This weekend the MotoE arrives in Assen, the Cathedral of Speed, for the Dutch GP. At the end of Friday, Mattia Casadei took pole position ahead of Andrea Mantovani and Jordi Torres. For the LCR team rider it is the fourth pole position since he took part in the MotoE.
Mattia Casadei in pole position in the Dutch GP MotoE 2025.
This weekend the MotoE arrives in Assen, the Cathedral of Speed, for the Dutch GP, the second round of the 2025 MotoGP electric category.
After the two morning sessions, Jordi Torres had achieved the best time ahead of Casadei, Zaccone, Ferrari, Granado, Spinelli, Garzò and Baldassarri. These drivers went directly to Q2 while Mantovani and Zannoni, despite being very close to the first group, had to compete in Q1.
The results of Q1 of the Dutch GP of MotoE 2025
The qualifying session began with Q1, which saw Andrea Mantovani, second in the overall standings, take part.
At the start of the session, it was Mantovani who took the lead in the timesheets, clocking a 1:40.524. Second place was taken by Kevin Zannoni, but the Aspar team rider had to give up the position shortly after to Jacolo Hosciuc, a rookie in MotoE with the MSi Racing team.
The Aspar team rider did not lose heart, however, and on the last available lap he achieved the fastest lap of the session, beating Mantovani by just 3 thousandths of a second.
Zannoni and Mantovani thus passed into Q2 while Hosciuc and Finello were the first among those excluded from Q2, despite their excellent times.
For Kevin Zannoni, this is the second consecutive year that he has passed into Q2 thanks to the best time in Q1.
Below are the MotoE Q1 times for the Dutch GP in Assen:
The results of Q2 and the starting grid of the Dutch GP of MotoE 2025
Nicholas Spinelli was the first driver to take to the track at the start of Q2 of the Dutch GP MotoE, followed shortly after by the LCR team duo of Mattia Casadei and Eric Granado. At the end of the first lap, Andrea Mantovani took the lead of the session, with a time of 1:40.141, thanks to the track references acquired during Q1. The excellent time of the Forward team rider was not enough to resist the pace of Casadei, who on the second lap recorded a time of 1:40.006.
However, this was not the time that gave Casadei the pole position for the Dutch GP. MotoE, but the next one, which the 2023 champion finished in 1:39.943.
At that moment, second place was occupied by Nicholas Spinelli, also faster than Mantovani, third, and Eric Granado, fourth.
The last two laps were decisive in deciding the starting grid of the Dutch GP. Although no one was able to do better than Casadei, the other positions on the first two rows changed hands several times.
In the end, Mantovani was able to reclaim second place while Jordi Torres climbed first to fourth and then to third, pushing Spinelli down to the second row. Matteo Ferrari also made a great lap on his last attempt, taking fifth place in extremis.
The top 10 of the starting grid of the Dutch GP MotoE it was completed in order by Zaccone, Granado, Baldassarri, Zannoni and Garzò.
In particular, the reigning world champion did not seem very comfortable on the Ducati V21L. Probably the set up of his bike is not yet at the level of his opponents due to the test sessions that the Spaniard skipped due to the two injuries he had at the beginning of the season.
Below are the Q2 times and the starting grid of MotoE for the 2024 Dutch GP:
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The schedule of the Dutch GP of MotoE 2025
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The standings of the MotoE 2025
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