WorldSSP: Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) delivered his first Superpole of the season following an entertaining Superpole session in the Supersport class.
The Spanish rookie, second in the championship standings, set a time two tenths of a second faster than Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) to lead home a Yamaha one-two.
It was a frantic session with track limit penalties affecting many riders and seeing lap-times deleted throughout. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) was demoted from a front row position after a three place grid penalty. This promoted Simon Jesperson (EAB Racing Team), a podium finisher here last year, to the front row.
Championship leader, Jaume Masia crashed on his second flying lap of the session and despite the best efforts of the Orelac Racing Verdnatura squad they were unable to repair the bike. Masia ended the session 26th fastest.
P1 – Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team)
“It’s been a really good day and I’m really happy with the work we did. The team gave me a very fast bike and I felt good on track. It feels strange, but really nice, to take my first pole position. We focused a lot on race work this morning and our strategy was clear, to save tyres and not focus too much on the laptime in practice. We pushed during the Superpole session and it worked well. There is always more pressure when you have the opportunity for pole position but now we are focused on the races.”
Superpole Results
1. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) 1’42.050s
2. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.205s
3. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) +0.304s
4. Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) +0.309s
5. Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing Yamaha) +0.507s
6. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) +0.518s
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