The first official day of on track action ahead of the opening round of the World Supersport championship on Sunday has ended with Frenchman Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) leading the way on combined times from FP1 and FP2, by a mere 0.021s.

In FP1 Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) virtually matched the existing race lap record, despite recording only 11 laps, considerably fewer than his nearest rivals.

With track temperature rising when the afternoon session began, the final timed period of the day provided some surprisingly faster laps as several of the leading riders improved. Alex Baldolini (Race Department ATK#25) was the first to do so, the Italian eventually ending the day an encouraging 7^th in the standings.

As FP2 ended, last year’s WSS winner Jules Cluzel had overhauled his Turkish rival to top the time sheet as former Moto2 rider Gino Rea (CIA Landlords Insurance Honda) completed the top 3 courtesy of his penultimate lap of the session.

Kyle Smith (Pata Honda World Supersport Team), Lucas Mahias (Intermoto Kawasaki Ponyexpres) and Lorenzo Zanetti (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) rounded out a tightly bunched top 6 in terms of lap times, as 3 manufacturers filled to the top three places.

Aiden Wagner (Oz Wildcard Racing) who was an impressive 6^th in FP1, crashed in the early stages of FP2, the local wildcard rider eventually ending the day in 9^th.

The remaining local riders Glenn Scott (AARK Honda), Alex Phillis (Lorini Honda), and Sam Lambert (Sam Lambert Racing) were 16^th, 20^th and 24^th respectively.

FP3 will take place tomorrow morning with the one and only timed qualifying session to set the grid for the first race of the World Supersport season, scheduled to take place at 15.55 local time.