2024 World Superbike - Round 3 - Assen

The 3rd round of the World Superbike championship will be underway tomorrow. Petrucci is out for a while due to a motocross accident. Anyone know if he has a replacement?

Hopefully this weekend will be a barn burner, but it seems like Ducati are already finding their stride.

Barni have Nicholis Spinelli to replace Petrucci.

Friday Combined SBK:
1. Alvaro Bautista - SPA - Aruba.It Racing Ducati - 1:35.473s
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu - TUR - ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team - +0.277s
3. Remy Gardner - AUS - GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team - +0.354s
4. Michael Ruben Rinaldi - SPA - Motocorsa Ducati - +0.446s
5. Jonathan Rea - GBR - Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK - +0.449s
6. Nicolo Bulega - ITA - Aruba.It Racing Ducati - +0.468s
7. Sam Lowes - GBR - Marc VDS Ducati - +0.593s
8. Michael Van Der Mark - NED - ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team - +0.654s
9. Dominique Aegerter - SWI - GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team - +0.743s
10. Andrea Iannone - ITA - GoEleven Ducati - +0.776s
11. Philipp Oettl - GER - GMT94 Yamaha - +0.928s
12. Scott Redding - GBR - Bonovo Action BMW - +1.252s
13. Tito Rabat - SPA - Puccetti Kawasaki - +1.361s
14. Iker Lecuona - SPA - Team HRC WorldSBK - +1.482s
15. Garrett Gerloff - USA - Bonovo Action BMW - +1.624s
16. Alex Lowes - GBR - Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK - +1.704s
17. Axel Bassani - ITA - Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK - +1.767s
18. Andrea Locatelli - ITA - Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK - +1.784s
19. Xavi Vierge - SPA - Team HRC WorldSBK - +2.483s
20. Bradley Ray - GBR - Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team - +2.878s
21. Tarran Mackenzie - GBR - Petronas Mie Honda - +3.460s
22. Nicholas Spinelli - ITA - Barni Spark Racing Team - +4.641s
23. Adam Norrodin - MAL - Petronas Mie Honda - +6.548s

Nicholas Spinelli wins Race 1!

Choosing the wrong tyre became the right choice due to red flag LOL

I had just got jazzed about the upcoming end-of-race battle between Toprak and Bautista and just like that, it was over. *sigh*

Toprak's move on Alvaro into the chicane was good to see.

Remy thought that he was heading for his first podium, didn't know Spenieli was out front.

mikesbytes said:

Choosing the wrong tyre became the right choice due to red flag LOL

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Sometimes you gotta have luck on your side. No one would ever take a gamble if taking a gamble never paid off.

Even if he never runs another WSBK race after this weekend he'll forever have something to tell his grandkids about.

Toprak does it! Hell of a ride in light rain, surprised no one got caught out.

I’ve probably said this a thousand times, but watching Toprak is an absolute privilege. He is just head and shoulders above everyone else.

World Superbike wouldn’t have much to sell without Toprak. He is a bike control phenom and his point and shoot divebombing is well suited to the current formula and tires.

Congrats to Remy on his first podium. Overdue, but he got it done. When he gets the tires figured out, he should be good. He doesn’t seem to like these slippery soft Pirellis. No surprise he’s done well in near-wintey conditions.

Bautista is definitely not coasting this season, and Bulega’s middling performance is making this season interesting.