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The sprint race for the Dutch TT was won by the victor of the last two races: The poleman and pacesetter at Assen, Pecco Bagnaia. The two-time MotoGP World Champion took his first sprint race win since last season, and reduced the gap to Jorge Martin in the overall standings to 15 points. Martin was second, with Maverick Viñales on the podium for the first time since the French Grand Prix.
Completing the points were Enea Bastianini, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Brad Binder, Fabio Quartararo, Álex Márquez and Franco Morbidelli.
Step forward for Joan Mir
The first race of the weekend allowed Joan Mir to increase his performance. The Repsol Honda team rider started from twentieth position on the grid, gained two positions off the line, then managed to maintain the pace and cross the finish line in 14th.
His Repsol Honda teammate, Luca Marini, was unable to complete the race. From 21st, he gave up a couple of positions on the first lap, then was unable to keep up his pace and retired with a mechanical issue on the fourth lap.
The eighth full race of the season will take place on Sunday at 2pm.
Dutch GP: Sprint Race Results (13 laps)
| RIDER | TEAM | TIME |
| 1. Pecco Bagnaia | DUCATI | 19:58.090 |
| 2. Jorge Martín | DUCATI | +2.355 |
| 3. Maverick Viñales | APRILIA | +4.103 |
| 4. Enea Bastianini | DUCATI | +6.377 |
| 5. Fabio Di Giannantonio | DUCATI | +8.869 |
| 6. Brad Binder | KTM | +9.727 |
| 7. Fabio Quartararo | YAMAHA | +10.828 |
| 8. Álex Márquez | DUCATI | +13.169 |
| 9. Franco Morbidelli | DUCATI | +13.560 |
| 10. Pedro Acosta | GASGAS | +15.972 |
| 11. Marco Bezzecchi | DUCATI | +16.036 |
| 12. Miguel Oliveira | APRILIA | +16.082 |
| 13. Jack Miller | KTM | +18.739 |
| 14. Joan Mir | REPSOL HONDA | +21.791 |
| 15. Augusto Fernández | GASGAS | +22.450 |
| 16. Johann Zarco | HONDA | +23.690 |
| 17. Raúl Fernández | APRILIA | +24.430 |
| 18. Takaaki Nakagami | HONDA | +29.568 |
| 19. Álex Rins | YAMAHA | +1’23.553 |
General Standings
| RIDER | TEAM | POINTS |
| 1. Jorge Martín | DUCATI | 180 |
| 2. Pecco Bagnaia | DUCATI | 165 |
| 3. Marc Márquez | DUCATI | 136 |
| 4. Enea Bastianini | DUCATI | 120 |
| 5. Maverick Viñales | APRILIA | 107 |
| 6. Pedro Acosta | GASGAS | 101 |
| 7. Brad Binder | APRILIA | 89 |
| 8. Aleix Espargaró | KTM | 82 |
| 9. Fabio Di Giannantonio | DUCATI | 79 |
| 10. Álex Márquez | DUCATI | 53 |
| 11. Marco Bezzecchi | DUCATI | 45 |
| 12. Fabio Quartararo | YAMAHA | 35 |
| 13. Franco Morbidelli | DUCATI | 32 |
| 14. Raúl Fernández | APRILIA | 32 |
| 15. Miguel Oliveira | APRILIA | 31 |
| 16. Jack Miller | KTM | 27 |
| 17. Augusto Fernández | GASGAS | 13 |
| 18. Joan Mir | REPSOL HONDA | 13 |
| 19. Johann Zarco | HONDA | 9 |
| 20. Álex Rins | YAMAHA | 8 |
| 21. Takaaki Nakagami | HONDA | 8 |
| 22. Dani Pedrosa | KTM | 7 |
| 23. Luca Marini | REPSOL HONDA | 0 |
Statements
Joan Mir
“We had a solid race today; our pace was quite consistent, and I felt like I put in a lot of effort. We know the areas we have to improve and at the moment it’s about giving the best of myself each time we’re on the bike. Right now it’s very important to finish races, get information and work for things to come in the future. Another chance to go again tomorrow in the full race and see we can do over the longer distance, the conditions could change a lot.”
Luca Marini
“At the start I already felt something strange with the bike and after a lap I had to come back to the pit. I wanted to understand the hard front, so I tried to continue but it was clear we weren’t able to. The team will investigate what happened deeply, but we already know it won’t be a problem tomorrow – this is always positive. We can learn a lot from the Sprint so we just two laps we miss out on some data, especially in regard to the tyres. Let’s see what we can do tomorrow.”