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Dubbed the Cathedral of Speed, the Dutch Assen circuit, evokes countless great twenty first century bike racing moments, principally from World Superbikes, Moto GP, and British Superbikes.
The BSB, support Championship fraternities travelled back to the Netherlands last week, taking in their first Assen event expedition tenures in six years.
Highlighted underneath is a summary of international road racing ‘Aliens,’ next generation roads talents results’ per category.
BSB Race 1:
10th – Glenn Irwin
13th – Peter Hickman
19th – Josh Brookes
BSB Race 2:
16th – Josh Brookes
17th – Glenn Irwin
19th – Peter Hickman
BSB Race 3:
10th – Glenn Irwin
15th – Josh Brookes
17th – Davey Todd
Supersport Sprint Race:
9th – Lee Johnston
10th – Dean Harrison
26th – Jamie Coward
Supersport Feature Race:
10th – Lee Johnston
17th – Dean Harrison
F900R BMW Cup Sprint Race:
2nd – Barry Burrell
28th – Jorge Halliday
F900R BMW Cup Main Race:
4th – Barry Burrell
17th – Jorge Halliday
Benelux Trophy Race 1:
1st – Lukas Maurer
3rd – Yan Ancia
5th – Mike Parmentier
8th – Marcel Zuurbier
Benelux Trophy Race 2:
2nd – Mike Parmentier
7th – Marcel Zuurbier
World Sidecars Race 1:
1st – Pekka Paivarinta/Adam Christie
2nd – Harry Payne/Kevin Rousseau
3rd – Lewis Blackstock/Oscar Lawrence
World Sidecars Race 2:
1st – Harry Payne/Kevin Rousseau
4th – Lewis Blackstock/Oscar Lawrence
7th – Todd Ellis/Emmanuelle Clement
Post Race Reaction:
Honda Racing UK’s Dean Harrison
“The weather just wasn’t playing ball, was it? I got a reasonable start in the second race, lost the rear two or three times out at the back when it rained, went across the grass and the gravel, and dropped back to about 25th so I just chipped my way forward from there.
I’ll be honest, whilst it was raining, I was just holding my place because we were never going to get all the way back to the front and the risk didn’t match the reward.
I was struggling for rear feel, but I think it was largely down to the weather conditions and when it dried up my times jumped back up. I can do the times, but I had two or three big moments and just put it to bed.
It’s my worst weekend of the year aside from Knockhill, so roll on Oulton Park, hopefully the weather’s better in England!”
Quotes courtesy of Honda Racing UK press team.
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
