The introduction of a new ruleset in the FIM Supersport World Championship has brought Triumph back to the Championship for the first time since 2018, and the Triumph Street Triple RS 765 made its debut on track ahead of the season starting. Dynavolt Triumph conducted a two-day at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve with rider Hannes Soomer.

Soomer was the sole Dynavolt Triumph rider on track in southern Portugal as teammate Stefano Manzi was recovering after undergoing surgery on shoulder ligaments after injuring them during a training session in Italy. The first day of the test was interrupted by rain for Soomer, testing for his new team for the first time and on a Triumph for the first time.

The weather improved for the second day of action and Estonian rider Soomer was able to take full advantage of this to rack up over 100 laps over the two days of testing as he adjusts to his new team and manufacturer for the 2022 season. Discussing the test, Soomer said: “It was a productive first test with the new bike, with the new team. The first day was a bit disappointing with the weather, we didn’t get as many laps as we would have wanted.  I’m just starting to understand the bike and how it wants to be ridden to go fast and we are not there yet, but we are on the right way. We will continue this same work in the next test.”

Team Manager Simon Buckmaster revealed the bike had changed compared to when it ran in the British championship in 2021, as well as when Manzi will return to the track. He said: “It’s been a good first test with Hannes, his first time on the Dynavolt Triumph 765 Street Triple. The first day we lost a lot of track time with the rain and when it wasn’t raining there were still damp patches but day two was a good dry day and we learned a lot. We finished up the test with quite a different set up to last year’s riders. We tried some different settings to get Hannes comfortable and he’s starting to adapt to the Dynavolt Triumph. The bike ran absolutely flawlessly, no problems and that’s a great job by the boys. Hannes is working very well with the team so we’re all quite pleased.  Now we go to Aragon for our second test, still without Stefano Manzi but he will benefit from the last private test at Estoril and the official pre-race test on the Monday and Tuesday before the race at Aragon.”

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