American Stefano Mesa won one race and placed second in another today in the International Open Ducati Club Race event at TT Circuit Assen, in the Netherlands.
Riding a V-Twin Ducati Panigale, Mesa won the 10-lap Thunderbikes A sprint by 21.499 seconds.
Then in the Desmo Quattro race Mesa finished a distant second to former MotoGP, World Superbike and MotoAmerica racer Claudio Corti.
“So my weekend ripping around Assen TT is officially over and had a bad ass time learning and ripping something completely different!” Mesa wrote in a post on Instagram. “I can’t thank everybody that made this possible @ducatistiboelo@crashingbiggel and the whole BLM team for the opportunity and the hard work they put into the bike and the weekend!! Unfortunately the ‘Punisher’ didn’t work as planed, but I’m sure these guys will get it together. Bad ass bike just need some fine tuning for it to be at the front!! I ended up riding a kind of stock-ish Panigale, but man, Thermosman got this thing on rails and we where able to do a good job with it. Ended up getting a P1 and P2 and lap times where very good knowing I only had a few laps to learn this place!! Can’t wait for next year to come around so I can come and rip again around this bad ass place!! Thanks to everyone that made this possible!!”
International Open Ducati Club Race
TT Circuit Assen
Assen, Netherlands
May 27, 2018
Race Results:
Thunderbikes A Results:
1. Stefano Mesa (Duc Panigale), 10 laps, Total Race Time 17:54.978, Best Lap Time 1:45.557
2. Jurgen Faro (Duc 999), -21.499 seconds, 1:48.482
3. Paul Kuijpers (Duc Panigale), -32.881, 1:47.195
4. Gerrit Jan van der Leek (Tri Daytona 675), -36.292, 1:49.662
5. Sveti Alexandrov (Duc B-rad), -45.709, 1:50.249
6. Gert van den Bosch (Apr RSV4), -48.883, 1:51.192
7. Jeremayah de Vries (Duc Panigale), -52.682, 1:50.953
8. Mattijs van der Wall (Tri Daytona 675R), -55.851, 1:51.725
9. Pascal van Kempen (MV Agusta F3 675), -81.727, 1:54.579
10. Menno Eilert (Duc Panigale), -84.202, 1:53.921
Desmo Quattro Results:
1. Claudio Corti (Duc Admaiora 1.2), 10 laps, Total Race Time 17:28.202, Best Lap Time 1:42.208
2. Stefano Mesa (Duc Panigale), -20.604 seconds, 1:45.520
3. Leroy Janssen (Duc Panigale), -37.522, 1:46.837
4. Joost van Thiel (Duc Panigale), -40.352, 1:47.653
5. Paul Kuijpers (Duc Panigale), -45.796, 1:48.204
6. Johnny Kock (Duc Panigale R), -50.796, 1:48.447
7. Marcel Kock (Duc Panigale), -57.542, 1:48.962
8. Kris Jean Aubert (Duc 959), -74.898, 1:51.171
9. Ronald van Vilet (Duc Panigale), -75.769, 1:50.722
10. Jurgen Faro (Duc 999), -75.797, 1:49.086