Loris Veneman will start from pole position for the first time this season in the World Supersport 300 Championship. The Dutch rider was the strongest in Friday’s Superpole at Most.
The first to complete a flying lap was Matteo Vannucci (Pata Yamaha AG Motorsport Italia), but he was soon surpassed by Veneman (MTM Kawasaki)… who, after spending about five minutes at the top of the standings, was overtaken by his teammate Mirko Gennai.
Shortly after, the Italian lost the lead to Thompson (Fusport-RT Motorsport by SKM-Kawasaki). The Australian was only beaten until the end by Veneman, when he set a lap time of 1m46.137s to be 0.186s faster than his rival and secure the pole position. Marco Gaggi (Team BrCorse/Yamaha) finished third.
Heading into this round, the championship leader is Iñigo Iglesias Bravo (Fusport-RT Motorsport by SKM-Kawasaki), who could only manage sixth place, being 0.394s slower than Veneman. Thus, the Spaniard will share the second row with Gennai and Fenton Seabright (Kawasaki GP Project), who complete the top five on the starting grid.
The Superpole session ended a bit early, with a red flag shown about two minutes from the end due to a crash involving five riders, one of them being Gaggi, who will start from third as previously mentioned.
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Loris Veneman takes the pole position, the first of his carreer 🔥#CzechWorldSBK 🇨🇿 pic.twitter.com/OCNzOKC7i5
