The Pramac Racing squad had a productive TIM TT Assen on Saturday as Aleix Espargaró claimed his fourth top ten result, while Mika Kallio improved on his previous result from Silverstone to arrive in 11th position.

Espargaró lost spots from his beginning of tenth place, however made up ground with a good race, at one point heading Marco Simoncelli before eventually losing the challenge with the Italian for ninth.

Kallio has enjoyed a good beginning from 13th and battled with Héctor Barberá on the remaining five laps, able to beat the Spanish racer to 11th as he moved closer to the top ten than he has been a week prior.

Aleix Espargarò states, "Unfortunately my bad start meant I lost contact with the front group and I had to fight to regain the positions I lost. After I had passed some riders I had a good race pace that allowed me to recover the gap to Simoncelli. In eight laps I managed reduce the three-second gap to him and pass. I pushed as hard as I could to try and break away from him but I risked falling, and he got in front of me. I studied the places where I could try to overtake him, but on the last lap I was not close enough. I'm also happy to have had my smallest gap to the race winner this season. Now we race in Barcelona, my home Grand Prix, and I will do my best to get a good result for my team and my fans.”

Mika Kallio adds, "I was very happy with the excellent start I made which allowed me to gain three positions after the first lap. Unfortunately my race pace didn’t let me keep up with the best riders and my bike was not very quick in some fast points of the track. I fought with Capirossi and Barberà for 11th and I won the battle with Barberà, preventing him from passing me on the last corner. I hope to get a better result next week at Barcelona.”