Alvaro Bautista, the defending Superbike World Champion, took pole position during World Superbike Superpole qualifying Saturday at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands.
Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R, the Spaniard lapped the flowing circuit in 1:33.542, just surpassing Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea, who did a 1:33.569.
Qualifying third was Toprak Razgatlioglu, who turned a 1:33.661 on his Pata Yamaha Prometeon YZF-R1.
American Garrett Gerloff ended up 17th with a best lap time of 1:34.690 on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR.
