Source: Supplied.

Five-time Supersport world champion Kenan Sofuoglu will remain with Kawasaki Puccetti Racing for the 2018 season after renewing his contract to race the ZX-6R.

Already the greatest WorldSSP competitor of all time in a statistical sense, Sofuoglu has been a Kawasaki rider since 2012 and has been in the Kawasaki Puccetti Racing team since 2015.

“Firstly I would like to say a big thanks to Kawasaki,” Sofuoglu stated. “They see me like their rider and they said that they would be very happy for me to stay in WorldSSP and keep winning on their bike. From my side, I have a very good connection with Kawasaki and especially racing manager for Europe, Steve Guttridge – he is one of the best people I have ever worked with in my career.

“The Kawasaki Puccetti Racing team is another reason I want to continue, as I am really enjoying my racing and they are doing a great job. They make my bike ready to win and all of these reasons have lined up perfectly to let me continue racing and enjoy my riding. The bike gives us what we need to win races and it has proved itself at the highest level. Right now we are taking 100 percent from the bike, so with all of these things together I am happy to race again with this package.”

Sofuoglu has overcome an unlucky start of the season which was disturbed by a training injury and then an unavoidable no-score in the third round. Since then he has won the three most recent races in succession and currently sits second in the championship standings.