Championship leader Randy Krummenacher topped WorldSSP Tissot-Superpole at Assen to go fastest, ahead of new team Profile Racing’s Luke Stapleford on his Triumph Daytona 675 and fellow Puccetti rider Kenan Sofuoglu. Anthony West, one of the fastest on Friday, was sadly declared unfit to race after a late crash in FP2.

After Friday track time was affected by the weather, key Championship players Randy Krummenacher, the current leader, and Jules Cluzel, a consistent title challenger, both found themselves outside Superpole 2 as WorldSSP had its first wet sessions of the year. Both riders also suffered crashes in the difficult conditions.

As Saturday dawned with a drying track, Superpole 1 got underway with Krummenacher and Cluzel set to graduate to the second session, until the Frenchman suffered another highside on his MV Agusta and missed out marginally, with a new competitor taking the top spot, ahead even of Krummenacher.

The second session saw the timesheets topped for the majority of the session by the new Triumph, the bike taken by rider Luke Stapleford to the British crown last year, until on his final fast lap, Kawasaki rider Krummenacher pulled out just under two tenths to take pole position and ensure his venture through Superpole 1 did nothing to affect his title challenge. The two fastest riders on the grid both therefore graduated from the Superpole 1 session.

Reigning Champion Sofuoglu gets another front row start to keep clawing back the points gap to his teammate, and Honda’s PJ Jacobsen starts from just behind the incumbent title holder at the front of the second row, a good position from which to put the disappointments of MotorLand behind him.

With Cluzel in P13, the Frenchman will be hoping to get a good start and catch his fellow title contenders as quickly as possible as the lights go out on Sunday at 11:20 local time (GMT +2) for another Supersport showdown.