Prior to the race getting underway heavy rain fell once aga𓆏in at Assen following a wet FP3 and Superpole.

But that wasn’t the꧙ case for long as blue skies arrived just in time for the start of the race, creating even more confusion for riders and teams.

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Most of the riders elected for slick t𝔍yꦍres however, the intermediates were the tyre to be on as Nicholas Spinelli made a big impact early on.

The stand-in for Danilo Petrucci took an early lead and cleared off as Sam Lowes dove in🍨to pit lane at the end of lap one.

A 13-second lead was created by Spinelli by the end of lap two💝 as Andrea Locatelli, who also had an intermediate front, began making progress.

Spinelli’s lead continued to grow as he pu🔥lled clear of Axel Bassani by over 24 seconds, however, the track was starting to ♛dry quickly.

Trying to keep pace with Alvaro Bautista, Andrea Iannone made a mistake comi💖ng out of turn twoꦫ as he highsided off his Panigale V4 R machine.

With seven laps gone, Spinelli’s intermediate tyre advantage was over♏ as Bassani, Razgatlioglu and Bautista all lapped quicker.

Bautista th🤪en set a new fastest lap of the race as he followed Razgatlioglu in overtaking Bassani.

A mistake from Razgaꦇtlioglu at 🍬the beginning of lap nine allowed Bautista to gain second place at turn one.

With nine laps to go Spinelli’s lead was down to 11 seconds as Bautista and Razgatlioglu began to drop the g𝐆ro𒉰up behind them.

💫At the conclusion of lap 14, Razgatlioglu produced a brilliant move on Bautista which was for second, but soon t𒁃o be first as Spinelli was just a couple of corners ahead.

However, more drama followed as a red flag was deployed beyond the two-third race distance, givin🎶g Spinelli victory in his first Superbike r♋ace.

The red flag was waved due to oil on circuit, which waಞs released by Locatelli’s Yamaha.