The 2026 Supersport World Championship kicked off at the Phillip Island circuit, marking a successful debut for Mini Motor and a technical breakthrough for the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team. The Australian round represented the first real test of the season, made even more challenging by the limited preseason testing sessions in Spain and Portugal, where poor winter weather slowed the development work on the Ninja ZX-6R 636. Despite the gap in mileage in testing, the team responded with a characterful performance, highlighting significant speed potential from the first official sessions.

The season debut at Phillip Island provided Manuel Puccetti’s team with encouraging technical results, despite a winter preparation slowed by adverse weather conditions that affected testing in the European rounds. The Ninja ZX-6R 636 demonstrated excellent cornering speed in the fastest sectors of the Australian track, confirming the effectiveness of the chassis in long-radius corners.

Jeremy Alcoba cemented the team’s work with a solid and consistent performance, finishing the weekend with 13 points and confirming his position in the top ten of the overall standings. Meanwhile, Dominique Aegerter showed signs of absolute competitiveness: before the technical stop in Race 2, the Swiss driver had climbed to fourth place with podium-worthy race pace, demonstrating that the technical package has the potential to compete with the top drivers in the category.

These flashes of performance, combined with Aegerter’s top speed of 283.9 km/h, represent the technical foundation on which to base the refinement work for the next round in Portimão.

“Our partnership with the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team is a shared path oriented towards excellence. Phillip Island has confirmed a top-level technical potential: we are confident that the solidity of this collaboration and the great teamwork will soon lead us to achieve the results we expect and deserve in the upcoming rounds of the championship.”