Albert Arenas won FIM Supersport World Championship Race One Saturday at Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto, in Spain. Riding his AS BLU CRU Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R9, the 2026 Champion won the 17-lap race by 0.533 second.
Jeremy Alcoba was the runner-up on his Kawasaki ZX-6R 636, 1.728 seconds ahead of third-place finisher Can Oncu, who rode the Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing YZF-R9.
Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crossed the finish line 10th his Eastroc Evan Bros ZXMOTO 820RR.
Albert Arenas leads the championship with 389 points, 92 ahead of Valentin Debise who has 297 points. Can Oncu is third with 250 points.
WSSP RACE 1
More, from a press release issued by WSBK:
Arenas stamps his name in P1 in WorldSSP’s opening race at Jerez, Alcoba stages furious comeback for second place at home. Oncu slid down to P3 late, while Booth-Amos’s P4 lodged three manufacturers in the top four positions.
The FIM Supersport World Championship disputed their first race of the 2026 season’s final round at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto, Andalucia on Saturday afternoon. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) took the fourth win of his rookie season, ahead of Sophomore rider Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team), who put on an impressive comeback to take P2 and an eighth WorldSSP podium. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) took the bronze for his eighth podium of the season in the WorldSSP season’s penultimate race.
ARENAS RIDES CLEAR WHILE ALCOBA PULLS OFF P2 UPSET
The 2026 World Champion Arenas shot off the line to claim the holeshot while Oncu slid in behind him for P2 ahead of Jorge Navarro (PTR Triumph Factory Racing). Arenas stretched his legs to nearly a half-second gap until Oncu strung together a strong couple of laps, taking the lead on Lap 3 at Turn 6. Arenas took P1 back at Turn 1 on the subsequent lap as neither rider was willing to give an inch. The pair ran around two seconds clear of the pack as the #75 led with nine laps to go. Arenas stretched his legs in P1 and went on to take the fourth win of his maiden season. Having started back in P5, Alcoba languished outside the podium places until Lap 11, when he made his way past Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) for P3. Alcoba took chunks out of Oncu’s margin sector by sector, until the Spaniard saw P2 past the #61 at Turn 13 of Lap 15. From there, the #52 forced Arenas to keep the hammer down to defend P1, but Alcoba closed the day in P2 for his fifth podium in five races. Oncu was disappointed to fall to P3 after fighting for the win, but his P3 marks a 38th career WorldSSP podium for the Turk, and he sits fifth in all-time rostrums in the category.
AEGERTER BACK IN THE MIX LATE IN 2026
Booth-Amos caught his replacement teammate on Lap 6 for P3, the two hanging close together as Alcoba closed in behind them. By Lap 6, Alcoba moved up to P4 between the Triumph machines. Alcoba eventually passed him, but Booth-Amos kept his composure to take P4 on Saturday. Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) set off from his season’s best grid position of P4, and the two-time WorldSSP Champion converted that to a season-best race result of the season in P5, improving on his P6 from Assen. Sporting a new helmet design, Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) took P6 in the first race of the weekend, crossing the line just over a quarter of a second behind Aegerter.
NAVARRO TAKES FIRST POINTS OF 2026
After crashing out of both races of his 2026 debut weekend at Estoril, Navarro looked strong early, but after sparring with his teammate, he ran wide at Turn 6 of Lap 6 and would go on to slip to P7. Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing Yamaha) is making himself a fixture in the top ten after landing P10 or better just three times before the summer break. The #7 finished in P8 after his podium to close last round. Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) got the better of Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) on Lap 12, and the pair finished the race in that order as they rounded out the top ten in Race 1.
JESPERSEN UNFIT
Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) and Eric Fernandez (Cerba Yamaha Racing Team) crashed at Turn 13 on the opening lap; Jespersen was taken to the medical centre and later diagnosed with a dislocated right shoulder. Lap 3 saw Yuki Okamoto (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) crash at Turn 11, ending his Saturday early.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 1: Full results here!
- Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team)
- Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) +0.533s
- Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +2.261s
- Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +2.295s
- Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) +5.355s
- Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) +5.618s
Fastest Lap: Jorge Navarro (Triumph), 1’42.053s
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