Moto2, Assen: David Alonso takes his second pole position in a row!

David Alonso has done it again! The young Colombian from the Aspar team has secured pole position at the TT Circuit in Assen and will therefore start from first place in the Dutch Grand Prix. It is his second pole in a row, following his success in Brno a week ago. In this year’s highly varied Moto2 season, there have so far been eight different pole-setters (across ten race weekends to date). Only David Alonso and Izan Guevara have been on top twice so far in 2026 – on all other race weekends, there has always been a different pole-setter.

Delay due to a red flag in Q1

The battle for pole position in Moto2 at Assen got underway with a slight delay. This was due to a brief interruption in the first part of qualifying: Jorge Navarro of the Fantic team had caused a red flag. He crashed out at Turn 15; his bike was completely destroyed and had to be towed away. At that point, Dani Muñoz, Alberto Ferrandez, Deniz Öncü and Ayumu Sasaki were the riders who would have progressed to Q2. The top two remained unchanged: alongside Muñoz and Ferrandez, however, Zonta vd Goorbergh and Celestino Vietti – who had suffered a heavy crash on Friday – also made it through.

Alonso on top early on

In the battle for the fastest lap times at the TT Circuit Assen, David Alonso of the Aspar team set the pace early on. The Colombian clocked a time of 1:35.236. Behind him were Ferrandez, Izan Guevara and Alonso’s team-mate Dani Holgado. The Intact riders were fifth (Senna Agius) and twelfth (World Championship leader Manu Gonzalez) at the halfway stage.

Erstmals in Startreihe 1: Alberto Ferrandez (2.)

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Compared to the morning sessions, a fairly thick blanket of cloud had now settled over the Assen circuit. At 33 degrees Celsius, however, it was even hotter. Just one and a half minutes before the chequered flag, Manu Gonzalez was forced to abort his fast lap. So he had to get it right on his final run.

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In the end, though, the Spaniard could only manage eighth on the grid. His team-mate Senna Agius was on course for a really strong lap, but had a wobble shortly before the end. It was just enough to push his team-mate down from seventh to eighth.

The lucky pole-sitter was David Alonso, who had taken the lead early on and whose time could not be beaten. For Alonso, this is his second pole in a row. Alberto Ferrandez will start alongside him from second place – his first time on the front row! Izan Guevara completes the front row. Behind them are Muñoz, Holgado and Vietti.