Dutch Round - Statistics
WorldSBK.com provides a quick round-up of the facts and figures from the third World Superbike round at the TT Assen circuit in the Netherlands.
RACES
• Maiden win for Sylvain Guintoli: France has been waiting for a win since the double scored by Regis Laconi in Misano, 2005. Sylvain also recorded the 300th fastest race lap for Ducati in the race;
• For the 55th time in history, Ducati locked out the podium, in race one, with Guintoli, Giugliano and Checa. The Italian manufacturer hadn't recorded such a clean sweep since last year's Miller race. In Superbike history, only another make was able to fill the podium: it happened only once, with Kawasaki, in Sugo, 1993, race two;
• Maiden career podium for Davide Giugliano, second in race one;
• For the first time since last year's Brno weekend, back in July, Carlos Checa wasn't able to win one of the two races;
• Ninth career win for Jonathan Rea in race two, the 112th for Honda. The Japanese manufacturer in the last three years has won only with Jonathan. The same applies for podium finishes: since 2010 the sixteen podiums scored by Honda have all carried his name;
• After the Assen races, Max Biaggi can count exactly 1800 career points;
• Marco Melandri was in the points for the 20th straight race (since Aragon last year);
• Best career result for Niccolò Canepa, eighth in race one;
• For the first time in his career, Leandro Mercado finished in the top-10: tenth in race one;
• First double points finish for David Salom, thirteenth and twelfth;
• For the second time in his career after Donington last year, Jakub Smrz was able to lead a race;
• Maiden win and fastest lap for Lorenzo Lanzi in Supersport. The Italian in his previous ten races run in this championship, back in 2004, was never able to reach these goals. Now Lorenzo can boast wins in Superbike (3), Superstock 1000 (4) and Supersport;
• Vladimir Leonov is the first Russian to score a podium in Supersport;
• First career hat-trick for Sylvain Barrier, who scored pole, win and fastest lap in Superstock 1000. With Barrier's win, BMW has reached Honda at thirteen. The Japanese squad won for the last time in Magny Cours, 2010;
• Bastien Chesaux is the first Swiss rider to score a pole in the Superstock 600 class.
QUALIFYING
• Third straight pole for Tom Sykes: it's almost a record for Kawasaki, which can count only one better string of four poles, from Estoril 1993 to Misano 1994. Tom is at his fifth career pole, the 60th for a British rider;
• For the first time after eleven race weekends, Carlos Checa missed the front row of the starting grid;
• Second worst qualifying performance for Max Biaggi: in his career he started in a lower spot only in Valencia, 2009 (18th).
Compiled by Michele Merlino
