Britain’s Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha) won the Supersport race of the Dutch GP after a spectacular and rather ‘tactical’ duel with turkish Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Racing Team India MAHI) that lasted almost the entire race.
After creating a gap between them and the rest of the pack, neither Lowes nor Sofuoglu could get rid of the rival and so they begun exchanging positions in order to study each another in view of a quite likely sprint finish.
On the last lap, the Englishman was able to definitively overcome the reigning champion at the very last chikane – repeating a spectacular overtaking he had succesfully attempted just a couple of laps earlier – and was the first to pass under the chequered flag for 26 thousandths of a second only.
Third place went to Sofuoglu’s team-mate and Championship leader Fabien Foret (+7.
228), who preceded local hero Michael Van Der Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport +18,927), now secod in the standings, France’s Florian Marino (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) and Italy’s Roberto Rolfo (ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse), sixth with the MV Agusta F3 675.
Jack Kennedy (Honda Rivamoto), Kev Coghlan (Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team), Andrea Antonelli (Team Goeleven) and Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World Supersport) complete the Top 10.
see the results after the jump.
WSS 2013 – Dutch GP – Assen – Race results1 S.
LOWES GBR Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha YZF R6 21 laps2 K.
SOFUOGLU TUR MAHI Racing Team India Kawasaki ZX-6R +0.
0263 F.
FORET FRA MAHI Racing Team India Kawasaki ZX-6R +7.
2284 M.
VD MARK NED Pata Honda World Supersport Honda CBR600RR +18.
9275 F.
MARINO FRA Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres Kawasaki ZX-6R +19.
0046 R.
ROLFO ITA ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse MV Agusta F3 675 +19.
1797 J.
KENNEDY IRL Rivamoto Honda CBR600RR +19.
7748 K.
COGHLAN GBR Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team Kawasaki ZX-6R +22.
5019 A.
ANTONELLI ITA Team Goeleven Kawasaki ZX-6R +28.
45310 L.
ZANETTI ITA Pata Honda World Supersport Honda CBR600RR +29.
02711 C.
IDDON GBR ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse MV Agusta F3 675 +29.
42012 V.
LEONOV RUS Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha YZF R6 +34.
50313 M.
ROCCOLI ITA Team Pata by Martini Yamaha YZF R6 +35.
42114 R.
RUSSO ITA Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R +35.
48615 V.
IVANOV RUS Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team Kawasaki ZX-6R +37.
00316 G.
TALMACSI HUN Prorace Honda CBR600RR +38.
46917 R.
DE ROSA ITA Team Lorini Honda CBR600RR +39.
29818 M.
SCHOLTZ RSA Suriano Racing Team Suzuki GSX-R600 +40.
13619 A.
SCHACHT DEN Racing Team Toth Honda CBR600RR +1′04.
92220 K.
VAN LEUVEN NED United Gebben Racing Yamaha YZF R6 +1′05.
09321 N.
CALERO PEREZ ESP Honda PTR Honda CBR600RR +1′05.
50622 D.
LINORTNER AUT Team Honda PTR Honda CBR600RR +1′15.
53723 M.
CARR AUS AARK Racing Triumph 675 R +1′34.
97224 D.
LOMBARDI ITA Pata by Martini Team Yamaha YZF R6 +1 Lap25 Y.
POLZER AUT Team MRC Austria Honda CBR600RR +1 Lap26 R.
TAMBURINI ITA Suriano Racing Team Suzuki GSX-R600 +2 Laps Not ClassifiedRET L.
SCASSA ITA Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres Kawasaki ZX-6R 15 lapsRET M.
DAVIES AUS Team Honda PTR Honda CBR600RR 10 lapsRET A.
BALDOLINI ITA Team Lorini Honda CBR600RR 8 lapsRET B.
NEMETH HUN Complus SMS Racing Honda CBR600RR 8 lapsNS S.
MORAIS RSA PTR Honda Honda CBR600RRNS L.
MARCONI ITA PTR Honda Honda CBR600RR