Alvaro Bautista won the FIM Superbike World Championship Superpole race Sunday morning at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R on Pirelli control tires, the two-time and defending World Champion won the 10-lap race by 2.686 seconds, moving him into the lead in the point standings.
Bautista’s rookie teammate Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up, and Alex Lowes finished third, about five seconds behind Bulega, on his factory Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 11th, 14.886 seconds behind Bautista, on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR.
