This weekend, the tenth round of the FIM Supersport World Championship will be held at Motorland Aragón. The Spanish circuit has been on the WorldSBK calendar since 2011 and has recently been fully resurfaced. With the victory in Cremona still fresh in their minds, Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing travelled to Aragon highly motivated to attack for the championship again this weekend.

The 5.077-kilometre Motorland Aragón is has been a permanent fixture on the WorldSBK calendar for years now. The circuit has ten left turns and seven right turns, plus two long straights. With plenty of undulation, the famous ‘corkscrew’ and the distinctive wall, the circuit can rightfully be regarded as a modern classic.

After taking his second win of the season in Race 2 at Cremona, it will be another race weekend for Stefano Manzi to attack for the championship. The Italian is 50 points behind the World Championship leader with three rounds and a total of six races to go. It will therefore not be easy but there is no shortage of commitment and motivation from both Manzi and the Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing team.

On the part of Glenn van Straalen, it will be a matter of waiting to see how his physical condition will be. The Dutchman was hit by another rider last Sunday, resulting in considerable pain in his right arm. With a few more days of recovery and physiotherapy to go, the situation will hopefully be improved at the start of the race weekend.

Stefano Manzi: “It’s good to have another round this weekend, I cannot wait to get started again on Friday. The feeling is great at the moment, after taking the victory last Sunday. Hopefully we can keep that going and continue to perform like this. It’s not going to be easy at Motorland Aragón as it’s quite a difficult track, but for sure we will try our very best.”

Glenn van Straalen: “I’m very curious to see how the circuit is now with the new asphalt, obviously with MotoGP last month it was quite a weird weekend. I like riding at Motorland Aragón because it is a circuit with undulation and also many different types of corners. My arm is still a bit sore after last Sunday’s race so hopefully I’ll be fully fit again on Friday.”

Kervin Bos – Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing team manager: “We are in Aragon for already the tenth race weekend of the year. We had a very good weekend with Stefano in Cremona and we will have to perform in the same way to keep the championship open. It won’t be easy but we are very eager to keep righting. For Glenn it was a tough weekend in Cremona, hopefully he won’t suffer so much from his arm injury. I am very much looking forward to go racing again this weekend.”

The race weekend at Motorland Aragón begins with free practice on Friday morning, followed by the Superpole session at 16:00h in the afternoon. After a warm-up session on Saturday morning, Race 1 will start at 15:15h in the afternoon. The same goes for Sunday with a warm-up session in the morning and Race 2 at 15:15h.