The final MotoGP practice session for the Dutch TT at Assen was greeted by heavy clouds and cool track temperatures, but thankfully the rain stayed away. This gave the premier class chargers a chance to to work on and refine their race packages. After his big crash in the morning's earlier session a battered and bruised Marc Marquez, riding with a broken finger and toe, lead the time sheets. He finished three hundredths of a second ahead of Valentino Rossi in second while fellow Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow was a further tenth behind.
The Honda trio of Stefan Bradl, Dani Pedrosa and Alvaro Bautista ended up in fourth, fifth and sixth places respectively as Randy DePuniet put in a stellar performance aboard his Aprilia to finish in seventh and top CRT rider. The Frenchman will be in with a good shout to go through in QP1 later today.
Results:
JeanChristophe Boullion Sebastien Bourdais Thierry Boutsen Johnny Boyd
