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As MotoGP heads into its extended summer break, the world title fight appears to be a three-way all-Ducati affair after Francesco Bagnaia denied Marco Bezzecchi a perfect weekend at Assen. Elsewhere, the nightmares at Honda and Yamaha took fresh twists, while plans both on and off track for 2024 began to pick up pace

Francesco Bagnaia extended his MotoGP world championship lead with victory in the Dutch Grand Prix and in the process halted a clean sweep by Marco Bezzecchi, who topped every practice session, grabbed pole and won the sprint race.

That all shook out to see the reigning world champion take a 35-point lead over Jorge Martin into the summer break, with Bezzecchi just one further point behind in third.

A battered and bruised Marc Marquez was absent from the Cathedral of Speed on Sunday as his faith in Honda took another hit, while Fabio Quartararo was still able to find comfort on an otherwise tough pilgrimage for Yamaha.

Here are the 10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Dutch GP.

1. Sometimes Ducati and Bagnaia do have to come from behind

Source: Autosport

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