Alvaro Bautista picks up the pieces and maximum points with victory in Race 2 at Assen as Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea crash out in dramatic clash
The perfect conditions of Friday remained for Saturday morning’s WSBK Superpole session in Assen, but that did not mean it was a straightforward session.
Toprak Razgatlioglu looks ahead to Assen after a relatively low-key brace of third place results marked the start of his WorldSBK title defence at Aragon
Alvaro Bautista disappears for a dominant second WorldSBK victory of the weekend in Aragon to crown a hugely successful comeback performance for Ducati
Toprak Razgatlioglu will start his 2022 WorldSBK title defence from pole position at Motorland Aragon after pipping home favourite Alvaro Bautista
Toprak Razgatlioglu shakes off initial difficulties dialling into the Pata Yamaha during testing in Barcelona to end it top of the timesheets by 0.3s
Toprak Razgatlioglu ends the well-attended two-day WorldSBK test in Barcelona on top for Yamaha from Ducati's Alvaro Bautista and Honda's Iker Lecuona
Toprak Razgatlioglu has no plans to change his successful WorldSBK title-winning approach for 2022, while Yamaha team-mate Andrea Locatelli eyes top step
Jonathan Rea eases into his new status as 'title chaser' against Toprak Razgatlioglu as he looks to reclaim his throne ahead of the 2022 WorldSBK season
Garrett Gerloff says he's pleased to have worked his way through the impact of negative exposure, saying it makes him much stronger for 2022 WorldSBK season
Scott Redding believes the battles involving himself, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea were at times over the limit during the 2021 WorldSBK season
There is a lot to love about motorcycle racing whether you’re in it for the all-action wheel-to-wheel competition, the technological wizardry of the machinery or the riders with their characters as colourful as a B&Q paint aisle.