# 2008 Assen Superbike World Championship round

The 2008 Assen Superbike World Championship round was the 4th round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of April 25–27, 2008, at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

## Superbike race 1 classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 1098 F08 | 22 | 36:50.907 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +2.132 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +2.179 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 34 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +10.919 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Troy Corser | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +11.051 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +11.979 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +15.184 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 100 | Makoto Tamada | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +18.395 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 36 | Gregorio Lavilla | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +18.634 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +20.699 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +25.759 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +26.064 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 86 | Ayrton Badovini | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +35.582 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 31 | Karl Muggeridge | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +36.266 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 38 | Shinichi Nakatomi | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +37.215 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 111 | Rubén Xaus | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +37.286 | 3 | |
| 17 | 194 | Sébastien Gimbert | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +39.037 | 22 | |
| 18 | 83 | Russell Holland | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +45.162 | 23 | |
| 19 | 88 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +1:04.895 | 25 | |
| 20 | 28 | Arie Vos | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +1:05.022 | 24 | |
| 21 | 77 | Loïc Napoleone | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +1:22.777 | 28 | |
| 22 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda CBR1000RR | 20 | +2 laps | 21 | |
| Ret | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Ducati 1098 F08 | 9 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 9 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 94 | David Checa | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 6 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 22 | Luca Morelli | Honda CBR1000RR | 6 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1 | Accident | 2 | |
| DNS | 13 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 0 | Did not start | 27 | |
| DNS | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | | Did not start | | |

## Superbike race 2 classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 1098 F08 | 22 | 36:46.238 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +0.082 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +6.336 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 111 | Rubén Xaus | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +7.575 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +8.011 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 34 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +13.999 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 36 | Gregorio Lavilla | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +15.215 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +16.376 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 100 | Makoto Tamada | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +17.269 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | Troy Corser | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +18.380 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +18.926 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +21.452 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Karl Muggeridge | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +23.794 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +29.847 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 38 | Shinichi Nakatomi | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +30.252 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +31.249 | 11 | |
| 17 | 194 | Sébastien Gimbert | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +31.328 | 21 | |
| 18 | 86 | Ayrton Badovini | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +39.814 | 18 | |
| 19 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +49.956 | 19 | |
| 20 | 83 | Russell Holland | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +51.554 | 22 | |
| 21 | 88 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +51.642 | 24 | |
| 22 | 77 | Loïc Napoleone | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +1:02.682 | 26 | |
| 23 | 28 | Arie Vos | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +1:02.729 | 23 | |
| Ret | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Ducati 1098 F08 | 10 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Honda CBR1000RR | 8 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 22 | Luca Morelli | Honda CBR1000RR | 4 | Retirement | 25 | |
| DNS | 94 | David Checa | Yamaha YZF-R1 | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 13 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Kawasaki ZX-10R | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | | Did not start | | |

## Supersport race classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | 36:10.751 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Jonathan Rea | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +0.014 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Joan Lascorz | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +0.150 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 99 | Fabien Foret | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 21 | +0.201 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 23 | Broc Parkes | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 21 | +0.283 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 25 | Josh Brookes | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +0.447 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 77 | Barry Veneman | Suzuki GSX-R600 | 21 | +2.050 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 105 | Gianluca Vizziello | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +2.346 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 18 | Craig Jones | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +2.714 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Matthieu Lagrive | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +3.073 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Mark Aitchison | Triumph 675 | 21 | +4.070 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Chris Walker | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 21 | +4.863 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 127 | Robbin Harms | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +5.088 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 47 | Ivan Clementi | Triumph 675 | 21 | +16.644 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | 57 | Ilario Dionisi | Triumph 675 | 21 | +21.630 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | David Salom | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 21 | +27.619 | 13 | |
| 17 | 17 | Miguel Praia | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +27.773 | 24 | |
| 18 | 31 | Vesa Kallio | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +27.898 | 21 | |
| 19 | 81 | Graeme Gowland | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +39.320 | 27 | |
| 20 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +39.321 | 28 | |
| 21 | 101 | Kev Coghlan | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +41.111 | 32 | |
| 22 | 199 | Danilo Dell'Omo | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +46.341 | 26 | |
| 23 | 4 | Lorenzo Alfonsi | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +48.878 | 29 | |
| 24 | 63 | Ron van Steenbergen | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +56.714 | 35 | |
| 25 | 51 | Santiago Barragán | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +57.194 | 34 | |
| 26 | 71 | Jurjen Uitterdijk | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 21 | +1:07.115 | 31 | |
| 27 | 37 | William De Angelis | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +1:08.851 | 30 | |
| Ret | 83 | Didier Van Keymeulen | Suzuki GSX-R600 | 19 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 69 | Gianluca Nannelli | Honda CBR600RR | 16 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 21 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 14 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 38 | Grégory Leblanc | Honda CBR600RR | 12 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 24 | Garry McCoy | Triumph 675 | 12 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 75 | Luka Nedog | Honda CBR600RR | 11 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 147 | Ángel Rodríguez | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 8 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 55 | Massimo Roccoli | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 121 | Arnaud Vincent | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 0 | Retirement | 36 | |