Through the cloud and cold, the TT Circuit Assen welcomes the 2024 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship for the third round of the season. The legendary Dutch venue has been a round of excitement, drama and passion throughout WorldSBK’s history and records often fall on this hallowed turf. Impress those around you with some World Superbike knowledge below.
2023 race winners:
- Alvaro Bautista (Ducati: Race 1, Tissot Superpole Race Race 2)
Last three pole-sitters at Assen:
- 2023: Alvaro Bautista (Ducati) 1’33.542
- 2022: Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) 1’32.934
- 2021: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) 1’33.842
Manufacturer podium places (and wins) accumulated from all races at Assen:
- Ducati: 84 (31)
- Honda: 39 (15)
- Kawasaki: 32 (15)
- Yamaha: 26 (2)
- Aprilia: 9 (2)
- Suzuki: 5
Key gaps from Assen 2023:
- Front row covered by: 0.119s
- 1 second in Superpole covered… the top 16: 0.946s
- Closest race gap between 1st and 2nd: 0.916s (Bautista 1st, Rea 2nd, Superpole Race)
- Closest race podium: 1.757s (Bautista 1st, Rea 2nd, Razgatlioglu 3rd, Superpole Race)
- Closest Assen podium of all-time: 0.070s (Fogarty 1st, Corser 2nd, Kocinski 3rd, Race 2 1996)
Manufacturer top speeds at Assen, 2023:
- BMW: Garrett Gerloff – 300.0kph, Superpole Race
- Ducati: Alvaro Bautista – 297.5kph, FP1
- Honda: Xavi Vierge – 297.5kph, Superpole Race
- Kawasaki: Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes and – 292.6 kph, FP1
- Yamaha: Remy Gardner – 291.1kph, Superpole Race
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Source: WorldSBK.com