Why was Assen so amazing?

What happened that made the Assen race so close? At the end it seemed like MM had been sandbagging all race but other than that there 7 guys in the mix for the podium the whole race. I’ve watched the race three times and his morning as I watched it I wondered “why can’t all the races be this competitive?” So often it turns into a parade four or five laps in.
Submitted July 21, 2018 at 02:03AM by peterboothvt https://www.reddit.com/r/motogp/comments/90lhos/why_was_assen_so_amazing/?utm_source=ifttt