Joy at the home race: EAB Ducati celebrates first podium / Supersport World Championship

During the winter, Dutch supersport team EAB Racing switched to Ducati and signed Niki Tuuli. At the home race in Assen, an eager jump on the podium was achieved.

Niki Tuuli is one of the best drivers in the World Supersport Championship, but the Finn has been unlucky with injuries in recent years. After Triumph did not renew his contract, the 28-year-old reached an agreement with EAB team boss Ferry Schoenmakers for 2024. At this time it was already known that the Dutch team would be moving from Yamaha to Ducati – Schoenmakers were already relying on motorcycles V2 from Bologna in the Superstock 1000 class, which was canceled in 2018.

But the transition was difficult for various reasons. After Phillip Island and Barcelona, Tuuli had scored only two points. “That was the hardest start to the season of my career,” Tuuli said in an interview with SPEEDWEEK.com. “We expected more, but the winter was too short, the bike was new to the team and all the parts were delivered very late. So our preparation was not good. We traveled to Australia with only a few laps on the Ducati and we didn’t know how we compared to the others. Nothing that worked at least at Phillip Island. It was a step forward for Barcelona, but we realized that we needed more laps for me and the team to understand the bike.”

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

The third event of the season in Assen was EAB Racing’s home race, but after starting 5th in Superpole, a wet corner in the first race was the Finn’s undoing – but the Ducati rider was one of beneficiaries in difficult circumstances. in the second race, where he finished third and gave the Dutch team their first podium finish. “The accident in the first race was my fault. But I went into the race on Sunday with confidence,” said Tuuli. “Of course I’m still happy about our result, but at the same time I’m a little angry because there was a chance to win . We lost a few seconds in the pits, I think around seven. That’s why I had to push hard and when I met the people in front, the tire was finished.”

Tuuli has been in the business long enough to know that the Assen race does not reflect the true balance of power. “In a weekend like this it is impossible to seriously assess how good or bad we are now. But I think my team was happy because we were in the top six in every session and we worked well together. This result belongs to the team and we can build on it!”

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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