Iker Lecuona led FIM Superbike World Championship Free Practice 3 (FP3) Saturday morning at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands. Riding his Aruba.It Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R on spec Pirelli tires, the Spaniard covered the 2.82-mile (4.54 km) track in 1:32.823 to lead the field of 23 riders.

Alex Lowes was second-best with a 1:33.082 on his Bimota by Kawasaki BK998 Rimini.

Alvaro Bautista was third with a 1:33.177 on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.

Danilo Petrucci was 9th on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR with a lap time of 1:33.567. 

American Garrett Gerloff was 11th with a time of 1:33.810 on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR. 

More from a press release issued by WSBK:

Lecuona beats Alex Lowes and Bautista in red-flagged WorldSBK FP3, Bulega P5. The final 20 minutes of track action before the Tissot Superpole session ended with Ducati’s Iker Lecuona topping the times. 

Free Practice 3 in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship was topped by Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) at the TT Circuit Assen. It was the final 20 minutes for teams and riders to prepare for the Tissot Superpole session in around an hour’s time in the Pirelli Dutch Round. Lecuona had a 0.259s advantage over Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) in P2 and 0.354s over Alvaro Bautista (Barni Spark Racing Team) in P3. The session was red flagged just over halfway through the session following a crash for Somkiat Chantra (Honda HRC) on the exit of Turn 5. The Thai rider was taken to the medical centre for a check-up following the incident. He was reviewed and ruled unfit for Saturday’s action with a low back contusion, contusions in his thigh muscles and hematoma; he will be reviewed before Sunday’s Warm Up session.

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