The third WorldSSP round kicked off today at the Assen TT Circuit. Jeremy Alcoba and Dominique Aegerter took part in a free practice this morning, using it to work on the setup of their Ninja ZX-6R 636 bikes and prepare for the subsequent Superpole.
The Spaniard closed in fifth place with a time of 1’37”430, while the Swiss rider placed nineteenth with a 1’38”363.
The two riders were back out in the afternoon for Superpole, which established the grid positions for Saturday’s race. Alcoba was unable to improve as much as he’d hoped and, with a reference of 1’37”363, qualified fourteenth. On the other side of the garage, Aegerter significantly lowered his lap time (1’37”045) to move up to eleventh place.
With these results, Dominque will line up on row four of the grid and Jeremy on row five for the first of the weekend’s races, which will run over a distance of 18 laps.
Jeremy Alcoba
“I’m not at all happy with my Superpole. This morning, during practice, I had great feeling with my bike and had hoped to do well in qualifying too. Unfortunately, in that session I lapped alone and was penalised by the wind that really slowed me down. I should have got myself into a group to exploit the slipstreams, but I wasn’t able to do that. Fourteenth isn’t what I expected, and I’ll be starting the race on the backfoot, but I’m confident I can still achieve a good result.”
Dominique Aegerter
“We worked hard to improve today. We took a good step forward in qualifying and tomorrow I’ll start P11 on the grid. I hope the weather stays dry for the race. I want to further improve my feeling with the bike and hope to fight at least for the top ten.”
