Assen 500 Entry List

The full entry list for the Assen 500km round of the World Endurance Championship has been announced. Thirty four teams will take place, with Dutch, German and Belgian teams making up the majority of the wild-card entries.

Many of the late additions will be familiar to endurance fans. Team Suzuki Netherland’s Veenema, Janssen and Van Steepenbergen will ride a GSXR1000, as will Hummel & DLH Racing Team’s Merkens and Reisse and Polizei NRW’s Stamm, Van Loock and Drive. Pajiic Kawasaki make a welcome return, and there are two Belgian Aprilia teams Team Polytech and RVC Endurance Racing entered.

Suzuki Castrol – last year’s championship runners up – will field a single two rider team of Vincent Philippe and Keiichi Kitagawa, while rivals Yamaha Austria will split their four riders across two bikes, with Jerman and Giabanni on the number 7 machine and Saiger and Hinterreiter riding the number 77 bike. Yamaha Phase One Endurance are also aiming for a podium at every race, with double World Endurance Champion Warwick Nowland back on board.

Practice and qualifying for the race take place on Saturday the 26th of March, with the Assen 500 held on Easter Monday, the 28th of March.

21st March 2005 Start No., Team, Nat., Bike, Riders, Nat.

2, Suzuki-Castrol Team, FRA, Suz GSX-R1000, Vincent PHILIPPE, FRA, Keiichi KITAGAWA, JPN

3, Yamaha Phase One Endurance, GBR, Yam YZF-R1, Warwick NOWLAND, AUS, Damian CUDLIN, AUS, Andrew NOTMAN, GBR

4, Team X-One, ITA, Yam YZF-R1, Paolo TESSARI, ITA, Riccardo RICCI, ITA

5, Bridgestone Bikers Profi, GER, Suz GSX-R1000, Tim RÖTHIG, GER, Thomas CZYBORRA, GER

6, Shell Endurance Academy, GBR, Yam YZF-R1, Marko ROHTLAAN, EST, Ben WYLIE, GBR, Calvin HOGAN, GBR

7, Yamaha Austria Racing Team, AUT, Yam YZF-R1, Igor JERMAN, SLO, Gwen GIABBANI, FRA

8, Bolliger Team Switzerland, SUI, Kaw ZX-10R, Marcel KELLENBERGER, SUI, David MORILLON, FRA, Patric MUFF, SUI

10, Team Spring, ITA, Duc 999R, Matteo COLOMBO, ITA, Lorenzo MAURI, ITA, Maurizio GENMARI, ITA

11, Burger King Lust Racing, GER, MV Agusta 1000, Peter MEYER, GER, Stefan MEYER, GER, Tibor VIDA, HUN

12, Team Fagersjo-el.se, SWE, Suz GSX-R1000, Tobias ANDERSSON, SWE, Niklas CARLBERG, SWE

14, Maco Moto Racing Team, SVK, Yam YZF-R1, Marek SVOBODA, CZE, Milos CIHAK, CZE, Jiri DRAZDAK, CZE

15, Team Innodrom Racing, GER, Suz GSX-R1000, Niggi SCHMASSMANN, SUI, Lars ALBRECHT, GER

18, Team Eurosport Benelux, NED, Suz GSX-R1000, Ruud VAN STRALEN, NED, Lex VAN DIJK, NED, Robert MENZEN, NED

19, Team Suzuki Nederland, NED, Suz GSX-R1000, Barry VENEMAN, NED, Jarno JANSSEN, NED, Ron VAN STEENBERGEN, NED

20, Projecteam Honda Endurance, GER, Hon CBR1000RR, Hubertus JUNKER, GER, Roger MAHER, EIR, Philipp LUDWIG, GER

21, Team RMT 21, GER, Kaw ZX-10R, Kris JENNES, BEL, Mark BRÃœNING, GER, Thomas ROTH, GER

28, Yamaha Racing Support, NED, Yam YZF-R1, Arie VOS, NED, Marco OPHEY, NED

33, PS Racing Team Kassel, GER, Suz GSX-R1000, Peter SCHUMANN, GER, Thomas MERTENS, GER

44, No Limits 44 – Team Marchetti, ITA, Suz GSX-R1000, Andrea GIACHINO, ITA, Giancarlo DE MATTEIS, ITA, Roberto RUOZI, ITA

47, Bridgestone Bikers Profi II, GER, Suz GSX-R1000, Stefan STRAUCH, GER, Ralf SCHWICKERATH, GER

51, Fabi Corse, ITA, Suz GSX-R1000, Eric MONOT, FRA, Patrizio FABI, ITA

55, Primo Racing, BEL, Suz GSX-R1000, Patrick DE LA RUELLE, BEL, Hans WESTRA, BEL, Didier HEYNDRICKX, BEL

66, Team Polytech, NED, Apr RSV1000R, Peter POLITIEK, NED, William DE RIDDER, NED

68, Team Power Bike, FRA, Yam YZF-R1, David BARROT, FRA, Patrick VIEIRA, FRA

71, RVC Endurance Racing Team, BEL, Apr RSV1000R, Giovanni CHRISTIAENS, BEL, Alain VAN RIJSEGHEM, BEL

76, Suzuki Austria Team 76, AUT, Suz GSX-R1000, Gerhard KLEIN, AUT, Sandor BITTER, HUN, Marjan MALEC, SLO

77, Yamaha Austria Racing Team II, AUT, Yam YZF-R1, Horst SAIGER, AUT, Thomas HINTERREITER, AUT

88, Race Support Achterhoek, NED, Suz GSX-R1000, Arno VISSCHER, NED, Henk VAN DE MARK, NED

98, Hummel & DLH Racing Team, GER, Suz GSX-R1000, Stefan MERKENS, GER, Uwe REISSE, GER

99, TRAC Racing Team, NED, Suz GSX-R1000, Bertus FOLKERTSMA, NED, Eddy PEETERS, BEL, Heinz PLATACIS, AUS

110, Polizei NRW, GER, Suz GSX-R1000, Wolfgang STAMM, GER, Eric VAN LOOCK, GER, Dirk DRUVE, GER

111, Pajic Kawasaki, NED, Kaw ZX-10R, Stefan SCHOLTEN, NED, René WINKEL, NED

134, Moto & Co Performance/ABG, FRA, Suz GSX-R1000, Christophe ALLUARD, FRA, Franck GIROGUY, FRA, Jerome BARD, FRA

666, Diablo 666 Bolliger, GBR, Kaw Zx-10R, James HUTCHINS, GBR, Kevin FALCKE, GBR, Steve MIZERA, GER