Nicholas Spinelli wins on his World Superbike debut after an inspired tyre choice in a dramatic, red-flagged wet-dry opener at Assen.
Nicholas Spinelli won on his World Superbike debut after an inspired tyre choice in a dramatic, red-flagged wet-dry opener at Assen.
The rest of the grid, who selected dry tyres, struggled in the early stages but began to catch the 22-year-old Italian.With just six laps remaining, race direction declared the race would not be restarted with oil on the circuit.After a sensational debut win, in which fortune favoured Spinelli's brave tyre choice, the Italian rider struggled to sum up his victory."The last lap the gap was small but when I saw the red flag, I was like 'wow, I win'.
The circuit continued to dry as the race progressed and the chasing pack, led by Bautista, began to eat into Spinelli's lead, which dropped to 18 seconds with 11 laps to go. Razgatlioglu made a forceful move on Bautista heading into the final chicane to lead the charge with seven laps remaining.
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