Northern Ireland's Lee Johnston, current BSB Superstock 600 championship leader, will be joining the Direct CCTV Racedays team to contest the remaining rounds of the 2008 European Superstock 600 championship. Lee has already tested with the team at Magny Cours where, despite unfavourable weather conditions, he impressed with his work rate and set- up abilities. Joining Lee for the remainder of the season is Florida racer Joshua Day. Josh has recently been competing in selected rounds of the AMA championship and at only 18 years of age he has already shown his talent with a top 10 Formula Extreme finish at Daytona. He will be one of only two USA riders competing in the World Superbike series.
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Xavier Simeon finished third quickest after first qualifying and is ready for an improvement in tomorrrow’s final qualifying. Despite a small crash, fortunately without injury, Xavier is confident about his prospects at Assen this weekend. Nicola Canepa (Ducati) set the day’s fastest lap, with a time of 1:48.042, with Andrea Antonelli (Honda) second.