Beatriz Neila won Race Two of the World Women’s Circuit Racing at Donington Park, in England. Riding her Ampito Crescent Yamaha YZF-R7 on Pirelli control tires, Neila won the 12-lap race by 0.304 second.
Sara Sanchez was the runner-up on her Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha YZF-R7.
Maria Herrera was third on her Klint Forward Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R7.
American Mallory Dobbs got 12th on her Diva Racing Yamaha YZF-R7 and American Sonya Lloyd finished 22nd on her Team Trasimeno Yamaha YZF-R7.
Results WWCR RACE2ChampionshipStandings WCR
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Neila closes Donington with a win, drawing to within just nine points of Title leader Herrera. Beatriz Neila seized her moment with a late overtake on Sara Sanchez to claim her second win of the season.
The fastest women on two wheels took to the track on Sunday for the FIM Womens’ Circuit Racing World Championship Race 2 of the Prosecco DOC UK Round. Neila topped the podium, leading Sara Sanchez across the line, who finished P2. Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) rounded out the podium positions as she finished P3.
Neila’s UK Double: The Madrid rider scores her first win since Assen
Herrera claimed the holeshot to start the race, chased into the first corners by Race 1’s same podium riders Neila and Jones. Sara Sanchez hung close to the group in front of her, closing the gap and fighting with the group for the podium positions. By the final laps, the #36 and Sanchez fought for P1, Neila coming out on top, and her win cut Herrera’s Championship lead down to just nine points. In the Melbourne Hairpin on the final lap, Jones and Herrera made contact, Jones ending up on the turf to finish P11. Hererra went on to finish P3 and earn her sixth podium of the season; however, third place means her worst result of the season so far. Inversely, Sara Sanchez’s P2 was her best result of the season, ahead of her pair of P3s from Assen.
Boudesseul Shines Again: Tops her Saturday P5 with a Race 2 P4, a new season best
Lucie Boudesseul (GMT94-YAMAHA) and Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) clashed for P5 in the early laps. Ponziani eventually overtook the French rider, signalling to the #17 to follow her to cut down the gap to the podium fight in front of them. Their collaboration paid off as with five laps to go, the pair had closed to within less than half a second of the podium fight in front of them. In the end, the Frenchwoman was able to climb past Ponziani for P4, yet they were not able to fight for the podium in earnest. Her Race 1 P5 and Race 2 P4 are a clear step forward for her, which she hopes to continue in rounds to come. Ponziani was pushed down to P5 and lost her P3 Riders’ Championship position to Sanchez.
Ruiz P6 Again: ties her second-best season result twice at Donington
Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) led the riders behind the group at the front, well behind Ponziani in P5, yet over three seconds clear of Tayla Relph (Full Throttle Racing) behind her in P7. Ornella Ongaro (Ornella Ongaro Racing Team) finished in P8, ahead of Natalia Rivera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) in P9 and Mexican rider Astrid Madrigal (Pons Italika Racing FIMLA) in P10.
The top six from the WorldWCR Race 2: Full results here!
1 Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha)
2. Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) +0.304s
3. Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) +1.006s
4. Lucie Boudesseul (GMT94-YAMAHA) +1.192s
5. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) +1.326s
6. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) +15.446s
Fastest lap: Beatriz Neila – 1’39.270s
Championship Standings:
1 Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) 131 points
2. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) 122
3. Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) 89
4. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) 86
5. Chloe Jones (GR Motosport) 53
6. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) 50
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