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For Chaz Davies, now something of a seasoned campaigner in WSS terms, his first win in this class was a particularly sweet one at Assen. It came in his 19th race in the category but in only his third Yamaha ride after his previous experiences on Triumph machinery.

Chaz had four podium finishes before the start of this year and after being forced out of the Australian WSS race, a second at Donington and then a win at Assen means he is only five points from the lead. And that is an important thing for any rider when the leader is your own team-mate - in Chaz's case Luca Scassa - who won both the opening races of the year.

At Assen Davies not only gave his team a 100% winning record in the class this year, he did it after a nerve-wracking three race starts, all coming after a complete rebuild of his machine on the eve of the race.

Said Davies of his Assen race win; "Finally! I think that sums up how long I have waited for today to come. It's often a case of luck and I feel it has rarely been on my side in the last few years, and so far this season. The bike is doing really well. I'm looking forward to Monza now that I am officially back in the hunt!"

In what was a very disturbed day, Davies kept his head, "I was leading every time it got red flagged, the bike was good and especially, after totalling the bike when I crashed at 140mph yesterday," said Chaz. "The fastest place on the track and the bike just caught and tumbled and there wasn't a salvageable bit of it again, two times in three races that has happened. This morning I did not push in warm up and tried not lose focus in the restarts all the time."