If Race 1 at the Circuit van Drenthe in Assen was real corker, Race 2 was heart attack time for fans with Jonathan Rea taking second win and leading another all British podium.
In a thrilling race that saw eight riders who battled it out in all through the 22 lap race that could have seen anyone land on the podium in Race 2, saw Rea fighting with Leon Haslam and Leon Camier and mostly with Troy Corser, who put up another fantastic race, but in the end would finish in fifth across the lineLeon Haslam took second spot, after a punctured tire left him 11th in Race 1.
Pocket Rocket would finish 1.
9 seconds behind Rea, but in the standings he pulled a little more ahead from his closest rival Max Biaggi, who settled for a fourth place, thinking about the championship.
James Toseland was third this time, albeit after a very aggressive and spectacular Leon Camier threw his podium spot away by touching the grass with the wheels of his Aprilia and ended up with high speed crash on the penultimate lap.
Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa took sixth and Jakub Smrz on another private Ducati was seventh.
Shane Byrne took the eighth spot with Rea’s teammate Max Neukirchner in 9th and BMW’s Ruben Xaus, despite another series of crashes in this Dutch weekend, rounded out the top 10.
Another forgettable weekend for the Xerox Ducati team with Noriyuki Haga retiring due to mechanical problems and very frustrated and confused Michel Fabrizio finishing 12th behind Luca Scassa on the private Supersonic Ducati.
Other crashers were Tom Sykes and Lorenzo Lanzi.
The standings now see Haslam leading with 148 punti against Biaggi’s 128 points and Rea’s 110 di Rea.
Carlos Checa is fourth with 103 points ahead of James Toseland who now has 86 points.
Assen Race 2 Results:1 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 35′43.
137 (167,85 kph)2 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1.
9423 52 Toseland J.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 3.
9284 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
4.
0675 11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 4.
1766 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 4.
5257 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 4.
6828 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 7.
6989 76 Neukirchner M.
(GER) Honda CBR1000RR 9.
90310 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 11.
46511 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 15.
48912 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 23.
60413 50 Guintoli S.
(FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 29.
08514 77 Vermeulen C.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 35.
40115 15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 44.
33016 95 Hayden R.
(USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 50.
83017 23 Parkes B.
(AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 58.
819RET 2 Camier L.
(GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
RET 35 Crutchlow C.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1RET 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098RRET 57 Lanzi L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098RRET 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R