Raul Fernandez takes dominant sprint victory in Assen

The start went well for Jorge Martin, but Ogura, who was in second place, had a better start as he managed to get into the lead at Turn 1. Shortly after the start, Joan Mir crashed at Turn 4, bringing out a yellow flag. Martin, however, responded quickly, overtaking Ogura and starting to build a gap.

Marco Bezzecchi made a costly mistake when he ran wide, allowing Di Giannantonio to catch up, dropping to fifth place.

After Lap 1, the top 10 looked as follows: Martin, Ogura, R. Fernandez, Di Giannantonio, Bezzecchi, M. Márquez, Bagnaia, Acosta, Quartararo, Bastianini.

Meanwhile, at the front, Raul Fernandez caught up to his teammate and managed to overtake him, moving into second place. Pedro Acosta made a mistake as he ran wide into the gravel and dropped to 14th place.

Francesco Bagnaia, who was behind his teammate Marc Márquez, was preparing an overtake to move further forward. Meanwhile, Fernandez successfully managed to catch up to Martin.

On Lap 3, both Viñales and Rins received track limits warnings.

Into the last turn, there was a double overtake as Fernandez overtook Martin and Di Giannantonio overtook Ogura, moving into third place.

But it didn't take long for Martin to lose another position to both Di Giannantonio and Ogura. Shortly afterwards, he managed to catch back up and challenge Ogura for third place. This allowed the riders behind them to close the gap.

Meanwhile, at the front, Di Giannantonio caught up to Fernandez, ready to battle for the lead. On Lap 6, Jack Miller retired from the sprint race. The top 10 looked as follows: Fernandez, Di Giannantonio, Ogura, Martin, Bezzecchi, M. Márquez, Bagnaia, Bastianini, Moreira, Quartararo.

After a battle between the factory Aprilia riders, Bezzecchi managed to win the battle and move into fourth place. However, both Bezzecchi and Martin received track limits warnings.

Fernandez, in the lead, had created a safe gap over Di Giannantonio. Further down the field, Bagnaia finally managed to overtake his teammate and move into sixth place.

And Ai Ogura, who was putting in an incredible ride, caught up to Di Giannantonio and overtook him on the inside.

With two laps to go, Franco Morbidelli crashed at Turn 4, retiring from the sprint. Raul Fernandez then safely secured his sprint victory, with his teammate Ogura finishing in second place. The podium was rounded out by Fabio Di Giannantonio.