On paper, seventh place for Marc Marquez in Sunday's Dutch MotoGP was nothing to be too impressed about, given his return to winning ways just seven days earlier at Sachsenring. However, Assen is a very different track and, still sore after a huge Friday highside, the Repsol Honda rider had to start the race from a MotoGP worst 20th on the grid. But in a further sign that Marquez is nearing his pre-arm injury form, the Spaniard scythed to 13th place at Turn 1 and was eleventh by the end of the opening lap. "We saw a great recovery from Marc at the beginning of the race," said Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig. "He started in 20th and recovered almost ten positions in...
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