Stefano Manzi (25) knew: “It’s easy to make mistakes” / Supersport World Cup

After a chaotic Supersport meeting in Assen, the top four in the overall standings are separated by just two championship points. Kate Yamaha ten rider Stefano Manzi missed the chance to win the third race of the season.

Of the contenders for the 2024 Supersport World Championship title, only Adrian Huertas (Aruba.it Ducati) had a smooth weekend in Assen. The Spaniard won the first race and came second in the second race, going from 5th to 1st overall – because everyone else made a mistake in at least one race. Yari Montella (Barni Ducati) missed the first race due to a technical problem. Marcel Schrötter (MV Agusta) generally did not cope well with the adverse conditions at the TT Circuit. And Stefano Manzi (Yamaha) made a complete mistake in the second race – of all places at the home race of his Dutch team Ten Kate Racing.

Welcome to the Assen race

Glenn van Straalen

I am Tuuli

Yari Montella

Start of the race

Niccolo Antonelli

Schrötter, Brenner, Huertas

Lucas Mahias

Adrian Huertas

Stefano Manzi

Luke’s power

Valentin Debise

Tom Edwards

Glenn van Straalen

Marcel Schrötter

Huertas and Sofuoglu

Lorenzo Baldassarri

Repentance, Garden, Tuuli

Jorge Navarro

Adrian Huertas wins 1 race

Sieger Adrian Huertas

Manzi, Garden, Debise

Glenn van Straalen has won Lauf 2

Sieger Glenn van Straalen

Huertas, Van Straalen, Tuuli

Manzi could have finished second on Saturday as the third major event of the season and would have been the World Championship leader with a good lead. But the VR46 pilot made the lonely decision to stay on the flooded runway. The Italian was hoping for a dry track, but on lap 5 the 25-year-old from Rimini also took wet tyres. In 21st place, the Yamaha rider avoided being squeezed by teammate Glenn van Straalen, who took his first Supersport win.

“It was a good first race and we have to be happy with our position. It dried up so slowly that we struggled in the third sector halfway through the race. I was leading the group of riders by a bit, but when Adrian caught me he was faster. We made a good decision, but it’s easy to make mistakes,” Manzi said on Saturday. “On Sunday it was very difficult to assess the situation. The whole weekend changed a lot. It’s a shame that we didn’t score today and I regret that too, but it is what it is. I would like to congratulate Glenn and the team on their home win. We will come back strong in Misano.”

Because Manzi completed the pit stop so quickly, he also received a time penalty of 11.820 seconds!

Supersport Assen World Championship results, race 2:
Pos	the driver	Motorcycle	Different
1.	Glenn van Straalen (NL)	Yamaha
2.	Adrian Huertas (E)	Ducati	+ 1,352 sec
3.	Niki Tuuli (FIN)	Ducati	+ 2,944
4.	Niccolo Antonelli (I)	Ducati	+ 4,167
5.	Bahattin Sofuoglu (TR)	MV Agusta	+ 10,872
6.	Kaito Toba (J)	Honda	+ 19,361
7.	Yari Montella (I)	Ducati	+ 26,280
8.	Marcel Schrötter (D)	MV Agusta	+ 36,279
9.	Is Öncü (TR)	Kawasaki	+ 41,854
10.	Twan Smits (NL)	Yamaha	+ 41,874
11.	Jorge Navarro (E)	Victory	+ 46,345
12.	Piotr Biesiekirski (PL)	Ducati	+ 50,433
13.	Simone Corsi (I)	Ducati	+ 58,640
14.	Anupab Sarmoon (T)	Yamaha	+ > 1 min
15.	Gabriele Giannini (I)	Kawasaki	+ > 1 min
16.	Thomas Booth-Amos (GB)	Victory	+ > 1 min
17.	Hikari Okubo (J)	Kawasaki	+ > 1 min
18.	Valentine Debise (F)	Yamaha	+ > 1 min
19.	Marcel Brenner (CH)	Kawasaki	+ > 1 min
20.	Khairul Idham Bin Pawi (MAL)	Honda	+ > 1 min
21.	Stefano Manzi (I)	Yamaha	+ > 1 min
22.	Federico Caricasulo (I)	MV Agusta	+ > 1 min
23.	Krittapat Keankum (T)	Yamaha	+ > 1 min
24.	Lucas Mahias (F)	Yamaha	+ > 1 min
25.	Tom Edwards (AUS)	Ducati	+ > 1 min
26.	Ondrej Vostatek (CZ)	Victory	+ > 1 min
27.	Raffaele De Rosa (I)	QJ	+ > 1 min
–	Lorenzo Baldassarri (I)	Ducati
–	Oliver Bayliss (AUS)	Ducati
–	Luke Power (AUS)	MV Agusta
–	John McPhee (GB)	Victory
Supersport Assen World Championship results, race 1:
Pos	the driver	Motorcycle	Different
1.	Adrian Huertas (E)	Ducati
2.	Stefano Manzi (I)	Yamaha	+ 8,149 sec
3.	Valentine Debise (F)	Yamaha	+ 9,180
4.	Glenn van Straalen (NL)	Yamaha	+ 9,291
5.	Tom Edwards (AUS)	Ducati	+ 14,695
6.	Federico Caricasulo (I)	MV Agusta	+ 19,375
7.	Jorge Navarro (E)	Victory	+ 19,412
8.	Bahattin Sofuoglu (TR)	MV Agusta	+ 22,148
9.	Lucas Mahias (F)	Yamaha	+ 27,026
10.	Luke Power (AUS)	MV Agusta	+ 27,841
11.	John McPhee (GB)	Victory	+ 27,970
12.	Marcel Schrötter (D)	MV Agusta	+ 45,762
13.	Anupab Sarmoon (T)	Yamaha	+ 49,515
14.	Simone Corsi (I)	Ducati	+ 49,815
15.	Niccolo Antonelli (I)	Ducati	+ 52,177
16.	Is Öncü (TR)	Kawasaki	+ > 1 min
17.	Gabriele Giannini (I)	Kawasaki	+ > 1 min
18.	Raffaele De Rosa (I)	QJ	+ > 1 min
19.	Krittapat Keankum (T)	Yamaha	+ > 1 min
20.	Oliver Bayliss (AUS)	Ducati	+ > 1 min
21.	Piotr Biesiekirski (PL)	Ducati	+ > 1 min
22.	Marcel Brenner (CH)	Kawasaki	+ > 1 min
23.	Khairul Idham Bin Pawi (MAL)	Honda	+ > 1 min
24.	Kaito Toba (J)	Honda	+ > 1 min
25.	Hikari Okubo (J)	Kawasaki	+ > 1 min
–	Ondrej Vostatek (CZ)	Victory
–	Lorenzo Baldassarri (I)	Ducati
–	Twan Smits (NL)	Yamaha
–	Thomas Booth-Amos (GB)	Victory
–	Yari Montella (I)	Ducati
–	Niki Tuuli (FIN)	Ducati
Supersport World Cup 2024: Status after 6 of 24 races
Pos	the driver	Motorcycle	Points
1.	Adrian Huertas (E)	Ducati	86
2.	Stefano Manzi (I)	Yamaha	85
3.	Yari Montella (I)	Ducati	85
4.	Marcel Schrötter (D)	MV Agusta	84
5.	Bahattin Sofuoglu (TR)	MV Agusta	55
6.	Federico Caricasulo (I)	MV Agusta	54
7.	Valentine Debise (F)	Yamaha	49
8.	Glenn van Straalen (NL)	Yamaha	46
9.	Jorge Navarro (E)	Victory	45
10.	Lucas Mahias (F)	Yamaha	39
11.	John McPhee (GB)	Victory	25
12.	Oliver Bayliss (AUS)	Ducati	22
13.	Is Öncü (TR)	Kawasaki	22
14.	Niccolo Antonelli (I)	Ducati	21
15.	Yeray Ruiz (E)	Yamaha	18
16.	Niki Tuuli (FIN)	Ducati	18
17.	Tom Edwards (AUS)	Ducati	15
18.	Anupab Sarmoon (T)	Yamaha	10
19.	Kaito Toba (J)	Honda	10
20.	Lorenzo Baldassarri (I)	Ducati	7
21.	Thomas Booth-Amos (GB)	Victory	7
22.	Tom Toparis (AUS)	Yamaha	6
23.	Luke Power (AUS)	MV Agusta	6
24.	Twan Smits (NL)	Yamaha	6
25.	Simone Corsi (I)	Ducati	5
26.	Piotr Biesiekirski (PL)	Ducati	4
27.	Marcel Brenner (CH)	Kawasaki	3
28.	Lorenzo Dalla Porta (I)	Yamaha	3
29.	Ondrej Vostatek (CZ)	Victory	2
30.	Khairul Idham Bin Pawi (MAL)	Honda	1

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