WSBK Assen FP2: Toprak Razgatlioglu is attacked by a crocodile and Bautista devours everyone

The WSBK closed its second day at Assen with this funny scene which could have gone wrong and which owes nothing to global warming. Because if Toprak Razgatlioglu found a crocodile rushing towards him to bite his calf, the latter was made of plastic and carried away by the strong wind which swept the Batavian track. The red flag was raised to capture the green monster, which did not disturb Alvaro Bautista who confirmed himself as the true predator of the board by once again devouring all his opponents...

The reigning World Champion has once again placed his Ducati official at the top of the hierarchy by achieving a time of 1'34.316 which allows him to keep the two at a respectable distance Kawasaki factory. A green duo which is not led by Jonathan Rea, since the latter had to bow by a handful of a thousandth in front of his teammate alex lowes. For the Northern Irishman who arrived at his favorite track of Assen with the firm intention of relaunching a season WSBK badly started, it's like drinking the chalice to the dregs on this Friday...

At Yamaha , the hierarchy is just as disrupted since it is the satellite who is responsible for pursuing the leading men, agitated ahead this time Gardner. The official Andrea Locatelli is eighth while Toprak Razgatlioglu settles for last in the top 10, still eight tenths behind the leader Baptist. The relatively good surprise comes from BMW which places two of its M1000RRs in the first part of the table, with the local of the stage as leader van der mark, good sixth. gerloff is ninth. During this time, Redding point twelfth and Baz who has just returned from injury eighteenth, gritting his teeth.

Bassani, seventh, is the second pilot Ducati the best ranked, which raises questions about Rinaldi, teammate of Baptist, distant sixteenth. Petrucci is eleventh. We also expected better from the Honda, thirteenth and fourteenth, lecuona ahead Virgin in one breath. Tomorrow, Saturday, hostilities will resume under forecasted even less clement weather...