Supersport World Championship practice at Donington Park: Triumph ahead of Yamaha – Öttl crashes

In the Supersport World Championship, there is only one 40-minute free practice session on Friday, with qualifying taking place that same afternoon. When the session got underway at 12.20 pm at Donington Park, the riders wasted no time in heading out onto the track. Yamaha rider Can Öncü set the first fastest time with a lap of 1:30.797.

After five minutes, Switzerland’s Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki) set the second-fastest time. Behind him was Valentin Debise (ZXMOTO) in third place.

Öncü improved his best time to 1:30.011 mins. The top five after ten minutes: Öncü (Yamaha), Mahias (Yamaha), Garcia (Yamaha), Booth-Amos (Triumph) and Vostatek (Triumph).

Öncü crashed in Turn 12 – he was uninjured. Shortly afterwards, Luke Stapleford (Ducati) crashed in the same corner.

World Championship leader Albert Arenas (Yamaha) then surged up to fourth place. Right behind him, Philipp Öttl (Ducati) took fifth place.

The order at the halfway point of the 40-minute session: Öncü (1:30.011), Booth-Amos, Mahendra, Aegerter and Arenas.

Shortly afterwards, Aegerter set a new fastest time of 1:29.961 mins. With 15 minutes to go, Arenas took the lead with a time of 1:29.829 mins.

Ten minutes before the end, Philipp Öttl set the second-fastest time. The top five at that point were: Arenas, Öttl, Öncü, Aegerter and Booth-Amos.

With five minutes remaining, ZXMOTO rider Valentin Debise set a new fastest lap of 1:29.824 min. After that, the action came thick and fast. First, Öncü set a new fastest lap, then Booth-Amos surged to the top with a time of 1:29.488 min. Öttl crashed in Turn 12, but remained uninjured and was able to ride back to the pits under his own power.