WorldSSP: Krummenacher Scores First Career WorldSSP Pole
Gordon Ritchie | April 16, 2016
Phillip Island race winner and world championship leader Randy Krummenacher (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) took his first career pole position in his new class, despite having had to qualify from Superpole 1 first. He made use of this extra 15-minutes of dry track time – the first truly dry track surface of the weekend – improving his bike enough to outpace Superpole sensation Luke Stapleford (Profile Racing Triumph).
Stapleford had also been in Superpole 1 and found enough to use his previous Assen experience from BSS racing to keep even Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) down in third place.
The local CBR of PJ Jacobsen (Honda World Supersport Team) was fourth and best Honda, the top MV belonging to Alex Baldolini (Race Department ATK#25 MV Agusta), after Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) had crashed in Superpole one and finished down in 13th position overall.
British rider Kyle Smith (CIA Landlord Insurance Honda) went sixth fastest as all the riders looked for an ideal dry setting.
Ondrej Jezek (Team GOELEVEN Kawasaki), Gino Rea (GRT Racing Team MV Agusta) and official MV rider Lorenzo Zanetti (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) completed the third row.
Kevin Wahr (GEMAR Balloons – Team Lorini Honda) completed the top ten and Ilya Mikhalchik (DS Junior Team Kawasaki) was top ESS Rider, 11th. Anthony West (West EAB Yamaha) was 12th.