WorldSPB: The Sportbike class makes its debut this weekend and Matteo Vannucci (Revo-M2) delivered pole position during an action packed Tissot Superpole session.
The Italian, aboard an Aprilia RS 660 Factory, set the pace by just 0.01s from Ferre Fleerackers (Track & Trades Wixx Racing) and David Salvador (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) after a highly competitive session.
The grid features former WorldSSP300 champions Jeffrey Buis (Track & Trades Wixx Racing) and Benat Fernandez (Kove Racing Team 109) who qualified on the second and seventh row respectively.
The Sportbike class will have seven manufacturers on the grid for the class debut tomorrow and the top ten on the grid will feature six of them.
P1 – Matteo Vannucci (Revo-M2):
“I feel really good with the Aprilia. It’s my first time here with this bike and I’m enjoying it a lot. I set my personal best lap of the weekend in the Superpole session so I’m very happy and I want to thank everyone in the team for the amazing job. We’ve worked hard this week with the test too and I hope that I can break away at the front in tomorrow’s race. I expect that it’ll be a big battle with the Suzukis and the Kawasakis.”
Superpole Results
1. Matteo Vannucci (Revo-M2) 1’48.553s
2. Ferre Fleerackers (Track&Trades Wixx Racing) +0.010s
3. David Salvador (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) +0.206s
4. Kas Beekmans (VLR Racing Team Suzuki) +0.232s
5. Jeffrey Buis (Track&Trades Wixx Racing) +0.289s
6. Loris Veneman (MTM Kawasaki) +0.314s
For more info checkout our dedicated WorldSPB (World Sportsbike) News page superbike-news.co.uk/category/world-sportbike/
Or visit the official World Superbike website worldsbk.com
©Words/Images are from official press release posted courtesy of WorldSBK.com
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