“After some injuries this year I am now 100% so I hope we can have good races like last year,” concluded the 2017 double winner. So will he work with Deniz? “We’ll see,” was as far as he would go.
Tatay, who stands second to Can Öncü qualified sixth and the fastest of the Assen newcomers, steadily improving through the day, 16th in FP1, 9th in FP2 and just three-tenths off pole in Qualifying. Indeed the top 19 are separated by a single second. “Yes, step by step today,” smiled Tatay. “It’s not an easy track and in FP1 I didn’t like the bike settings, FP2 was better and we really made a big step forward in Qualifying so I think I can race with the guys at the front tomorrow.