The first day of action making up the seventh Supersport World Championship round played out today at the Italy’s Misano World Circuit. This is a home round for the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team, which is headquartered less than 200 km from the Italian circuit.
In hot and sunny conditions, riders Jeremy Alcoba and Dominique Aegerter took part in the morning’s free practice, using the track time to prepare for the afternoon’s Superpole. The Swiss rider placed seventeenth (1’38”044), while the Spaniard closed nineteenth (1’38”370).
The Superpole, which establishes the Race 1 starting grid, ran in the afternoon in decidedly higher temperatures. Despite tougher conditions, both riders improved but maintained almost the same positions in the standings.
Aegerter qualified eighteenth (1’37”433), immediately ahead of Alcoba (1’37”648).
Thanks to these results, Dominque will line up row six and Jeremy from row seven for the first of the weekend’s races which will take place tomorrow, running over a distance of 19 laps.
Jeremy Alcoba
“It was quite a difficult first day. We gave it our all, but already during the morning free practice session I didn’t feel comfortable on the bike. We have very little grip and I’m struggling to stop the bike effectively. We need to analyze the data we collected to find some solutions for tomorrow’s race, but I’m confident because this is the Team’s home round and everyone is giving their maximum effort to achieve a strong result.”
Dominique Aegerter
“Misano is my team’s home round, and in a way I can consider it a bit of a home round for myself as well. Today we were closer to the fastest riders and both the team and I worked very hard. Our lap time is good, but unfortunately the same cannot be said about my starting position. A difficult race awaits us and I will need to push at the maximum from the very first laps. Many of my fans have come here from Switzerland to support me, and that gives me extra motivation to perform well. If we can make a good start, we can aim for a top-ten finish. Thanks to the team for the work they have done today.”
