Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) made it six wins from eight starts in the eni FIM Superbike World Championship since he joined Kawasaki, taking the chequered flag each time after two exciting and often tense racing at Assen in the Netherlands.

With cool temperatures on the track in each race Sykes and Rea ran with the front group in each 21-lap race. Rea was the start-to-finish leader in race one and moved forward to lead from team mate Sykes in race two to complete the double.
 
Thanks to his latest successes Rea is now 50 points ahead in the championship table after scoring his 49^th and 50^th podium places in WSB today. He has a total of 190 points.

“I feel awesome to win two races here” Rea admitted. “Today has been amazing and like in Thailand I need to sit down and savour this moment. There was a lot of pressure on me coming here, everyone talking about how Assen was my circuit, so I am just happy to deliver. We chose a different rear tyre in race two and it worked out well. Race two was slightly different because I knew Tom would be fast in the beginning. The race was a bit faster at the start and slower at the end because of that. When Chaz put a pass on me and I saw Tom slowing I knew that it could end up to be a messy fight so I wanted to get straight back into the lead and make it my race. This one is for all my mechanics who have been working tirelessly and all the people at KHI. Hopefully now we can go to Imola and do a similar job - but this one feels very special.”