Source: Suzuki Racing.

Josh Waters raced to his second British Superbike Championship victory of the season for Tyco Suzuki at Assen’s TT Circuit in the Netherlands in the Australian’s first-ever appearance at the famous Dutch venue.

In race one, Waters came through from his fifth-row grid spot to take a well-deserved victory. With rain falling just before the start, Waters’ crew made the correct tyre and set-up choice; which afforded him the confidence to carve his way through the pack.

A late and exciting battle with Ryuichi Kiyonari had the huge crowd on the edge of their seats, but the hard-charging Aussie delivered on the final lap to take a hard-fought-for victory. Waters backed-up his first race win with a solid eighth place in race two.

“I’m rapt to have taken another win for Tyco Suzuki and I really enjoyed the conditions,” Waters commented. “Coming here for the first time I’d have been happy with solid single figure top 10 finishes, but the boys really have perfected a top-class wet weather set-up on the Tyco Suzuki GSX-R1000 and I just dug in, kept it upright and yeah, I’m really happy to get another BSB win.

“I made a poor start in race two and got caught-up and maybe was a little frustrated, but I’m satisfied enough with my weekend’s work and we can take away a lot of positives.”

Tyco Suzuki team manager Philip Neill said it was another “gutsy” result for Waters, in what was his first appearance at the technical Dutch circuit.

“A great gutsy win from Josh Waters in race one when he could so easily have settled for a finish in very difficult conditions,” Neill said. “We have to take into consideration it was the lad’s first time here at Assen, which is no easy track to perfect, and eighth in race two is also a good effort considering he had a sluggish start.”

Waters remains ninth in the standings – outside of the top six ‘Title Showdown’ – 25 points behind Stuart Easton in seventh with two rounds remaining.