Sofuoglu s’assure la pole pour la finale du Supersport / Sofuoglu will start floodlit WSS finale from Pole Position

Le quadruple Champion du Monde a décroché la 23e pole de sa carrière à Losail.

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) prendra le départ de la dernière manche du Championnat du Monde Supersport 2015 en pole position dimanche soir au Circuit International de Losail après avoir signé la 23e pole position de sa carrière mais aussi pulvérisé un record du circuit qui datait de 2009, en battant son premier poursuivant, le Français Lucas Mahias (MG Competition), de 0.792s.

Gino Rea (CIA Landlords Insurance Honda) a fini par décrocher la troisième position au bout d’une séance qui avait été interrompue dès le début suite à la chute de Glenn Scott (AARK Racing Honda), apparemment victime d’un soucis technique.

PJ Jacobsen (CORE Motorsport Thailand), Kyle Smith (Pata Honda World Supersport Team) et Lorenzo Zanetti (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) se retrouveront pour leur part en deuxième ligne tandis que la troisième regroupera Nico Terol (MV Agusta Reparto Corse), Marco Faccani (San Carlo Puccetti Racing) et Christian Gamarino (Team Go Eleven).

Roberto Roldo (Team Lorini), Kevin Wahr (SMS Honda) et Alex Baldolini (Race Department ATK#25), qui a manqué 38 minutes de la séance en raison d’un problème technique, s’élanceront pour leur part de la quatrième ligne.

Malgré sa chute, Glenn Scott pourra prendre le départ de la course, en dernière position et à condition de recevoir l’autorisation des médecins suite à un examen à passer dimanche avant la course.

La course de 15 tours aura lieu à 20h30, heure locale, soit 19h30 en France métropolitaine.

Circuit record gives the 4 time champ his 23^rd career WSS pole position.

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) will start the final WSS race of the season, the annual floodlit race, from the number one grid slot after clinching the 23^rd Pole Position of his career. Smashing the circuit best lap that has stood since 2009 in the process the newly crowned 4 time WSS champ will start from Pole with a gap of 0.792s to his nearest rival Lucas Mahias (MG Competition).

In a session that was stopped almost immediately after it began following a crash for Glenn Scott, whose AARK Racing Honda appeared to suffer a technical problem, the front row was eventually completed by Gino Rea (CIA Landlords Insurance Honda) after his final lap elevated him from 9^th to third.

Tomorrow’s second row will see PJ Jacobsen (CORE Motorsport Thailand), Kyle Smith (Pata Honda World Supersport Team) and the MV Agusta Reparto Corse of Lorenzo Zanetti.

7^th on the grid Nico Terol (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) will line up alongside Marco Faccani (San Carlo Puccetti Racing) and Christian Gamarino (Team Go Eleven).

Row 4 comprises Roberto Roldo (Team Lorini), Kevin Wahr (SMS Honda) and Alex Baldolini (Race Department ATK#25) who secured his position after missing 38 minutes of the session after an earlier technical issue.

Glenn Scott should be allowed to start albeit from the back of the grid after being declared fit to start after a precautionary visit to the medical centre.

Tomorrow’s 15 lap race will start at 2030 local time and as ever you can follow all the action as it happens on Twitter: @WorldSBK