Can Oncu won FIM Supersport World Championship Race Two Sunday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. The BLU CRU Evan Bros Team Yamaha YZF R9 rider won the 19-lap race by 1.706 second.
Frenchman, Lucas Mahias was a close second on his GMT94 Yamaha YZF R9, and German rider Philipp Oettl got third on his Feel Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati Panigale V2.
Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise finished fifth, just 5.081 seconds behind the winner, on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2.
Current championship point leader, Stefano Manzi, crossed the finish line 6th on his Pata Ten Kate Racing Yamaha YZF R9.
For the championship, Bendsneyder is 40 points behind his principal rival Manzi who has 185 points. Booth-Amos is third with 131 points.
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Can Oncu takes his fourth WorldSSP win at Most’s Race 2; Masia crashes out from P2; Manzi P6. Oncu claimed victory in Race 2 at Most as he clawed back big points in the title race, after Masia crashed from P2 and Manzi could only manage sixth.
With the final race of the weekend for the FIM Supersport World Championship, the Motul Czech Round is officially in the books! Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) topped the podium for his third win of the season ahead of Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) and Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team), with Oettl rounding out his best weekend of the season on the podium. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) and Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) battled in the podium positions early on before a crash out of the running for Masia and dropping out of the top positions to a P6 finish.
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Oncu flew off the line to claim the holeshot from P1, followed into the second sector by Masia and Manzi. The pair passed Oncu back to lead the race at different points as the lead swapped hands on several occasions. Oncu took back P1 with a double overtake on the pair under braking at Turn 1 and pulled away from there to seal his first race win since Assen. Mahias went into Most podium-less, and now after his Race 2 P2, he will go to Misano with a pair of podiums under his belt. Oettl took another step with his P3 podium finish, achieving his first WorldSSP podium result since returning to the Championship for the 2025 campaign. Masia was duelling with Manzi for P2, until the Spanish youngster crashed out of the race on Lap 12’s Turn 10, leaving him to finish point-less.
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Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) in P4 will look ahead to Misano with a smile on his face as he seems to have returned to form after struggles at Cremona. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) righted the ship with his P5 finish after his Race 1 DNF. Despite temporarily leading the race and fighting for the race win for most of the race; Manzi’s pace dropped off in the final laps and saw him fall to P6. This caps off a weekend of struggles for the Championship leader as he only takes away 10 points from Most.
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Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) finished Race 2 in P7 for his sixth consecutive top 10 finish in his rookie season, showing more and more confidence atop his Yamaha R9. Corentin Perolari (Honda Racing World Supersport) was holding P6 by Lap 3 and went on to finish P8, finishing comfortably as the top WorldSSP Challenge rider. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) finished in P9 closed out what was for him a disappointing round at Most. He took away points after his Race 1 crash, however for him it was an opportunity left unseized to make up points on Manzi. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was unable to capitalise on Manzi’s non-podium finish as he came home in tenth.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 2: Full results here!
1. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team)
2. Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) +1.706s
3. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) +3.643s
4. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) +4.956s
5. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +5.081s
6. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +6.494s
Fastest lap: Jaume Masia (Ducati) – 1’34.338s – new lap record
Championship standings
1. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 185 points
2. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) 145
3. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) 131
4. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 122
5. Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) 110
6. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) 106
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