Assen, race 2: Daniel Mogeda takes second win / Supersport 300 World Championship

From this year, the starting grid for the second race will be determined using a new system: it was not only the Superpole that counted, but the fastest lap time from race 1 to the top 9. From the 10th position, the results of the Superpole. The aim is to get the same result as the Superpole race in the Superbike category, when the top nine will take the starting three rows of the second race.

The front row is led by Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha), followed by Daniel Mogeda (Kawasaki) and David Salvador (Yamaha). In fourth place, Phillip Tonn (KTM) is the beneficiary of the new system – Saxon was 20th in Superpole and twelfth in the first race. His teammate and world champion Jeffrey Buis was declared unfit to race after his crash, as were Matteo Vannucci (Yamaha) and Kevin Sabatucci (Kawasaki).

When the race started at 12:45 pm the weather was sunny, although ominous dark clouds were approaching the race. The asphalt was completely dry and remained so for the entire twelve-lap race.

The second race was usually difficult for the young series, exciting and with unpredictable results. In the straights, the field was constantly pushed due to skid duels at times, 17 pilots in the leading group were driving within just 2 seconds.

In a turbulent final lap, Kawasaki rider Daniel Mogeda, who had already won the first race, took the win. Second place went to local hero, Loris Veneman (Kawasaki), to the delight of the Dutch fans. Another Kawasaki rider, Petr Svoboda, came third.

In the first third of the race, Tonn also fought bravely at the front with only KTM, but then slowly fell back. From lap 8 onwards, Saxon could no longer keep up with the pace of the front group and crossed the finish line in 13th place.

Here’s how the race went:

Start: Mogeda turns into the first corner ahead of Mahendra and Tonn.

Lap 1: Mogeda and Mahendra lead by a few bike lengths over Bartolini, Tonn and Seabright.

Lap 2: Veneman has caught up with the leaders. Tonn holds his place in the top 5. A 9-turn crash involving five drivers.

Round 3: Top 10 within 1.5 seconds.

Stage 4: Kove driver Julio Garcia crawled from 26th on the grid to first! Twelve tons, but only seconds behind. Falling Seabright.

Lap 5: Calatayud, Svoboda, Iglesias and Garcia are slightly ahead.

Step 6: The front group has 17 pilots within 2.5 ton to 14 seconds.

Round 7: World Championship leader Iglesias takes the lead ahead of Veneman and Garcia. Czarkowski (15), Tonn (16) and Di Sora (17) can no longer continue and go back.

Round 8: It goes haywire and haywire. Iglesias, Svoboda and Mogeda leave the front.

Lap 9: Tonn (17) is 4.1 seconds behind.

Lap 10: Garcia brought the field back together.

Lap 11: Bartolini leads Mogeda and Pratama. At least five pilots have a chance to win. Fall of Calatayud.

Final round: Mogeda wins over Veneman and Garcia. The fall of Bijman