World Superbike Assen, Netherlands - Race Results (1)
Jonathan Rea regains the World Superbike championship lead thanks to victory in race one at Assen.
| WorldSBK Assen, Netherlands - Race Results (1) | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | 21 Laps |
| 2 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +3.093s |
| 3 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | +3.214s |
| 4 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +4.478s |
| 5 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +6.139s |
| 6 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | +7.901s |
| 7 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +11.182s |
| 8 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | +14.495s |
| 9 | Chaz Davies | GBR | GoEleven Ducati | +19.044s |
| 10 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +19.231s |
| 11 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +33.244s |
| 12 | Leandro Mercardo | ARG | MIE Honda Racing | +33.462s |
| 13 | Loris Cresson | BEL | Pedercini Kawasaki | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Andrea Mantovani | ITA | Vince64 Racing kawasaki | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Jonas Folger | GER | Benovo BMW | DNF |
| 16 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Barni Ducati | DNF |
| 17 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | DNF |
| 18 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Kawasaki Puccetti | DNF |
| 19 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | DNF |
| 20 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | DNF |
| 21 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | DNF |
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.
