Performance surge following Kawasaki’s termination: Jeremy Alcoba sets pole record

These are difficult days for Jeremy Alcoba. His second Supersport season with Kawasaki has fallen short of expectations. It wasn’t until the seventh round of the season that he secured his first top-five finish – at least just in time for his Puccetti team’s home race at Misano. The Spaniard then raced to third place at Donington Park, securing his first podium finish.

By that point, however, team boss Manuel Puccetti was already busy looking for a new rider pairing. A few days before the round at the Cremona Circuit, Kawasaki announced the signing of Jaume Masià for the 2027 Supersport World Championship. And as sportbike rider David Salvador had already been signed at the end of August, Alcoba and his team-mate Dominique Aegerter will have to look for new teams.

Jeremy Alcoba impresses with pole position in record time

Alcoba provided the perfect response on Friday: having already finished third in free practice, the 24-year-old stormed to pole position in record time during qualifying. It is Kawasaki’s first pole since Philipp Öttl at Jerez in 2021!

“It’s been a long time since I’ve been on pole – I’m not that good at squeezing out a fast lap either,” admitted Alcoba. “But we’ve made progress in recent races and we’ve also been testing here, which meant we already had an excellent foundation in practice. I set my fastest lap all on my own, without any slipstream, and it turned out to be a record – naturally, I’m absolutely delighted. It was probably just about time for a pole.”

For the Spaniard, this is his first pole position in the production-based World Championship. His last pole position came at the TT Circuit Assen in 2021 in the Moto3 category.

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