LEON HASLAM lapped the Assen circuit on his Suzuki GSX-R1000 faster than Loris Capirossi on the Suzuki GSV-R800.

Haslam's best time on his GSX-R1000 at the Assen WSB round was 1m35.330 in qualifying. Loris Capirossi's fastest time at the Assen MotoGP round was 1m35.664, also in qualifying.

Haslam's fastest race time was 1m36.452 and Capirossi's was 1m36.219. Capirossi may have been faster than Haslam in the race but the out-and-out fastest lap of Assen this year by any Suzuki was by Leon Haslam on the GSX-R1000.