2026 Dutch WorldSBK: Championship standings after Race 2
2026 WorldSBK riders' standings after Race 2 at the Dutch Round, the third round of the 2026 season.
The riders' standings in the 2026 WorldSBK series after the conclusion of the third round of the season at Assen.
Nicolo Bulega completed a sweep of all three races for the third time this year in the Dutch Round, winning by 2.7 seconds over his teammate Iker Lecuona in Race 2.
Lecuona's trio of second places, matching his performance from Portugal, sees him fall further behind his teammate in the standings but hold onto second place.
Sam Lowes was third in all three races this weekend, seeing him rise up to third in the championship.
Miguel Oliveira's mixed weekend, which ended with a 12th in Race 2, sees him drop to fourth in the championship and he is now tied with Alex Lowes, who could only manage 11th in Race 2. Oliveira remains the leading non-Ducati rider in the championship but is now 117 points behind Bulega at the top.
Full World Superbike standings after Race 2 in Assen are below.
2026 World Superbike Championship Standings | Dutch Round | Round 3, Race 2 | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat. | WorldSBK Team | Superbike | Points |
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 186 |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 117 |
| 3 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 82 |
| 4 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M1000 RR | 69 |
| 5 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team | Bimota KB998 | 69 |
| 6 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team | Bimota KB998 | 67 |
| 7 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 59 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | ITA | Team Go Eleven | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 58 |
| 9 | Yari Montella | ITA | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 48 |
| 10 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Maxus Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 44 |
| 11 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M1000 RR | 41 |
| 12 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Pata Maxus Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 34 |
| 13 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | MGM Optical Express Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 32 |
| 14 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Kawasaki WorldSBK Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 24 |
| 15 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 16 |
| 16 | Alberto Surra | ITA | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 13 |
| 17 | Stefano Manzi | ITA | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 8 |
| 18 | Tetsuta Nagashima | JPN | Honda HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 7 |
| 19 | Tommy Bridewell | GBR | Superbike Advocates Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 6 |
| 20 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Honda HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 4 |
| 21 | Bahattin Sofuoglu | TUR | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1 |
| 22 | Ryan Vickers | GBR | Honda HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1 |
| 23 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Honda HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1 |
| 24 | Mattia Rato | ITA | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 0 |
| 25 | Twan Smits | NED | Team Apreco | Yamaha R1 | 0 |
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