2012 Assen Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 3 of 14 rounds in the 2012 Superbike World Championship. and Round 3 of 13 rounds in the 2012 Supersport World Championship.
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Date	22 April, 2012
Location	Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.542 km (2.822 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position Tom Sykes 1:35.399 Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2 Sylvain Guintoli Carlos Checa 1:57.793 1:38.092
Supersport World Championship
Pole position Sam Lowes 1:38.900 Fastest lap Lorenzo Lanzi 1:59.828

The 2012 Assen Superbike World Championship round was the third round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place over the weekend of 20–22 April 2012 at TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands.

The race was red-flagged after 13 laps because of rain and later restarted over 9 laps.

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	9	18:38.395	4	25
2	34	Davide Giugliano	Ducati 1098R	9	+2.633	19	20
3	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	9	+3.031	5	16
4	3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	9	+3.927	17	13
5	58	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	9	+4.374	14	11
6	84	Michel Fabrizio	BMW S1000RR	9	+11.359	6	10
7	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	9	+26.412	3	9
8	59	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati 1098R	9	+37.562	18	8
9	33	Marco Melandri	BMW S1000RR	9	+49.896	9	7
10	36	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki ZX-10R	9	+1:08.847	20	6
11	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	9	+1:11.760	15	5
12	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	9	+1:13.988	21	4
13	44	David Salom	Kawasaki ZX-10R	9	+1:27.019	10	3
14	87	Lorenzo Zanetti	Ducati 1098R	8	+1 lap	23	2
15	18	Mark Aitchison	BMW S1000RR	6	+3 laps	22	1
Ret	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	6	Accident	16
Ret	19	Chaz Davies	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	3	Accident	11
Ret	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	2	Accident	7
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1	Accident	8
Ret	2	Leon Camier	Suzuki GSX-R1000	0	Accident	12
Ret	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	0	Accident	2
Ret	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R		Retired in 1st part	1
Ret	68	Brett McCormick	Ducati 1098R		Accident in 1st part	13
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 1 REPORT

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	22	36:45.936	2	25
2	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	22	+2.819	4	20
3	58	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	22	+12.638	14	16
4	33	Marco Melandri	BMW S1000RR	22	+12.762	9	13
5	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	22	+12.764	7	11
6	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+20.393	1	10
7	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	22	+36.317	16	9
8	3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	22	+37.747	17	8
9	34	Davide Giugliano	Ducati 1098R	22	+41.350	19	7
10	84	Michel Fabrizio	BMW S1000RR	22	+43.930	6	6
11	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+57.515	8	5
12	44	David Salom	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+1:32.593	10	4
13	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+1:33.576	21	3
14	2	Leon Camier	Suzuki GSX-R1000	21	+1 lap	12	2
15	36	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki ZX-10R	21	+1 lap	20	1
16	18	Mark Aitchison	BMW S1000RR	21	+1 lap	22
17	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	21	+1 lap	5
Ret	87	Lorenzo Zanetti	Ducati 1098R	20	Accident	23
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	18	Accident	3
Ret	19	Chaz Davies	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	11	Accident	11
Ret	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	11	Accident	15
Ret	68	Brett McCormick	Ducati 1098R	9	Accident	13
Ret	59	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati 1098R	7	Accident	18
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Honda CBR600RR	21	42:56.376	21	25
2	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki ZX-6R	21	+12.054	4	20
3	65	Vladimir Leonov	Yamaha YZF-R6	21	+14.460	8	16
4	23	Broc Parkes	Honda CBR600RR	21	+23.884	2	13
5	25	Alex Baldolini	Triumph Daytona 675	21	+47.063	20	11
6	16	Jules Cluzel	Honda CBR600RR	21	+49.755	3	10
7	8	Andrea Antonelli	Honda CBR600RR	21	+53.850	13	9
8	26	Twan van Poppel	Yamaha YZF-R6	21	+1:42.505	29	8
9	22	Roberto Tamburini	Honda CBR600RR	21	+1:53.053	16	7
10	77	Stuart Voskamp	Suzuki GSX-R600	21	+1:57.442	17	6
11	98	Romain Lanusse	Kawasaki ZX-6R	21	+1:57.690	18	5
12	27	Thomas Caiani	Honda CBR600RR	21	+2:03.555	30	4
13	9	P. J. Jacobsen	Honda CBR600RR	20	+1 lap	24	3
14	87	Luca Marconi	Yamaha YZF-R6	20	+1 lap	27	2
15	32	Sheridan Morais	Kawasaki ZX-6R	20	+1 lap	7	1
16	10	Imre Tóth	Honda CBR600RR	20	+1 lap	6
Ret	31	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Triumph Daytona 675	19	Accident	14
Ret	13	Dino Lombardi	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	Accident	22
Ret	53	Valentin Debise	Honda CBR600RR	13	Retirement	11
Ret	61	Fabio Menghi	Yamaha YZF-R6	12	Retirement	26
Ret	40	Martin Jessopp	Honda CBR600RR	9	Retirement	23
Ret	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	9	Retirement	9
Ret	11	Sam Lowes	Honda CBR600RR	8	Accident	1
Ret	34	Ronan Quarmby	Honda CBR600RR	8	Retirement	15
Ret	38	Balázs Németh	Honda CBR600RR	7	Accident	19
Ret	20	Mathew Scholtz	Honda CBR600RR	6	Accident	10
Ret	99	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki ZX-6R	5	Retirement	5
Ret	33	Yves Polzer	Yamaha YZF-R6	5	Retirement	28
Ret	64	Joshua Day	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1	Accident	25
Ret	3	Jed Metcher	Yamaha YZF-R6	0	Accident	12
DNQ	24	Eduard Blokhin	Yamaha YZF-R6
DNQ	73	Oleg Pozdneev	Yamaha YZF-R6
OFFICIAL SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT

• The official website of the Superbike World Championship