2026 Dutch WorldSBK, Warm Up Results: Yari Montella fastest on Sunday morning
Full results from the Warm Up session at the 2026 Dutch WorldSBK at the TT Circuit Assen.
Results from the Warm Up session at the 2026 Dutch WorldSBK from Assen, the third round of the 2026 season.
Yari Montella was fastest in what was a relatively uneventful WorldSBK Warm Up at Assen despite chilly condition.
Somkiat Chantra was absent from the session following an unfit ruling on Sunday morning after his FP3 crash on Saturday.
Nicolo Bulega was second-fastest, and Sam Lowes made it an all-Ducati top-three. The Ducati missing from the top of the times that might have expected to be there was that of Iker Lecuona, the Spaniard having made a mistake at turn three towards the end of the session, running off-track, although he didn't crash.
Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani were the first non-Ducatis in fourth and fifth, then Alvaro Bautista was sixth. Miguel Oliveira, Alberto Surra, Xavi Vierge, and the aforementioned Lecuona completed the top-10.
Full World Superbike results from Warm Up in Assen are below.
2026 World Superbike Championship | Dutch Round | TT Circuit Assen | Warm Up | Result | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat. | WorldSBK Team | Superbike | Timing |
| 1 | Yari Montella | ITA | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:33.554 |
| 2 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:33.620 |
| 3 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:33.647 |
| 4 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team | Bimota KB998 | 1:33.819 |
| 5 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team | Bimota KB998 | 1:33.977 |
| 6 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:34.078 |
| 7 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M1000 RR | 1:34.139 |
| 8 | Alberto Surra | ITA | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:34.144 |
| 9 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Pata Maxus Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:34.166 |
| 10 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:34.262 |
| 11 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:34.290 |
| 12 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | ITA | Team Go Eleven | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:34.309 |
| 13 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M1000 RR | 1:34.470 |
| 14 | Tommy Bridewell | GBR | Superbike Advocates Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:34.500 |
| 15 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Maxus Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:34.556 |
| 16 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | MGM Optical Express Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:34.616 |
| 17 | Stefano Manzi | ITA | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:34.622 |
| 18 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Honda HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1:34.768 |
| 19 | Bahattin Sofuoglu | TUR | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:34.812 |
| 20 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Kawasaki WorldSBK Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1:34.914 |
| 21 | Mattia Rato | ITA | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:35.507 |
| 22 | Twan Smits | NED | Team Apreco | Yamaha R1 | 1:36.758 |
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