The seventh WorldSSP round continues for the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team and rider Jeremy Alcoba at Donington Park.
The Spaniard was on track yesterday for free practice and Superpole, in which he qualified thirteenth. His result was conditioned by yellow flags in the final stages that prevented him from improving on his fastest time.
As if that were not enough, Race Direction demoted him to the back of today’s race grid, the Spaniard accused of having passed riders in Superpole while the yellow flags were out.
As a result, Alcoba lined up on the eleventh row of the grid, in thirty-first position, for the afternoon’s race.
Jeremy made a very fast start and was already up into fifteenth by the end of lap two. He continued his brilliant comeback over subsequent laps, working his way up through the field to finish an incredible seventh!
The Spaniard places eighth in the championship standings, with 87 points.
Jeremy will return to the track tomorrow for the final race of this British WorldSSP round.
Donington Park – Castle Donington – UK
Supersport World Championship
Race 1: 1) Manzi (Yamaha) -2) Booth Amos (Triumph) – 3) Mahias (Yamaha) – 4) Masia (Ducati) – 5) Oncu (Yamaha) – 6) Oettl (Ducati) – 7) Alcoba (Kawasaki)
Jeremy Alcoba
“We went from the last row of the grid to P7, so we made a really big comeback. I want to say thank you to my whole team because from Friday to today they took a really good step with the set-up of my Ninja ZX-6R 636. Even in morning warm-up I felt really fast and strong. We found the grip that we were missing in Friday’s Superpole qualifying session. I am generally happy with the race, because I made my best start and remained calm. I tried to manage the tyres throughout the race. I was telling myself to avoid making any errors that I might pay for later. I’m very happy because I fought hard and enjoyed myself. I hope we can do more tomorrow; it should be easier starting from fourteenth on the grid.”
