Toprak Razgatlioglu heads into Assen World Superbike qualifying fastest after topping FP3 from roওokies Iker Lecuona and Philipp Oettl. 

Jonathan Rea was one of the last riders to exit pit lane as🐈 cooler conditions♓ greeted riders on the first of two Assen World Superbike race days. 

A potential preꦅview to race one, reigning world champion Razgatlioglu was fol꧃lowing Michael Rinaldi closely to begin FP3. 

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The two were part of a fierce batཧtle in Arago꧙n, one which left the Ducati rider very upset by the aggressive nature of several overtakes.

Af🐓ter leading an all-Aruba.it Ducati 1-2 during the early stages🍒, Bautista and Rinaldi were then separated by Razgatlioglu and Rea who managed to go second and third. 

Attempting to put his FP2 crash behind him, Redding soli𓃲dified his decent start to the weekend by putting his M 1000 RR BMW in fifth. That soon became sixth when Alex Lowes bolted𝕴 to the top of the leaderboard, only for team-mate Rea to bump him back down to P2.  

As grip contin🎃ued to improve, cha🅷mpionship leader Bautista reassured his position as the rider to beat by going -0.037s quicker than Rea.

With most of his rivals in pit lane, Bautista remained out on-track as preparation for the race took shape. The Spaniard remai💖ned fastest on a time of 1:3𝔍4.922s.

Continuing his stunning weekend aboard the 2022 CBR1000RR-R, Lecuona momentarily w💞ent second fasteܫst - +0.008s down on Bautista, however, the Spaniard’s lap was deleted due to exceeding track limits. 

On his next effort the former MotoGP rider made up for his previous transgression b🥀y going fastest by nඣearly two tenths. 

One rider who wasn’t able to challenge for top spot was Rinald💦i as a mechanical problem cut short his FP3. 

With qu🍎alifying simulations unde💞rway, Garrett Gerloff and Oettl both jumped into the top five, with the latter going second. 

Eugene Laverty mi🧸ssed free practice two after a big highside during the opening Assen World Superbike practice left the ⛦Irishman with significant swelling to his right forearm. Laverty did manage to return for FP3, albeit in limited fashion. 

Trying to push on after los🐻ing top spot to Razgatlioglu, Lecuona suffered his second fall of the 😼weekend.  

Assen World Superbike Records

Fastest lap - Alvaro Bautista SPA Ducati 1:34.564s (2019)

Most wins - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki (15)

2021 Winners 

Race One - Jonathan Rea 

Superpole Race - Jonathan Rea 

Race Two - Jonathan Rea 

Round two of the 2022 World Superbike championship is taking place without Belgian rider Loris Cresson, as Pedercini Kawasaki announced an immediate split before the weekend due to a failure to fulfil financial agreements on Cresson’s si⛎de. 

Cresson, who was initially signed through to the end of 2022, was set for a second full season in Superbikes before the termination of his c💞ontract on Wednesday. 

It means BSB rider Leon Haslam, who was already scheduled to take part in four wildcard rounds with the team this season was drafted in for FP1 and thus, the remainder of the Assen event. Haslam and Pedercini have already agreed to increase his participation in the 2022 championship, but exactly how many rounds Haslam will do is yet ꧙to be confirmed. 

Following confirmation of the agreed deal for this weekend, Haslam said: "I have fond memories of Assen over the years and so when the opportunity 🦋arose to race with TPR Team Pedercini in one additional race it was easy to say yes. 

"I have ridden with the team before and achieved a top fi⛄ve result in Qatar and I know how they work. 

"It will be a tough ask coming straight into round two with no testing on the bike and the championship being so strong this year but knowing that 👍we will also race together in four other races after this I am confident that we can gain a lot of valuable information and have a positive weekend together."

Updated 2022 Assen WorldSBK Weekend Schedule

Saturday 

10:10-10:25 - WorldSBK Superpole

13:00 - WorldSBK Race One

Sunday

08:00-08:15 - WorldSBK Warm-up

10:00 - WorldSBK Superpole Race

14:00 WorldSBK Race Two