With one free practice in the morning and Superpole in the afternoon, the fifth WorldSSP round is now in play at Donington Park in the UK.
It was an uphill start for Kawasaki Puccetti Racing rider Can Oncu, who was hindered by a technical problem at the start of free practice. Losing precious time, Oncu closed the session in fourteenth place with a time of 1’30”879.
In the subsequent Superpole session, rider and team worked hard to adapt their ZX-6R to the English track. Can improved slightly and maintained the same position as in practice. Tomorrow he will get away from the fifth row of the grid in the first of the weekend’s races.
Donington Park – Castle Donington – UK
Supersport World Championship
Free practice: 1) Montella (Ducati) – 2) Navarro (Ducati) – 3) Booth-Amos (Triumph) – 4) Mahias (Yamaha) – 5) Debise (Yamaha) – 6) Manzi (Yamaha) …………14) Oncu (Kawasaki)
Superpole: 1) Huertas (Ducati) – 2) Montella (Ducati) – 3) Manzi (Yamaha) – 4) Debise (Yamaha) – 5) Mahias (Yamaha) – 6) Navarro (Ducati) …………14) Oncu (Kawasaki)
Can Oncu
“A complicated day due to a technical problem that we had right at the start of free practice which prevented us from setting up the bike as we’d have liked. I worked hard with my team in Superpole to find the right setup for our Ninja and in the end, I finished fourteenth. For tomorrow we need to sort a few things in warm-up and then we’ll give it our all in the race and see what we can do.”
