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FULL ASSEN SCHEDULE: The Cathedral of Speed’s comprehensive Round 3 timetable

Monday, 13 April 2026 07:59 GMT

Get up to speed with the full Round 3 picture below, as all four categories return to the track

All four categories of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship paddock return to race at the TT Assen Circuit. The Pirelli Dutch Round kicks off on Friday, April 17th, with WorldSPB’s Free Practice at 9:40 (Local Time UTC +2), followed by WorldSBK’s Free Practice 1 at 10:20, WorldSSP’s Free Practice at 11:20, and WorldWCR’s Free Practice at 12:15. The order remains the same in the afternoon as WorldSPB hosts their Tissot Superpole session at 14:10, WorldSBK rides in their FP2 at 15:00, WorldSSP sets their Saturday grid at 16:00, and WorldWCR hosts a Superpole session of their own to close the day starting at 16:55.

Action gets rolling on Saturday, April 18th, with Warm Ups, first WorldWCR at 09:00, then WorldSPB at 9:20, before WorldSBK returns for their FP3 at 9:40 and WorldSSP closes the morning at 10:10 for their Warm Up. Later on, WorldSBK sets their grid in the Superpole session at 11:15 before a quadruple-header of Race 1 action starting with WorldWCR at 12:00, WorldSPB at 13:00, WorldSSP at 14:00, and WorldSBK at 15:30. On Sunday, April 19th the final day of track action begins with  Warm Ups starting with WorldWCR’s at 8:55, before WorldSBK’s Tissot Superpole Race sees lights out at 11:10.  WorldWCR launches a mad dash of Race 2’s to close the round starting at 12:00, WorldSPB’s Race 2 at 13:00, and WorldSSP’s Race 2 at 14:00. Closing out the round, WorldSBK’s Race 2 is set for 15:30.

Joining WorldSBK in the paddock, the Moto4 Northern Cup tag along at Assen, where the next generation of two-wheel talent will exhibit their skills in the second round of their Championship. They kick off the round’s action on Friday morning at 9:00 for their FP1, before their FP2 at 13:30, and their qualifying session at 17:35. On Saturday and Sunday, they will take to the track in the evening for their Race 1 to close the action on track on Saturday, and their Race 2 to close the round on Sunday, lining up on the grid both days at 16:45.

Friday, April 17th (Local Time UTC +2)

09:00 – 09:25 – Moto4 Northern Cup Free Practice 1

09:40 – 10:05 – WorldSPB Free Practice

10:20 – 11:05 – WorldSBK Free Practice 1

11:20 – 12:00 – WorldSSP Free Practice

12:15 – 12:40 – WorldWCR Free Practice

13:30 – 13:55 – Moto4 Northern Cup Free Practice 2

14:10 – 14:35 – WorldSPB Tissot Superpole

15:00 – 15:45 – WorldSBK FP2

16:00 – 16:40 – WorldSSP Tissot Superpole

16:55 – 17:20 – WorldWCR Tissot Superpole

17:35 – 18:05 – Moto4 Northern Cup Qualifying

Saturday, April 18th

09:00 – 09:10 – WorldWCR Warm Up

09:20 – 09:30 – WorldSPB Warm Up

09:40 – 10:00 – WorldSBK Free Practice 3

10:10 – 10:20 – WorldSSP Warm Up

11:15 – 11:30 – WorldSBK Tissot Superpole

12:00 – WorldWCR Race 1 (12 Laps)

13:00 – WorldSPB Race 1 (12 Laps)

14:00 – WorldSSP Race 1 (18 Laps)

15:30 – WorldSBK Race 1 (21 Laps)

16:45 – Moto4 Northern Cup Race 1 (14 Laps)

Sunday, April 19th

08:55 – 09:05 – WorldWCR Warm Up

09:15 – 09:25 – WorldSBK Warm Up

09:35 – 09:45 – WorldSPB Warm Up

9:55 – 10:05 – WorldSSP Warm Up

11:10 – WorldSBK Tissot Superpole Race (10 Laps)

12:00 – WorldWCR Race 2 (12 Laps)

13:00 – WorldSPB Race 2 (12 Laps)

14:00 – WorldSSP Race 2 (18 Laps)

15:30 – WorldSBK Race 2 (21 Laps)

16:45 – Moto4 Northern Cup Race 2 (14 Laps)

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