Assen: The free Supersport training was for the Katz / Supersport World Championships

As free practice for the World Supersport Championship began at the TT Circuit in Assen on Friday morning, the rain returned. Anyone who didn’t get on track right away ended up completely behind.

At the end of the first Superbike practice session on Friday morning, the track in Assen was almost dry after overnight rain. When the only free practice session for the Supersport class started 15 minutes later at 11:20 am, there was light rain at first, then the rain increased and did not stop during the 40-minute session.

Anyone who didn’t set a personal best at the start ended up far, far behind. Can Öncü (Kawasaki Pucetti) was in a class of his own, the Turk spent 1:44.919 minutes, 1.436 seconds faster than Niki Tuuli (EAB Ducati) in second place Ondrej Vostatek (PTR Triumph) was already losing more than 2.6 seconds.

World Championship leader Yari Montella (Barni Spark Ducati) was 16th, 8.4 seconds back, while World Championship runner-up Marcel Schötter (MV Agusta) was only 20th (+9.6 seconds). Swiss Marcel Brenner (Viamo Kawasaki) finished in 31st place.

Since this year, Supersport drivers have had just one free practice session, with qualifying taking place on Friday at 4am.

Times Supersport World Championship Assen, FP:
Pos	the driver	Motorcycle	Time	Different
1.	Is Öncü (TR)	Kawasaki	1:44,919 minutes
2.	Niki Tuuli (FIN)	Ducati	1:46,355	+ 1,436 sec
3.	Ondrej Vostatek (CZ)	Victory	1:47,521	+ 2,602
4.	Oliver Bayliss (AUS)	Ducati	1:47,810	+ 2,891
5.	Tom Edwards (AUS)	Ducati	1:49,488	+ 4,569
6.	Glenn van Straalen (NL)	Yamaha	1:51,534	+ 6,615
7.	Raffaele De Rosa (I)	QJ	1:51,580	+ 6,661
8.	Anupab Sarmoon (T)	Yamaha	1:51,663	+ 6,744
9.	Twan Smits (NL)	Yamaha	1:51,976	+ 7,057
10.	Krittapat Keankum (T)	Yamaha	1:52,174	+ 7,255
11.	John McPhee (GB)	Victory	1:52,398	+ 7,479
12.	Stefano Manzi (I)	Yamaha	1:52,840	+ 7,921
13.	Gabriele Giannini (I)	Kawasaki	1:52,861	+ 7,942
14.	Luke Power (AUS)	MV Agusta	1:53,236	+ 8,317
15.	Thomas Booth-Amos (GB)	Victory	1:53,273	+ 8,354
16.	Yari Montella (I)	Ducati	1:53,330	+ 8,411
17.	Niccolo Antonelli (I)	Ducati	1:53,701	+ 8,782
18.	Kaito Toba (J)	Honda	1:54,180	+ 9,261
19.	Federico Caricasulo (I)	MV Agusta	1:54,255	+ 9,336
20.	Marcel Schrötter (D)	MV Agusta	1:54,560	+ 9,641
21.	Lucas Mahias (F)	Yamaha	1:55,033	+ 10,114
22.	Lorenzo Baldassarri (I)	Ducati	1:55,549	+ 10,630
23.	Adrian Huertas (E)	Ducati	1:55,552	+ 10,633
24.	Bahattin Sofuoglu (TR)	MV Agusta	1:55,856	+ 10,937
25.	Valentine Debise (F)	Yamaha	1:56,143	+ 11,224
26.	Simone Corsi (I)	Ducati	1:56,376	+ 11,457
27.	Khairul Idham Bin Pawi (MAL)	Honda	1:57,014	+ 12,095
28.	Yeray Ruiz (E)	Yamaha	1:58,337	+ 13,418
29.	Hikari Okubo (J)	Kawasaki	1:59,575	+ 14,656
30.	Federico Fuligni (I)	Ducati	2:00,004	+ 15,085
31.	Marcel Brenner (CH)	Kawasaki	2:01,029	+ 16,110
32.	Piotr Biesiekirski (PL)	Ducati	2:02,015	+ 17,096
33.	Jorge Navarro (E)	Victory	2:04,724	+ 19,805
34.	Wiljan Van Wikselaar (NL)	Ducati	2:05,444	+ 20,525

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