Riding for the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team, Jeremy Alcoba and Dominique Aegerter have completed the first day of practice and Superpole making up the fourth WorldSSP round at the Balaton Park Circuit, Hungary.
The riders took to the track in sunny but cool conditions for free practice this morning, working to adapt their Ninja ZX-6R 636 machines to the winding Hungarian track.
Jeremy Alcoba set a time of 1’43”327 and placed fifth, while Aegerter focused less on lap times and more on the setup of his bike, finishing the session P27 with a time of 1’45”705.
In the afternoon, the duo headed out for Superpole, which established the grid for Race 1. Putting in a best time of 1’42”623, Alcoba qualified eighth. Aegerter was also able to significantly lower his earlier reference, setting a 1’43”337 to place nineteenth.
As a result, the Spanish rider will line up on row three of the grid and the Swiss rider from row seven for Saturday’s 18-lap race.
Jeremy Alcoba
“I’m quite pleased with my Superpole because I improved my lap time significantly with respect to last season and particularly because we found a good setup for the bike. I pushed to the limit and made a few small mistakes in the last sector, without which I could have probably placed on the first or second row, but all in all I’m pleased because my starting position means a strong result is within reach and, if I can start well, I can run with the fastest guys. I’m optimistic for tomorrow’s race and want to thank the team for all their hard work.”
Dominique Aegerter
“Today wasn’t easy, especially this morning when our pace was not very fast. The bike was difficult to ride, and I was struggling to get it to turn, but for qualifying the team did a great job, I improved my riding and we were able to improve. We need to continue on this path, trying to improve through every sector. Nineteenth place is not what we hoped for today, and for the race I’ll need to push hard from the start to make up ground and score as many points as possible. We need to stay positive, keep working hard and give it our all.”
