On Thursday 24th May a press conference will be held at Sywell Aerodrome near Northampton, the home of aerobatic team 'The Blades'.
Troy Bayliss, Max Biaggi and
James Toseland will be in attendance but
Troy Corser and
Fonsi Nieto will find themselves an even more integral part of the show as they join the ‘The Blades.’
Despite a stunning level of strength and depth in World Supersport the headline story of the year has been
Kenan Sofuoglu of Hannspree Ten Kate Honda. Going on recent form, with five wins from six attempts, Sofuoglu's is a story with no limits on where it will all end.
Sofuoglu made another five points advantage on the next closest rider last time out at Monza, and now he heads up Fabien Foret on the GIL Kawasaki by 58 points - more than two full race wins of a differential.
Katsuaki Fujiwara riding for Althea Honda scored decent points after a bad start at Monza, and is third overall, one up on Gianluca Nannelli and his Caracchi Ducati SC 749R. With Suzuki rider Barry Veneman fifth the WSS points table has an astonishingly cosmopolitan feel in terms of competitive machines this season. The top Yamaha rider is first year full-timer, Davide Salom for Yamaha Spain in eighth place, but Monza sensation
Anthony West who is riding for Yamaha World SSP Racing will be back again in place of the still-injured Kevin Curtain.
Winner of the last two
Silverstone WSS races, Sebastien Charpentier for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda, is hoping to be back to full form after recent injury, while Broc Parkes on the Yamaha WSS Racing has had poor reward for some great riders this year, as he inexplicably finds himself only 11th overall in the standings.
