SBK, China makes it big in the World Cup: Kove makes history in Barcelona, first Chinese manufacturer achieves a pole position in an FIM world Cup

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SBK, China makes it big in the World Cup: Kove makes history in Barcelona, first Chinese manufacturer achieves a pole position in an FIM world championship
March 23, 2024

Julio García González secured pole position this Friday for the opening round of the Supersport 300 World Championship, held in Barcelona. It’s a historic result, marking the first time a Chinese manufacturer – Kove – has achieved a pole position in an FIM world championship.

It was within the first five minutes that the Spanish rider set the lap time that gave him pole position, clocking in at 1m55.313s. Prior to that, Filip Novotny (Accolade Smrz Racing BGR/Kawasaki), Matteo Vannucci (Pata Yamaha AG Motorsport Italia), Bruno Ieraci (Team ProDina Kawasaki), and Kevin Sabatucci (Team Flembbo-PL Performance/Kawasaki) had taken turns leading.

Although González was never surpassed, other riders behind him improved their times. Daniel Mogeda (Team#109 Retro Traffic Kawasaki) came closest, just 44 thousandths of a second behind, followed by Vannucci at 0.093s. Sabatucci will start from fourth, ahead of Ieraci, while Petr Svoboda (Fusport-RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki) rounds out the second row of the grid in sixth.

 

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SBK, China makes it big in the World Championship: Kovemakes history in Barcelona
March 23, 2024

On the day of QJ Motor's debut in World Supersport, it was Kove that rose to prominencein Supersport 300, taking the first pole position by a Chinese manufacturer with JulioGarcia Gonzalez

China is carving out an increasingly important space within World Superbike. On the very day ofthe, which arrives in the worldchampionship paddock with an articulated work programme aimed at arriving in the SBK class in2026, it was the Kove brand that wrote a page in the country's history, conquering in Barcelona thefirst pole position of a Chinese manufacturer.

A goal achieved with Julio Garcia Gonzalez, who stopped the clock in 1'55"313 in Superpole, aheadof Daniel Mogeda's Kawasaki and Matteo Vannucci's Yamaha. A tangible sign of Kove'scompetitiveness and progress one year after its entry into SSP300 in the Assen Round of 2023, inwhich the 321RR became the first Chinese bike to make its debut in the production-based worldchampionship

Having achieved its first pole in the category, the Chinese brand will now have a great chance towrite new pages of history in the two races scheduled this weekend in Catalunya, starting at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24.

SBK, China makes it big in the World Championship: Kove makes history in Barcelona

SBK: On the day of QJ Motor's debut in World Supersport, it was Kove that rose to prominence in Supersport 300, taking the first pole position by a Chinese manufacturer with Julio Garcia Gonzalez

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