Donington Event Preview

[Andy]

Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

CBR600RR) leads the world into the third round of

the World Supersport Championship after an

astonishingly effective start to the 2007 season.

Having won one race and finished second in the

other, he now enjoys a seven point lead and

further proof of how effective the 2007 CBR600RR

has been in its first season of competition comes

from the fact that third place in the rankings is

occupied by well-known championship challenger

Katsuaki Fujiwara (Althea Honda Team CBR600RR).

An unlucky and occasionally dramatic start to the

season by 2005 and 2006 champion for Honda,

Sebastien Charpentier (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

CBR600RR), sees the most successful Supersport

rider ever languishing in ninth place at present.

The obvious talent and determination that

characterised his 2006 championship push are,

however, expected to propel him upwards at the very next opportunity.

Riding a 2006-specification CBR600RR Lorenzo

Alfonsi (Althea Honda Team CBR600RR) will be

racing at Donington Park for the first time in

any form of competition. His excellent start to

his 2007 campaign has nonetheless netted him a

top ten race finish already, and he holds tenth

in the overall rankings after two rounds.

In 2001, the last time Donington was used for a

World Supersport event, the very first CBR600RR

was still under development, but since its

appearance in World Supersport in 2003, all three

model variants have been stunningly successful at

garnering points and prizes. So much so that

CBR600RR riders having won every World Supersport

Riders