World Superbike Assen, Netherlands - Warm-up Results
Toprak Razgatlioglu finished fastest in a drying World Superbike warm-up session at Assen ahead of Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Bautista.
| WorldSBK Assen, Netherlands - Warm-up Results | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | 1:36.535s |
| 2 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.431s |
| 3 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | +0.504s |
| 4 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | +0.602s |
| 5 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +0.755s |
| 6 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +1.669s |
| 7 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +1.706s |
| 8 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +1.729s |
| 9 | Chaz Davies | GBR | GoEleven Ducati | +2.117s |
| 10 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | +2.178s |
| 11 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +2.690s |
| 12 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +2.702s |
| 13 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Barni Ducati | +2.792s |
| 14 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | +3.205s |
| 15 | Leandro Mercardo | ARG | MIE Honda Racing | +4.527s |
| 16 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | No Time Set |
| 17 | Andrea Mantovani | ITA | Vince64 Racing kawasaki | No Time Set |
| 18 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | No Time Set |
| 19 | Loris Cresson | BEL | Pedercini Kawasaki | No Time Set |
After a 50 minutes delay due to standing water on track, a revised 10 minute warm-up session saw Kohta Nozane encounter immediate issues. The Japanese rider pulled off the circuit just after leaving the pits.
Lucas Mahias and Jonas Folger have been ruled out of today’s action following their race one crashes.
Race One
Jonathan Rea regains the World Superbike championship lead thanks to victory in race one at Assen.
Toprak Razgatlioglu made the perfect launch as he took the lead into turn one from Rea, however, the Pata Yamaha rider gave the lead straight back to Rea at turn three as he ran slightly wide.
On lap four, Razgatlioglu made his second overtake for the lead (turn one once again), as a top three including Scott Redding separated themselves at the front. However, Rea used his pace advantage in sector two to regain the lead on lap six.
After getting past Razgatlioglu on lap seven, Redding made a mistake while following Rea at turn five which cost himself and Razgatlioglu over a second. It was a margin that proved too much to close down as Rea started to pull away.
With two laps remaining, Jonas Folger suffered a big crash at turns 6-7 which brought out an immediate red flag.
Alvaro Bautista’ troubles continued as he crashed on lap two at turn seven. On lap three there was even more drama as Michael Rinaldi and Alex Lowes crashed from the top five.
Lucas Mahias and Kohta Nozane crashed out at the final couple of corners (lap 13) - incidents were unrelated.
Tom Sykes and Garrett Gerloff produced stunning riders from the rear of the grid - Sykes claiming seventh and Gerloff sixth.
Victory for Rea means he’s the first rider ever to win 13 times at one circuit.
