2025 Dutch WorldSBK: Race 1 As It Happened

Dutch WorldSBK Results - Race 1

It's a fourth victory of the season for Nicolo Bulega in Race 1 here at Assen. Dominant again for the Italian, who 7.8 clear of Locatelli over the line. Petrucci secures third place.

Razgatlioglu takes fourth, 17 seconds off the win, and Lecuona wins out in that battle for fifth place, while Vierge makes it a Honda 5-6.

Petrucci now escaping in third place, 0.7s between them. Meanwhile, Bulega almost 8s out front. Locatelli 6.6s ahead of Petrucci. Remarkably spread out.

Petrucci back up to second past a timid-looking Razgatlioglu. He seems to be out of rear grip, and we know how much he relies on the engine braking in the final part of the corner entry phase.

Having said the podium is looking settled, Petrucci is back to within a couple of tenths of Razgatlioglu, so the battle for P3 is back on with three to go.

Razgatlioglu pulling away again now from Petrucci, but he's over 3s behind Locatelli in P2 now. Five laps to go but the podium beginning to look settled.

Further back, it's a five-rider battle for fifth with Lecuona ,van der Mark, Gardner, Vierge, and Bassani.

Petrucci now up to third and past Razgatlioglu at turn seven on lap 15, but Razgatlioglu comes back at turn one beginning lap 16.

Bulega almost 6s clear now, and Locatelli now over half-a-second ahead of Razgatlioglu, whose main concern might now be Petrucci.

Locatelli back up to second now, in front of Razgatlioglu after a pass at turn five. Petrucci still the fastest of those three though.

Bulega still clear at the front, and Petrucci still closing in on that battle for P2, but fifth-placed van der Mark is over 4s behind the Italian now and falling back.

As much as it's currently a head-to-head between Razgatlioglu and Locatelli for second at the moment, Danilo Petrucci is closing the gap to them and is now under a second behind that battle.

Bulega, on the other hand, is over 5s out front. Very PI-ish.

Alex Lowes has rejoined after his crash, by the way, and is currently running 15th - so, worth it for a point.

Razgatlioglu picks off Locatelli at turn eight on lap nine. A decent enough move, now the question is on Locatelli's pace - can he keep up with the BMW rider over the remaining 12 laps.

Locatelli now in a 1-on-1 versus Razgatlioglu for second place, but now 4s adrift of Bulega.

Bautista apologetic to Lowes for that. There's not really much defence he could have there.

As the replays were being played there, Alex Lowes has now crashed at turn five.

Crash for Andrea Iannone. He's walking away.

And Bautista has just crashed tying to pass Lowes at turn nine, taking Lowes with him. Lowes could be rightly quite furious with that.

A mistake from Sam Lowes at the final chicane allows Razgatlioglu to pick both Lowes and Bautista off at turn one beginning lap seven.

Bulega now over 3s clear of the field. It's almost Phillip Island-ish.

Bautista now passes Razgatlioglu at turn eight - it's really not going the way of the reigning champion so far this afternoon.

Razgatlioglu now onto the back of Sam Lowes for third. Bautista up to fifth, too, past Petrucci.

Razgatlioglu now fourth after a move at turn five. He's already 2.695s behind Bulega, though!

Razgatlioglu now up to fifth, passing Bautista in the final chicane. Bulega's lead up to over a second at the end of lap 2.

Petrucci and Bautista battling pretty hard over fourth and it's allowing the front three to escape a bit.

Montella crashed at turn one but seems to be fine, has walked away.

Bulega leads the opening lap by 0.5s from Locatelli, Lowes and Bautista. Razgatlioglu past Bassani for sixth at the end of lap one.

Locatelli took the lead at turn five, but Bulega  used that Ducati power to come back in the straight.

Razgatlioglu only seventh off the start.