The 2R Racing Kawasaki team from Ravenna, Italy, for which Victor Nunez and Alessandro Zanca were initially scheduled to start the Supersport 300 World Championship, has been excluded. The team members were caught Thursday evening sitting together, without masks and inviting people from friendly teams to eat. Anything that is strictly prohibited according to the regulations in force. They were immediately banned from the World Championship with immediate effect and for the remainder of the year.
If the drivers are part of another team, they may be there again from the next event in Portimão, with the measures being exclusively directed against the team.
Information Ivo Schützbach for Speedweek. com.
While the Superbike and Supersport categories riders had already raced this year at Phillip Island, those in the SSP300 class were making their debut at the Jerez – Ángel Nieto Circuit. The workforce was divided into two groups A and B.
New rules are in effect for 2020: The first 30 in free practice (and no longer in the Superpole as was the case in 2019) will participate directly in the Superpole, then in the race. The other drivers will then compete in the last chance race, which will take place after the Superpole session. The first six in the last chance race will join the first thirty.
During the first free practice session of Group A, the Spaniard Unai Orradre (Yamaha MS Racing) took the lead in 1'53.960. He preceded the German Jan-Ole Jahnig and the Italian Bruno Ieraci.
Under the checkered flag, the best time was to the credit of Mika Perez (Kawasaki Prodina Ircos Team) in 1'53.609, ahead of Unai Orradre and Bruno Ieraci.
Johan Gimbert (Kawasaki GP Project) was seventh, 1'022 behind the leader, Samuel di Sora (Kawasaki Leader Team Flembbo) eleventh, Gaetan Matern (Yamaha Machado CAME SBK) twenty-first and Loris Gruau twenty-sixth.
Results of the first free practice session A:
On the occasion of the first free practice session of Group B, Sylvain Markarian (Yamaha MS Racing) took command during the first minutes in 1'54.943, ahead of the Brazilian Meikon Kawakami and the former World Champion Ana Carrasco.
The other Brazilian Ton Kawakami then ranked third behind Meikon Kawakami and Sylvain Markarian, ahead of Ana Carrasco, Alfonso Coppola and Tom Bercot (Yamaha ProGP Racing).
Meikon Kawakami picked up the pace in 1'54.054, 0.3 ahead of Sylvain Markarian. Then the Briton Tom Booth-Amos, a former participant in the Moto3 World Championship, took the lead in 1'53.910, ahead of Meikon Kawakami, the Dutchman Scott Deroue and the Frenchman Sylvain Markarian.
At the end of the session, the best time in Group B went to Meikon Kawakami in 1'53.907 ahead of Tom Booth-Amos, Gabriele Mastroluca and Kevin Sabatucci. Sylvain Markarian (Yamaha MS Racing) was seventh, Hugo de Cancellis (Yamaha Team Trasimeno) eleventh, Tom Bercot (Yamaha ProGP Racing) fourteenth, Enzo de la Vega (Yamaha Machado CAME SBK) eighteenth, Romain Doré (Yamaha DRT) twenty-third and Adrien Quinet (Kawasaki TGP Racing) twenty-fourth.
Results of the first free practice session B:
Credit rankings: Worldsbk.com / Dorna
Reference times:
Test record: 1'52.199 by Victor Steeman (KTM RC 390 R) in 2019
Lap record: 1'52.778 by Koen Meuffels (KTM RC 390 R) in 2019
Memories: Marc Garcia became the first SSP300 Champion in Jerez in 2017:
🏁 Historic Jerez moments 🏁
A race to the line with a Championship decided🏆 Marc García clinched the #WorldSSP300 crown at Jerez 2017 and @GalangHendra55official became the first Indonesian rider to win a race in the WorldSBK paddock.
Full story👇🏻https://t.co/ly1UwMB0im pic.twitter.com/MczcQxIrL0
- WorldSBK (@WorldSBK) July 28, 2020
🤓 Learn more about Jerez ahead of the Spanish Round!✍🏻#ESPWorldSBK pic.twitter.com/9XHrLA1j7s
- WorldSBK (@WorldSBK) July 29, 2020
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