Jaume Masia won FIM Supersport World Championship Race One Saturday at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands. Riding his Orelac Racing Verdnatura Ducati Panigale V2, the Spaniard won the 18-lap race by just 0.080 second.

Albert Arenas was the runner-up on his AS BLU CRU Racing YZF- R9, just 0.435 second ahead of third-place finisher Tom Booth Amos, who rode his PTR Triumph Street Triple 765 RS.

Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crossed the finish line fourth on his Eastroc Evan Bros ZXMOTO 820RR.

Jaume Masia leads the championship with 96 points, 11 ahead of Albert Arenas who has 85 points. Valentin Debise is third with 63 points.

More from a press release issued by WSBK:

Chaotic last lap: Masia beats Arenas by 0.080s, Booth-Amos overcomes penalty to take Assen podium. There were five manufacturers in the top six in one of the craziest races of the WorldSSP season so far.

The FIM Supersport World Championship launched the third weekend of their 2026 season at the TT Assen Circuit’s Pirelli Dutch Round. It was Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura)  who took home the lion’s share of the Race 1 points, pulling off a stunning late comeback for the race win finishing ahead of Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) who took his third podium, one step above Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) who emerges from an up-and-down Race 1 in P3 on the podium.

MASIA’S METEORIC RISE: The Spanish sophomore had a surgical final few laps as he took the win for himself

Masia again came up big at the final moments, as he started back in P9 but pulled off a stunning late charge through the grid to move from P4 on the last lap to P1 as they crossed the line. It comes as his second win of the season, and his fourth in WorldSSP. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) similarly spent much of the early running outside the podium places, but after other riders’ pace declined or otherwise fell out of the fight at the front, Arenas took his opportunity and landed his third podium as he sits second in the World Championship behind the #5. Tom Booth-Amos flew into the Turn 16 braking zone, passing Oncu for P3, but the pair made contact, sending both bikes wide through the gravel. While Booth-Amos controlled the damage to P5 before an Irresponsible Riding penalty sent him down one position to P6, he managed to thread the needle and got himself back into the fight at the front to finish P3. Clad in a yellow and blue special livery, Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) and Debise battled for P1 earlier in the race; but after the incident with The Englishman, the #61 wasn’t quite as fortunate as the Triumph rider, as his race was competitively ended, finishing back in P10.

ODD-MAN OUT: DEBISE PENALIZED TO P4

Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) fought a one-on-one duel with Oncu early, until a host of other riders caught up to the pair. After Oncu’s contact with the #69, Debise maintained his position in the podium places, but in the final run to the line, he ran wide and was penalised back to P4. Mahias started from P1 and took the holeshot at lights out; however, frequent battles with Arenas cost them both time, culminating in the #94 placing P5, two hundredths slower than his French rival.  Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) kept up his improved form he first displayed on Friday, and was the beneficiary of a penalty to Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team), which sent the German to P7, and the two-time WorldSSP Champion up to P6.

 ZACCONE P8: Another solid result from the 2025 MotoE Champion

Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) took his third P8 of the season, with metronomic consistency, as his worst result so far has been P10. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) wasn’t far behind his much-improved Swiss teammate in P9, as both of the grid’s Kawasaki bikes finished top ten for the first time in a WorldSSP race since Can Oncu and Adrian Huertas back in 2023 at Jerez. Farther back, Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) was set to start in P12, but he had a Tyre Pressure Infringement, which resulted in a Back of Grid start penalty applied by FIM WorldSBK Stewards.

The top six from the WorldSSP Race 1: Full results here!

1. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura)

2. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) +0.080s

3. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +0.435s

4. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) +0.550s

5. Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) +0.578s

6. Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) +0.932s

Fastest lap: Albert Arenas (Yamaha) – 1’37.085s

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