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World Superbike results: Bautista beats Rea in Assen Race 1

Alvaro Bautista continued a strong start to his World Superbike title defence with a sixth win from the opening seven races of the 2023 season at Assen.

Ducati rider Bautista overcame Kawasaki rider Jonathan Rea to win Saturday's opener by a little over three seconds.

Bautista had secured pole earlier in the day but was handed a three-place grid penalty for riding slowly on the racing line, promoting Rea to pole position.

Rea held off Yamaha rider Toprak Razgatlioglu in the fight for second, while Andrea Locatelli likewise bested top independent Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Ducati) for fourth.

Bautista has extended his championship lead over nearest rival Razgatlioglu to 46 points, with two more races at Assen to follow on Sunday.

Race results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time
1	1	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	21	-
2	65	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	21	3.148
3	54	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Yamaha	21	3.891
4	55	Andrea Locatelli	Yamaha	21	10.105
5	47	Axel Bassani	Ducati	21	10.498
6	77	Dominique Aegerter	Yamaha	21	13.952
7	22	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki	21	14.098
8	87	Remy Gardner	Yamaha	21	16.942
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	21	17.807
10	45	Scott Redding	BMW	21	18.066
11	97	Xavi Vierge	Honda	21	22.002
12	31	Garrett Gerloff	BMW	21	23.632
13	60	Michael van der Mark	BMW	21	23.819
14	5	Philipp Oettli	Ducati	21	25.088
15	21	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	21	26.803
16	34	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Yamaha	21	34.593
17	76	Loris Baz	BMW	21	34.719
18	28	Bradley Ray	Yamaha	21	47.346
19	35	Hafizh Syahrin	Honda	21	50.486
20	52	Oliver Konig	Kawasaki	21	52.310
21	51	Eric Granado	Honda	21
22	16	Gabriele Ruiu	BMW	21
23	32	Isaac Viñales	Kawasaki	21
	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	0
	7	Iker Lecuona	Honda	0
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Qualifying results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	1	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'33.542
2	65	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	1'33.569	0.027
3	54	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Yamaha	1'33.661	0.119
4	22	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki	1'33.741	0.199
5	45	Scott Redding	BMW	1'33.754	0.212
6	55	Andrea Locatelli	Yamaha	1'33.799	0.257
7	77	Dominique Aegerter	Yamaha	1'33.956	0.414
8	47	Axel Bassani	Ducati	1'33.985	0.443
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'34.139	0.597
10	7	Iker Lecuona	Honda	1'34.199	0.657
11	87	Remy Gardner	Yamaha	1'34.203	0.661
12	97	Xavi Vierge	Honda	1'34.260	0.718
13	76	Loris Baz	BMW	1'34.310	0.768
14	5	Philipp Oettli	Ducati	1'34.391	0.849
15	60	Michael van der Mark	BMW	1'34.402	0.860
16	21	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	1'34.488	0.946
17	31	Garrett Gerloff	BMW	1'34.690	1.148
18	28	Bradley Ray	Yamaha	1'34.795	1.253
19	34	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Yamaha	1'34.919	1.377
20	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	1'35.152	1.610
21	51	Eric Granado	Honda	1'35.598	2.056
22	32	Isaac Viñales	Kawasaki	1'35.977	2.435
23	16	Gabriele Ruiu	BMW	1'36.043	2.501
24	35	Hafizh Syahrin	Honda	1'36.078	2.536
25	52	Oliver Konig	Kawasaki	1'36.480	2.938
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