WorldSBK Round 3 serves up Dutch dish Assen for Tommy Bridewell and the Superbike Advocates Racing team

Following its successful debut appearance at the Portuguese WorldSBK round, Superbike Advocates Racing now prepares for round three of the 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship, taking place this coming weekend at the TT Circuit Assen in The Netherlands.

Almost three weeks since the Portimão race weekend, rider Tommy Bridewell is hungry to get back to work with his Ducati Panigale V4R. He and the rest of the Superbike Advocates Racing squad experienced a very positive first WorldSBK weekend, which brought them their first championship points as well as a great deal of knowledge and data.

Attention now turns to the historic Dutch TT Circuit, a track that has also featured on the British Superbike calendar in recent years and one that Bridewell therefore knows well. Tommy’s prior experience and results at this technical track should serve him well as he heads into the world championship weekend

Also known as the “Cathedral of Speed,” the technically demanding TT Circuit Assen stretches 4.542 km and features eighteen corners, most of which are long and sweeping. The current circuit has been in use since 1955, though the original Assen course dates back to 1925 and was previously used for the Dutch TT races. Situated in the Drenthe province of the Netherlands, the venue can experience unpredictable weather, an additional factor that Superbike Advocates Racing will need to consider as the weekend unfolds.

Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates Racing #46)
“I’m really looking forward to Assen. Having completed the Portimão round, I now feel worthy to be here in WorldSBK and the goal in coming weeks is to just keep on progressing. Assen can definitely be a good track for us. It’s a track I know, and it will be the perfect place for me to take a step in terms of my speed mid-turn and out of the corners, as at Assen you have to have the flow. As for the conditions, I could do with it being dry but, either way, I’m very much looking forward to this next challenge.”