MotoGP: 'Keep F1 from Assen!'

With home star Max Vers🌞tappen making waves in F1, there has been talk of reviving the Dutch F1 Grand Prix.

Assen is one of the circuit's mentioned as a potential venue - but MotoGP stars Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo are wary about having F1 at circuit that has hosted motorcycle grand🗹 prix since the inaugural 1949 season.

"I hope they don't!" said nine-tim❀e world champion Rossi.

"Formula One has a lot of tracks [just] for the cars, like Le Castellet [Paul Ricard] last week. Assen �🥀�is just for motorcycles, in history.

'Keep F1 from Assen!'

With home star Max V🦩erstappen making waves in F1, there has been talk of reviving the Dutch F1 Grand Prix.

Assen is one of the circuit's mentioned as a pote🧸ntial venue - but MotoGP stars Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo are wary about having F1 at circuit that🎶 has hosted motorcycle grand prix since the inaugural 1949 season.

"I hope they don't!" said nin🍸e-time world champion Rossi.

"Formula One has a lot of track꧑s [just] for the cars, like Le Castellet [Paul Ricard] last week. Assen is just𒈔 for motorcycles, in history.

"First of all it would be a particular [unusual] track for Formula One, but at the💮 same time it is better not to hav🌃e Formula One for us because we have less bumps.

"I think that, for the hi🌼sto♑ric side, just MotoGP should race here."

Five time world champion Lorenzo added: "As Vale sai🍷d, it would be strange to see and I hope F1 does not c🌸ome here.

"First, because of t😼he bumps and second because they would probably have to modify so much the track, because it would be very strange to see Formula One cars on a track ꧅that is still completely green [no gravel or asphalt] outside the track.

"But anything is possible. ꦆI don't know the modifications they would need.

"But for the bumps it would be better if the Form⛎ula One doesn't🐻 come here."

Reigning champion Marc Marque൩z, who recently tested an F1 car, had more practical concerns:

"Formula One would be very, very fast here. Because th💮ere are many fast corners and maybe the lap time would only bꦓe one minute! Because they are so fast.

"💞But always it's good when Formula One is interested about circuits like Assen. For the bikes this means we would have some bumps, but it's not a big problem.✃"

The F1 Dᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ🌟⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚutch Grand Prix was last held at the Zandvoort circuit in 1985.

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