shaped at the start of Race One where Petrux was judged, perhaps a little harshly, to have committed a jump start, which landed him with two long lap penalties, the first of which he screwed up badly, running wide onto the gravel and ending any chance he had of making any points out of the race. Seventh in the sprint race and ninth in Race Two meant he didn’ t come away empty-handed but what might have been a strong weekend for Petrux turned into a major disappointment, leaving him languishing in eleventh place on the championship standings.
THE BIMOTA BOYS Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani, had a relatively muted weekend at Assen, possibly in part as a result of their fuel flow allowance also being reduced by 0.5kg / h. Whilst this reduction matches the one applied to Ducati, the Bimota team’ s previous limit was, because of concessions they receive for being a lessestablished manufacturer, significantly higher. After the reductions, Bimota still benefits from a 45.5kg / h flow, a whole kilo more than Ducati. Bassani in particular struggled most of the weekend and a twelfth-place finish in Race One was the highlight for him. Lowes did better with a brace of fifth place finishes but eleventh in Race Two, which Lowes attributed to unusually poor grip from the rear end, was a frustrating end to the weekend for him. The pair sit in fifth and sixth in the championship and could easily climb to fourth if results start going their way again.
GOELEVEN GoEleven’ s faith in Baldassarri continues to pay off, although Assen wasn’ t a spectacular event for him. Sixth in Race Two and 18 points from the weekend wasn’ t a bad haul although not scoring in the sprint race would’ ve been disappointing both from the perspective of lost points and because it undermined the
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