The opening round of 2018 British Superbikes at Donington Park had Manuel Puccetti as special viewer. The owner of the Puccetti Kawasaki Team, which takes part in World Superbike and Supersport, was in Donington for the following reasons: “We closed the negotiations to line up Leon Haslam at the World Superbike Round at Donington Park. Moreover, I was looking for riders…”
Yes, because Kenan Sofuoglu, key rider of the Italian squad in WorldSSP, will miss some races because of the bad accident he had in Phillip Island, where he crashed in FP3 because of the explosion of the rear tyre. “Kenan will miss Aragon and Assen and I went to Donington Park to find a replacement rider” Puccetti said. Who could replace the five times World Supersport Champion? “I met some people and soon we will make a decision together with Kawasaki. I was really impressed by the performance of Benjamin Currie, who won both the British Supersport races which took place at Donington, but we’ll see“.