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It was Ben Spies again who took the holeshot of Race 2. Building off of his performance in Race 1, the American again began building a lead early on in the race. But wait! There’s more, continue reading for the full report from Race 2 of World Superbike at Assen.
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Spies seemed to have the race in the bag*until he lost the front-end going into Madijk and had a very big crash. That crash essentially gave the race to Haga, who ran unopposed the rest of the remaining laps.*Behind Haga, Max Neukirchner was holding down second place until the German had a moment, and went off the track in the Ruskenhoek corner. Fortunately for Neukirchner, that run-off is paved, and he was able to rejoin, but was no longer in touch with the leaders.
For the rest of the field: it took Leon Haslam 10 laps to get past Michel Fabrizio. And just as the podium seemed to be settled, Jakub Smrz got around Fabrizio in the final corner when he made a mistake, allowing Smrz to pass. The end result was the Czech getting his first podium, and the Guandalini Ducati team a much-needed boost.
Results from Race 2 World Superbike at Assen:
Pos Rider Country Bike Diff 1 N. Haga JPN Ducati 1098R * 2 L. Haslam GBR Honda CBR1000RR 2.678 3 J. Smrz CZE Ducati 1098R 4.603 4 M. Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098R 8.981 5 J. Rea GBR Honda CBR1000RR 12.104 6 T. Sykes GBR Yamaha YZF R1 14.575 7 C. Checa ESP Honda CBR1000RR 17.449 8 S. Byrne GBR Ducati 1098R 17.729 9 M. Neukirchner GER Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 18.167 10 T. Corser AUS BMW S1000 RR 25.056 11 R. Xaus ESP BMW S1000 RR 32.617 12 Y. Kagayama JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 32.688 13 B. Roberts AUS Ducati 1098R 37.415 14 M. Baiocco ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R 55.088 15 L. Scassa ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R 55.325 16 R. Laconi FRA Ducati 1098R 1′18.514 17 R. Resch AUT Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′30.780 RET T. Hill GBR Honda CBR1000RR 2 Laps RET M. Tamada JPN Kawasaki ZX 10R 12 Laps RET R. Kiyonari JPN Honda CBR1000RR 15 Laps RET D. Checa ESP Yamaha YZF R1 17 Laps RET D. Salom ESP Kawasaki ZX 10R 17 Laps RET K. Muggeridge AUS Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 19 Laps RET S. Easton GBR Kawasaki ZX 10R 19 Laps RET B. Spies USA Yamaha YZF R1 21 Laps RET V. Iannuzzo ITA Honda CBR1000RR 21 Laps RET M. Biaggi ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 Laps
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It was Ben Spies again who took the holeshot of Race 2. Building off of his performance in Race 1, the American again began building a lead early on in the race. But wait! There’s more, continue reading for the full report from Race 2 of World Superbike at Assen.
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Spies seemed to have the race in the bag*until he lost the front-end going into Madijk and had a very big crash. That crash essentially gave the race to Haga, who ran unopposed the rest of the remaining laps.*Behind Haga, Max Neukirchner was holding down second place until the German had a moment, and went off the track in the Ruskenhoek corner. Fortunately for Neukirchner, that run-off is paved, and he was able to rejoin, but was no longer in touch with the leaders.
For the rest of the field: it took Leon Haslam 10 laps to get past Michel Fabrizio. And just as the podium seemed to be settled, Jakub Smrz got around Fabrizio in the final corner when he made a mistake, allowing Smrz to pass. The end result was the Czech getting his first podium, and the Guandalini Ducati team a much-needed boost.
Results from Race 2 World Superbike at Assen:
Pos Rider Country Bike Diff 1 N. Haga JPN Ducati 1098R * 2 L. Haslam GBR Honda CBR1000RR 2.678 3 J. Smrz CZE Ducati 1098R 4.603 4 M. Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098R 8.981 5 J. Rea GBR Honda CBR1000RR 12.104 6 T. Sykes GBR Yamaha YZF R1 14.575 7 C. Checa ESP Honda CBR1000RR 17.449 8 S. Byrne GBR Ducati 1098R 17.729 9 M. Neukirchner GER Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 18.167 10 T. Corser AUS BMW S1000 RR 25.056 11 R. Xaus ESP BMW S1000 RR 32.617 12 Y. Kagayama JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 32.688 13 B. Roberts AUS Ducati 1098R 37.415 14 M. Baiocco ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R 55.088 15 L. Scassa ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R 55.325 16 R. Laconi FRA Ducati 1098R 1′18.514 17 R. Resch AUT Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′30.780 RET T. Hill GBR Honda CBR1000RR 2 Laps RET M. Tamada JPN Kawasaki ZX 10R 12 Laps RET R. Kiyonari JPN Honda CBR1000RR 15 Laps RET D. Checa ESP Yamaha YZF R1 17 Laps RET D. Salom ESP Kawasaki ZX 10R 17 Laps RET K. Muggeridge AUS Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 19 Laps RET S. Easton GBR Kawasaki ZX 10R 19 Laps RET B. Spies USA Yamaha YZF R1 21 Laps RET V. Iannuzzo ITA Honda CBR1000RR 21 Laps RET M. Biaggi ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 Laps
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