MV Agusta RC – Yakhnich Motorsport's Claudio Corti had another difficult weekend at the Assen TT Circuit, failing to make it to the finish line in Race 2 after the transponder battery on his F4 RR exploded, causing the traction control not to function correctly and resulting in a crash. In the first race Corti tried his best to stay ahead the EVO riders, that was his target, eventually finishing 14th.

Claudio Corti: “We were really unlucky! The morning race wasn’t easy. Our goal has always been to stay ahead of the EVOs. We’d almost reached them but, just as the opportunity for us to attack came, the race was interrupted. I reckon I could otherwise have gained at least three more positions. In the afternoon things got even more complicated as we have no racing experience in such tough weather. I started in 17th place, but still managed to climb back to 9th. We were in the top ten, ahead of the EVOs. Unfortunately we hadn’t reckoned with the compulsory transponder. Its internal lithium battery exploded so the transponder stopped working and failed to send the control unit the over-the-finish-line signal; this sent all the electronic set-ups haywire. I found myself cornering without traction control and that’s why I fell. I’m also really sorry for the team because they worked their hearts out this weekend.”