Nicolo Bulega remains the World Superbike Championship leader after Race 2 at the Dutch WorldSBK despite a second DNF on Sunday at Assen.
Bulega had been leading the race when his bike stopped, as it did in the Superpole Race, but Toprak Razgatlioglu was not able to take full advantage, finishing only eighth. On the other hand, Razgatlioglu has the difference between himself and Bulega below 25 points for the first time since Race 1 in Australia.
Andrea Locatelli’s maiden victory moves him to within 29 points of Bulega, the same distance Razgatlioglu was away entering the weekend.
Alvaro Bautista finished second in Race 2, moving him up to fourth place and clear by five points of Danilo Petrucci.
The opening race of the weekend was dominated by Nicolo Bulega at the TT Circuit Assen.
Nicolo Bulega missed out on pole position earlier on Saturday, but he did not miss out on the race win. The Italian instantly took the lead and went on to win by 7.801 seconds in the opening race of the weekend.
Yamaha returned to a World Superbike podium at Assen with Andrea Locatelli. The Italian fought hard for his second-place finish and was seven seconds ahead of third place. Completing an all-Italian podium was Danilo Petrucci on the Barni Spark Racing Ducati.
