position was Sylvain Guintoli at the wet Japanese Grand Prix in 2007 when he started from eighteenth place on the grid and finished fourth.11 years - On race day at Assen it will be exactly 11 years to the day that Jeremy McWilliams won the 250cc race

WET weather appears to bring out the best in the Ducati Desmosedici GP12, as Valentino Rossi admits to hoping for rain ahead of the next round at Assen.Silverstone was a tough race for the Italian as he slipped back from the progress made

CASEY STONER put in an incredible lap to take pole in the closing stages of qualifying at Assen.With five minutes remaining in the session, and after a short rainfall, Stoner lapped the Dutch circuit in 1:33.713.The reigning champion was followed

TECH 3 YAMAHA'S Cal Crutchlow opted to skip surgery on his injured ankle and will still race at Assen despite doctors advising him to rest.Crutchlow rode an inspired race at Silverstone after fracturing his ankle in a crash in Saturday practice

A WORD of warning has just reached us via our friends in Holland who say Dutch police are gearing up for a blitz on visitors to this Saturday's Assen MotoGP.The word is that the rozzers are planning breath tests at or near ferry ports on Thursday

CHAMPIONSHIP leader Jorge Lorenzo topped the first practice session at Assen, ahead of the Repsol Honda pairing of Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner.The times were close between the top three, with Pedrosa 0.02s and Stoner 0.075s off Lorenzo's best time

CASEY Stoner was gifted an easier time at Assen when Jorge Lorenzo was taken out at the first corner by a wild and out-of-control Alvaro Bautista.Pedrosa led from turn one for the majority of the race, but Stoner was right on his tail. Stoner pulled

UNFAMILIAR names featured at the top of the timesheets for the afternoon practice session at Assen, as Ben Spies lead Cal Crutchlow and Nicky Hayden.Spies went quicker than the time set by his factory Yamaha team-mate from this morning, lapping

Describing the action in the Moto3 race as ‘edge of the seat’ would be doing it a disservice as the train of battling riders did more than prove the worth of the 250cc four-stroke singles that were introduced this season.For the entirety of the 22 lap race the fighting was full o...

CHECK out the gallery of grid girls from the 2011 Ductch GP at Assen. Here we've put together the best pit girls from the race. The hottest babe gallery from the grid, pits and paddocks for your perusal.Enjoy the paddock babe action in the gallery