Bradl gathers data in Assen

Assen, June 27, 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