{"id":1889690,"date":"2026-04-18T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1889690"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:55:00","slug":"2026-assen-worldsbk-bulega-pole-despite-superpole-crash-lowes-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1889690","title":{"rendered":"2026 Assen WorldSBK: Bulega pole despite Superpole crash, Lowes second"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>2026 Assen WorldSBK: Bulega pole despite Superpole crash, Lowes second<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>WorldSBK title leader Nicolo Bulega takes pole position, then crashes, during Superpole at Assen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Peter McLaren <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-04-18T10:55:00+01:00\">18 Apr 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Dutch WorldSBK round at Assen.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source-cta\">  Add as a preferred source <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Nicolo Bulega kept his stranglehold on the 2026 WorldSBK season by making it three poles out of three during qualifying at Assen on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Bulega also set a new lap record of 1m 32.144s, but it wasn\u2019t a perfect session for the Aruba.it Ducati rider.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian, winner of all six races so far, had to walk to parc ferme after a late crash from his Panigale at Turn 1.<\/p>\n<p>However, the mistake went unpunished, with Bulega\u2019s nearest rival Sam Lowes, on pole at last year\u2019s event for Marc VDS, left 0.3s behind.<\/p>\n<p>Bulega\u2019s team-mate Iker Lecuona, quickest in FP3, completed the front row in third, having held pole earlier in the 15-minute session.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>An all-Ducati front row will be followed by three manufacturers on row two, courtesy of BMW\u2019s Danilo Petrucci, Yamaha\u2019s Xavi Vierge and Bimota\u2019s Alex Lowes.<\/p>\n<p>Alvaro Bautista, Andrea Locatelli, Lorenzo Baldassarri and Remy Gardner completed the top ten, with former BSB champion Tommy Bridewell in eleventh.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-c5cbfd2cb9de17ca82abef71176919899df00122cc5b1bcded1cda08ed095fce\">  Nicolo Bulega brushes off Dutch WorldSBK Superpole crash   2026 Dutch WorldSBK, Assen &#8211; Superpole Qualifying Results <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Portimao podium finisher Miguel Oliveira will need to fight from 13th on the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Somkiat Chantra was declared unfit for the remainder of Saturday after a final practice accident. The HRC rider\u2019s condition will be reviewed ahead of warm-up.<\/p>\n<p>Stand-in team-mate Jonathan Rea will thus be the only HRC rider on the Race 1 grid, where he will line-up in 18th.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-b632034c206e02edb20e9870d47ff7ad8fb32d8aec28858754a098579be1d386\">  Assen WorldSBK: Iker Lecuona leads red-flagged final practice   2026 Dutch WorldSBK, Assen &#8211; Final Practice Results <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Race 1 starts at 15:30 local time (14:30 UK).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Full Superpole qualifying results from 2026 Dutch WorldSBK round at Assen.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>In this article<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Nicolo Bulega<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Iker Lecuona<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Alex Lowes<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Sam Lowes<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Miguel Oliveira<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Jonathan Rea<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"next-prev-pager contextual-region\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item prev\">\n<h3>  Previous<\/h3>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\"> 2026 Dutch WorldSBK, Assen &#8211; Superpole Qualifying Results<\/div>\n<source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304904_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304904_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304904_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304904_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304904_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304904_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304904_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304904_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304904_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item next\">\n<h3> Next <\/h3>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\"> Nicolo Bulega brushes off Dutch WorldSBK Superpole crash: \u201cI tried to improve\u201d<\/div>\n<source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1305147_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1305147_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1305147_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1305147_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1305147_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1305147_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1305147_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1305147_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1305147_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-block block block-configurable-views-block\">\n<div class=\"author-view grid-view js-view-dom-id-b326ffac40f3308f053b5553dcb0f2903b9dbcf02309dd07695bcc0b23b8fca8\">\n<div class=\"card user default\">\n<div class=\"image\"> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-72168-1654791772.png?height=270&amp;format=webp 270w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-72168-1654791772.png?height=180&amp;format=webp 180w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-72168-1654791772.png?height=90&amp;format=webp 90w\" sizes=\"100px\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"header\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"name\">Peter McLaren<\/div>\n<div class=\"role\">MotoGP Editor<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. 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Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> World Superbikes  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ducati WorldSBK riders frustrated despite strong Dutch pace<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1776445076\"> 17h ago<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Dutch WorldSBK. 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Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>WorldSBK title leader Nicolo Bulega takes pole position, then crashes, during Superpole at Assen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Nicolo Bulega kept his stranglehold on the 2026 WorldSBK season by making it three poles out of three during qualifying at Assen on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Bulega also set a new lap record of 1m 32.144s, but it wasn\u2019t a perfect session for the Aruba.it Ducati rider.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian, winner of all six races so far, had to walk to parc ferme after a late crash from his Panigale at Turn 1.<\/p>\n<p>However, the mistake went unpunished, with Bulega\u2019s nearest rival Sam Lowes, on pole at last year\u2019s event for Marc VDS, left 0.3s behind.<\/p>\n<p>Bulega\u2019s team-mate Iker Lecuona, quickest in FP3, completed the front row in third, having held pole earlier in the 15-minute session.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>An all-Ducati front row will be followed by three manufacturers on row two, courtesy of BMW\u2019s Danilo Petrucci, Yamaha\u2019s Xavi Vierge and Bimota\u2019s Alex Lowes.<\/p>\n<p>Alvaro Bautista, Andrea Locatelli, Lorenzo Baldassarri and Remy Gardner completed the top ten, with former BSB champion Tommy Bridewell in eleventh.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-c5cbfd2cb9de17ca82abef71176919899df00122cc5b1bcded1cda08ed095fce\">  Nicolo Bulega brushes off Dutch WorldSBK Superpole crash   2026 Dutch WorldSBK, Assen &#8211; Superpole Qualifying Results <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Portimao podium finisher Miguel Oliveira will need to fight from 13th on the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Somkiat Chantra was declared unfit for the remainder of Saturday after a final practice accident. The HRC rider\u2019s condition will be reviewed ahead of warm-up.<\/p>\n<p>Stand-in team-mate Jonathan Rea will thus be the only HRC rider on the Race 1 grid, where he will line-up in 18th.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-b632034c206e02edb20e9870d47ff7ad8fb32d8aec28858754a098579be1d386\">  Assen WorldSBK: Iker Lecuona leads red-flagged final practice   2026 Dutch WorldSBK, Assen &#8211; Final Practice Results <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Race 1 starts at 15:30 local time (14:30 UK).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Full Superpole qualifying results from 2026 Dutch WorldSBK round at Assen.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Nicolo Bulega kept his stranglehold on the 2026 WorldSBK season by making it three poles out of three during qualifying at Assen on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Bulega also set a new lap record of 1m 32.144s, but it wasn\u2019t a perfect session for the Aruba.it Ducati rider.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian, winner of all six races so far, had to walk to parc ferme after a late crash from his Panigale at Turn 1.<\/p>\n<p>However, the mistake went unpunished, with Bulega\u2019s nearest rival Sam Lowes, on pole at last year\u2019s event for Marc VDS, left 0.3s behind.<\/p>\n<p>Bulega\u2019s team-mate Iker Lecuona, quickest in FP3, completed the front row in third, having held pole earlier in the 15-minute session.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>An all-Ducati front row will be followed by three manufacturers on row two, courtesy of BMW\u2019s Danilo Petrucci, Yamaha\u2019s Xavi Vierge and Bimota\u2019s Alex Lowes.<\/p>\n<p>Alvaro Bautista, Andrea Locatelli, Lorenzo Baldassarri and Remy Gardner completed the top ten, with former BSB champion Tommy Bridewell in eleventh.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-c5cbfd2cb9de17ca82abef71176919899df00122cc5b1bcded1cda08ed095fce\">  Nicolo Bulega brushes off Dutch WorldSBK Superpole crash   2026 Dutch WorldSBK, Assen &#8211; Superpole Qualifying Results <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Portimao podium finisher Miguel Oliveira will need to fight from 13th on the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Somkiat Chantra was declared unfit for the remainder of Saturday after a final practice accident. The HRC rider\u2019s condition will be reviewed ahead of warm-up.<\/p>\n<p>Stand-in team-mate Jonathan Rea will thus be the only HRC rider on the Race 1 grid, where he will line-up in 18th.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-b632034c206e02edb20e9870d47ff7ad8fb32d8aec28858754a098579be1d386\">  Assen WorldSBK: Iker Lecuona leads red-flagged final practice   2026 Dutch WorldSBK, Assen &#8211; Final Practice Results <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Race 1 starts at 15:30 local time (14:30 UK).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Full Superpole qualifying results from 2026 Dutch WorldSBK round at Assen.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/crash.net\/wsbk\/news\/1093139\/1\/2026-assen-worldsbk-bulega-pole-despite-superpole-crash-lowes-second&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1304834_hires_1600x900.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;] 2026 Assen WorldSBK: Bulega pole despite Superpole crash, Lowes second WorldSBK title leader Nicolo Bulega takes pole position, then crashes, during Superpole at Assen. 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