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RANDY KRUMMENACHER TOPS PHILLIP
ISLAND DAY ONE
I
n the Supersport World Championship
division, first time WSS rider Randy
Krummenacher held off his Kawasaki
Puccetti teammate Kenan Sofuoglu to
record the fastest testing time of day
one at Phillip Island.
His 1:33.678 was only 0.092 sec-
onds up on Sofuoglu, who was one of
the few riders not to improve his morn-
ing session time later in the day.
Swiss rider Krummenacher, said,
"I still need to understand more of the
bike, still we have some work, but I did
not expect the time at the end. I knew I
was going to go faster but not like half
a second. We made a step in the rear and have
more confidence. We will keep working and it
gives me a lot of confidence but I have to put that
into a good lap and not say that I can relax."
Regular race pace was still good for Krumme-
nacher but he knew his teammate Sofuoglu was
concentrating on long runs on day one. "For sure
Kenan is the number one, because he made race
distance. I had a lot of work because we tested
so many different things, so we did not do a race
distance. But, I can say that when I went out I im-
mediately went into a 1:34. This is positive. Tomor-
row, when we are more or less all settled, we will
do at least one race distance. Tire life for us has
been really good; we are not struggling. I think the
WP suspension gives us another strong point in
our package."
Behind rookie Krummenacher the other top
riders had a familiar feel, with returnee rider from
injury Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse)
third and another proven race winner, PJ Jacob-
sen (Honda World Supersport team) fourth.
The second works MV Agusta of Lorenzo
Zanetti was fifth fastest, 0.786 seconds adrift of
Krummenacher.
Germany's Kevin Wahr (Gemar Ballons Team
Lorini Honda) placed sixth and double faller Gino
Rea (GRT Racing MV Agusta) was seventh.
Ondrej Jezek (Team GO Eleven Kawasaki)
was the first unofficial Ninja ZX-6R rider home,
in eighth place, with Aussie duo Aiden Wagner
(GRT Racing MV Agusta) and wild card rider
Anthony West (Tribeca Racing Yamaha) 10th.
Twenty-seven WSS riders lined up for this test.
Gordon Ritchie
Rookie WSS rider Randy Krummenacher shot
straight to the top on day one at Phillip Island.
PJ Jacobsen went fourth for the
factory Honda team.
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