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april 30, 2017 - Honda Racing

Top-6 result for Stefan Bradl in race one at Assen

The opening race for the Dutch Round of the 2017 FIM Superbike World Championship was contested at the TT Circuit in Assen, with #stefanbradl crossing the line in sixth position at the end of a thrilling and eventful 21-lap encounter. Stefan will start tomorrow’s second race from the front row of the grid, third spot. His Red Bull Honda World Superbike team mate Nicky Hayden was 14th at the chequered flag after a solid performance in the central part of the race.
Bradl got a great launch from 16th place on the grid and was already up to ninth place after few corners into the race. The 27-year-old German put up a great battle on board his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2 machine as he stayed in contention for a top-8 result up to the latter stages of the encounter, while keeping a consistent pace around the 4.542 Km fast-flowing venue. In the last two laps, Bradl moved up two more positions to score his so-far personal best result in the Superbike World Championship.
After a great start from tenth place, Nicky was forced wide following a coming together of two of his opponents at turn one and lost a handful of places. As the race progressed, the 35-year-old from Kentucky was able to make up some ground: he ran as high as tenth before having to reduce his pace in the final laps, when the grip level of his softer rear tyre decreased. Hayden will start race two from the thirteenth spot of the grid.
Race two will get underway tomorrow at 13:00 local time (GMT +2) after the traditional 15-minute warm up scheduled at 9:30.

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