …Jack Miller! The Australian driver, who competed for last season included Ducati Before moving to KTM for the next two seasons, he started the Dutch GP ahead of his Ducati. In Assen, ‘The Cathedral’ of motorcycling, the 27-year-old from Townsville dominated Free Practice 1 in one of his favorite conditions, wet.

It rained heavily all morning and in those difficult conditions the MotoGP heroes had to ride. And as always, in the wet the one who ventured was once again the Australian Ducati. Jack He clarified when he experienced severe whiplash on his motorcycle when trying to overtake at the beginning of the session. fabio quartararo. The maneuver was not expensive for him because he was able to tame his bike even long. Things are worse for others like the Ducati Bezzecchiwho crashed, and so did Enea Bastianini, who suffered a severe fall on turn 1 that fortunately had no more consequences than those suffered by her bike.

Miller dominated by 1’42 “589, defeated Joan Mir (2nd) by 0” 109, and Pol Espargaró by 0 “302, who despite arriving in Assen was extremely shaken by his fall to Germany, started well in the wet.Fourth was his brother, Aleix Espargaró.

The Catalan, contender for the title, went from less to more to show his head in the first positions at the end, remaining 0 “441 behind Miller’s best time in his last lap, leading the si alex rins (5th at 0 “527), Johann Zarco (6th at 0” 561) and George Martin (7th at 0 “600). Maverick Vinales is 8th and a Pecco Bagnaia who had to wake up was 9th over eight tenths behind his teammate Ducati.

Quartararo began to grit his teeth

For his part, the World Cup leader, fabio quartararo, started away from the head, in the 16th position. Fabio, like cats, is not fond of water. The Frenchman needs to prepare to suffer this weekend because the rain promises intense emotions. The world champion needs to grit his teeth and reduce his defeat in the wet.