Kawasaki WorldSSP Team rider Jeremy Alcoba rode to a determined third place in the opening 19-lap race at Donington Park, taking his and Kawasaki’s first podium of the current season. Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) was 12th in Race One.
Race action at the eighth round of the 2026 FIM Supersport World Championship would prove to be season-best level for Jeremy Alcoba. After a less than ideal launch from his fourth-place grid position, the Spanish rider confidently recovered the track positions that he had initially lost, eventually securing a spirited third-place finish.
He only missed out on second place by 0.461 seconds, leaving him to enjoy his eventual podium finish, yet also wonder what may have been possible with a better start, and not having to fight back from eighth position in the early stages.
This was Jeremy’s third career podium on the Ninja ZX-6R 636 machine, with his two previous top three results being earned during his first season with Kawasaki, in 2025.
Double WorldSSP Champion Aegerter launched from 13th place on the grid and finished 12th, securing championship points in the process.
After setting the seventh fastest lap of Race One, Jeremy will launch from the third row of the grid in Race Two on Sunday 12 July.
Manuel Puccetti – Team Principal
“We’ve finally achieved a significant result thanks to a fantastic performance by our rider Jeremy Alcoba and to the hard work of our entire team, which has harnessed everything we did during the Cremona test. We soon realized that, with a front row start and the performance of our bike, we were in with a shot at the podium, and we were able to achieve just that. So, we’re very happy and will be pushing hard for a top three finish again tomorrow.”
Jeremy Alcoba
“It was a really bad start and I think that was because we did not practice starts a lot this weekend. I tried to save as many positions as possible. I expected to save more positions than I did, but the first corner was not good enough. I was calm, however, because I knew that the tyres would drop a lot, so I kept my pace. I knew the others would be strong at the beginning but not at the end. I knew that I am good at the end of the races. I was consistent and lap-by-lap I was trying to pass the other riders when I caught them. For almost nothing I could not quite take second position, but I am still really happy. From Friday everything was easy. The first laps were easy and we did not fight too much to find the settings. I think in the recent Cremona test we found something that makes us faster. I am really happy for the work that the team did, so let’s keep on like this.”
Dominique Aegerter
“I expected much more from Race One. I am disappointed with P12. I was expecting that we could fight for a top ten, and be a bit faster. We need to check where we can improve and I hope we can improve a little bit more because on Friday we started quite well. I hope we can do that for Sunday and I will try to adapt my riding style to this track and the bike. The team is working hard to give me a better solution and better bike set-up to go faster. Tomorrow we start from P14 so I hope we can make a top ten finish and take some points home. Big congratulations to Jeremy as he made a great race today and it is good for the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team. ”
