Jake Dixon made a heroic comeback at the TT Circuit Assen on Sunday, recovering 7 places to finish 0.5s off the podium, while Filip Salac retired due to the injuries sustained in Saturday’s Q2 crash.

After a warm sunny morning, overcast conditions greeted Elf Marc VDS Racing Team riders Jake Dixon and Filip Salac on race day at the 10^th round of the 2025 Moto2 World Championship.

Conditions were warm for the 22-lap race which got underway at 12.15 local time, with track temperatures reaching 38 degrees.

Just like Saturday, the TT Circuit Assen was packed to capacity on Sunday with 109,499 fans in attendance to watch the centenary of the world-famous Dutch TT.

Jake Dixon, 4^th

Starting from 11^th, Jake started brilliantly and was aggressive from the off as he gained 2 places to sit 9^th after lap 1, at the back of a large ground contesting 3^rd position.

The Briton was then recovering places at a rapid rate. In the final laps Jake was the fastest rider on track and after climbing to 4^th on lap 18, he came close to reeling Manuel Gonzalez in for 3^rd, but just missed out.

This result sees Jake jump up once place in the championship to 4^th with 98 points.

“That was a good race! Finally, I feel we’re back to somewhere we should be after the last races. We made some changes this week and I’m super happy they’ve worked. Deep down I always knew it wasn’t me. But when you try to remedy that thing which you thought was holding you back, and it works, you feel justified. It’s so nice to be back at the front. Hopefully we can keep building from here. We’ve got the Brno test now and we’ll keep working in this way. I was so close to the podium. I’m just feeling happy after a really rough time to come back, be competitive and finish fourth – and only two seconds from the win. Also, coming back from eleventh on the grid, this was a good result. I want to say a massive thanks to the team. And I can’t wait for Brno now and I the next race at the Sachsenring!”

Filip Salac, DNF

Filip was feeling far from 100% after a painful qualifying crash on Saturday. Despite serious pain in his right shoulder, the 23-year old put in a heroic effort to make the grid.

But it soon became clear the 22-lap race would be too much for the brave Czech rider. Starting 14^th, he soon dropped back to 23^rd. And on the 7^th lap he wisely decided to retire.

This means Filip now sits 12^th in the championship standings with 52 points.

“It wasn’t the Sunday I was hoping for. Already yesterday I knew today was going to be very hard to race. I didn’t really sleep as I had to lie on my back and each time I moved I would wake up because of the pain. In the sighting lap I didn’t feel so bad – just changing direction in the fast corners was tough. But then in the race I didn’t have the help from the wind in the slipstream, so you had to push more on the handlebar with your body. My shoulder hurt so much. It’s a shame I had to finish the race like this. We have the Brno test this week. Now I’ll go to the hospital straight away to try and get some improvements for my arm. Sorry to the team. I’m disappointed after we had such a nice Friday here. When I saw the pace in the race, I know we’d have been there at the front as well. But sometimes racing is like this.”