2008 Assen Superbike World Championship round explained

Round:	Assen
Flag:	Netherlands
Location:	Assen
Course Km:	4.555
Sbk Round No:	4
Sbk Season No:	14
Ss Round No:	3
Ss Season No:	13
Prev:	Spain
Next:	Italy
Date:	April 27
Year:	2008
Pole Rider Sbk:	Troy Bayliss
Pole Rider Sbk Country:	Australia
Pole Time Sbk:	1:38.428
Fast1 Rider Sbk:	Max Neukirchner
Fast1 Rider Sbk Country:	Germany
Fast1 Time Sbk:	1:39.395
Fast2 Rider Sbk:	Troy Bayliss
Fast2 Rider Sbk Country:	Australia
Fast2 Time Sbk:	1:39.562
Pole Rider Ss:	Broc Parkes
Pole Rider Ss Country:	Australia
Pole Time Ss:	1:40.895
Fast Rider Ss:	Gianluca Vizziello
Fast Rider Ss Country:	Italy
Fast Time Ss:	1:42.130

The 2008 Assen Superbike World Championship round was the 4th round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of April 25–27, 2008, at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

Superbike race 1 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	22	36:50.907	1	25
2	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+2.132	6	20
3	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+2.179	5	16
4	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+10.919	7	13
5	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+11.051	4	11
6	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098 RS 08	22	+11.979	8	10
7	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+15.184	13	9
8	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+18.395	10	8
9	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+18.634	15	7
10	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	22	+20.699	17	6
11	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+25.759	11	5
12	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+26.064	20	4
13	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+35.582	19	3
14	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+36.266	18	2
15	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+37.215	16	1
16	111	Rubén Xaus	Ducati 1098 RS 08	22	+37.286	3
17	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+39.037	22
18	83	Russell Holland	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+45.162	23
19	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+1:04.895	25
20	28	Arie Vos	Ducati 1098 RS 08	22	+1:05.022	24
21	77	Loïc Napoleone	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+1:22.777	28
22	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	20	+2 laps	21
Ret	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	9	Accident	12
Ret	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	9	Retirement	9
Ret	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1	6	Accident	14
Ret	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	6	Retirement	26
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	1	Accident	2
DNS	13	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Kawasaki ZX-10R	0	Did not start	27
DNS	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08		Did not start

Superbike race 2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	22	36:46.238	1	25
2	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+0.082	2	20
3	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+6.336	6	16
4	111	Rubén Xaus	Ducati 1098 RS 08	22	+7.575	3	13
5	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+8.011	5	11
6	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+13.999	7	10
7	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+15.215	14	9
8	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098 RS 08	22	+16.376	8	8
9	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+17.269	10	7
10	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+18.380	4	6
11	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+18.926	9	5
12	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	22	+21.452	16	4
13	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+23.794	17	3
14	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+29.847	20	2
15	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+30.252	15	1
16	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+31.249	11
17	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+31.328	21
18	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+39.814	18
19	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+49.956	19
20	83	Russell Holland	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+51.554	22
21	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+51.642	24
22	77	Loïc Napoleone	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+1:02.682	26
23	28	Arie Vos	Ducati 1098 RS 08	22	+1:02.729	23
Ret	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	10	Retirement	12
Ret	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	8	Retirement	13
Ret	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	4	Retirement	25
DNS	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1		Did not start
DNS	13	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Kawasaki ZX-10R		Did not start
DNS	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08		Did not start

Supersport race classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Andrew Pitt	Honda CBR600RR	21	36:10.751	9	25
2	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR600RR	21	+0.014	2	20
3	26	Joan Lascorz	Honda CBR600RR	21	+0.150	5	16
4	99	Fabien Foret	Yamaha YZF-R6	21	+0.201	4	13
5	23	Broc Parkes	Yamaha YZF-R6	21	+0.283	1	11
6	25	Josh Brookes	Honda CBR600RR	21	+0.447	7	10
7	77	Barry Veneman	Suzuki GSX-R600	21	+2.050	8	9
8	105	Gianluca Vizziello	Honda CBR600RR	21	+2.346	14	8
9	18	Craig Jones	Honda CBR600RR	21	+2.714	3	7
10	14	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda CBR600RR	21	+3.073	16	6
11	8	Mark Aitchison	Triumph 675	21	+4.070	22	5
12	9	Chris Walker	Kawasaki ZX-6R	21	+4.863	20	4
13	127	Robbin Harms	Honda CBR600RR	21	+5.088	17	3
14	47	Ivan Clementi	Triumph 675	21	+16.644	6	2
15	57	Ilario Dionisi	Triumph 675	21	+21.630	19	1
16	44	David Salom	Yamaha YZF-R6	21	+27.619	13
17	17	Miguel Praia	Honda CBR600RR	21	+27.773	24
18	31	Vesa Kallio	Honda CBR600RR	21	+27.898	21
19	81	Graeme Gowland	Honda CBR600RR	21	+39.320	27
20	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda CBR600RR	21	+39.321	28
21	101	Kev Coghlan	Honda CBR600RR	21	+41.111	32
22	199	Danilo Dell'Omo	Honda CBR600RR	21	+46.341	26
23	4	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Honda CBR600RR	21	+48.878	29
24	63	Ron van Steenbergen	Honda CBR600RR	21	+56.714	35
25	51	Santiago Barragán	Honda CBR600RR	21	+57.194	34
26	71	Jurjen Uitterdijk	Yamaha YZF-R6	21	+1:07.115	31
27	37	William De Angelis	Honda CBR600RR	21	+1:08.851	30
Ret	83	Didier Van Keymeulen	Suzuki GSX-R600	19	Retirement	23
Ret	69	Gianluca Nannelli	Honda CBR600RR	16	Retirement	11
Ret	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kawasaki ZX-6R	14	Retirement	18
Ret	38	Grégory Leblanc	Honda CBR600RR	12	Retirement	25
Ret	24	Garry McCoy	Triumph 675	12	Retirement	15
Ret	75	Luka Nedog	Honda CBR600RR	11	Retirement	33
Ret	147	Ángel Rodríguez	Yamaha YZF-R6	8	Accident	12
Ret	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	1	Accident	10
Ret	121	Arnaud Vincent	Kawasaki ZX-6R	0	Retirement	36

External links

• Superbike Race 1 results
• Superbike Race 2 results
• Supersport Race results