Maria Herrera won FIM World Women’s Circuit Racing Race 2 Sunday Morning at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, in San Marino. Riding her Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha YZF-R7 on Pirelli control tires, Herrera won the 12-lap race by just 0.075 second.

Beatriz Neila was the runner-up on her Ampito Crescent Yamaha YZF-R7, and Muklada Sarapuech got third on her EEST NJT Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R7, 13.072 seconds behind race winner Herrera. 

American Mallory Dobbs finished the race 20th on her YVS Sabadell Diva Racing Yamaha YZF-R7. 

Maria Herrera leads the championship with 181 points, 24 ahead of Beatriz Neila who has 157 points. Paola Ramos is third with 97 points.

More from a press release issued by WorldSBK:

Last lap fight: Herrera beats Neila by 0.075s in epic Race 2, Thai rider Sarapuech claims first WorldWCR rostrum. Herrera’s race-topping effort adds to her all-time leading tally with 27 podiums.

Maria Herrera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR), Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha), and Muklada Sarapuech (EEST NJT Racing Team) were your Race 2 rostrum riders after a glittering final FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli”. The #6 saw the opportunity for her fifth race win of the season and took it, joined on the podium by Neila with her 22nd consecutive silverware-earning ride, an all-time record streak. Sarapuech was the newest face to earn a podium in the category, earning Thailand its first WorldWCR podium.

HERRERA ONE WIN SHY OF SINGLE-SEASON RECORD

Maria Herrera was beaten into the holeshot by Paola Ramos (Klint Racing Team), however the #6 was back in front by Turn 2. From there, the lead trio of Herrera, Neila and Ramos led the encounter. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Racing Team) capitalised on her teammate running wide and falling down the order. By the race’s midpoint, Neila had closed to within a quarter of a second, and as the laps trickled down, Ponziani fell back, but Neila hung behind the Championship leader. Neila made looks up the inside of the #6, but a strong defensive ride from the #6 was watertight, leaving the #36 behind her in P2 as Herrera took her 17th WorldWCR win. Farther back, Sarapuech at last landed her first podium finish in WorldWCR

PONZIANI TAKES A P4 TO CLOSE HER HOME ROUND

Ponziani closes her home round unable to make her return to the podium, finishing with a proud P4 for the fourth time. Her teammate Ramos was battling for the race win early on until her Turn 16 mistake on Lap 2 saw her run wide off of the track and haemorrhage positions to ride in P10 by the third lap. By Lap 7, Ramos had caught back up to the podium fight, and while she was unable to put the pack behind her and reclaim a spot on the podium, she recovered well to finish in P5. Yvonne Cerpa (MotosCerpa-Gradara Corse) rode solidly again, fighting with Ponziani and Sarapuech across the first half of the race. She rode as high as P3 but will have to settle for a P6 to close the action in Italy.

BRUNO AND JONES OVERCOME PENALTIES TO FINISH TOP 10

Crossing the line in P7, Sara Sanchez (Hadden Racing Team) closed her return round after injury with another top 8 in Italy. She and Karolina Danak (Yamaha AD78 FIMLA) worked together to close the gap to the podium fight, which paid dividends as the pair caught up to even ride as high as P5 briefly. The Polish rider, however, saw gravel on Turn 11 on the final lap, ending her round with no points from Race 2. Natalia Rivera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) was the last of six Spaniards in the top ten, finishing in P8, half a tenth behind Sanchez. Wildcard rider Joy Bruno (Team Trasimeno) recovered from her Long Lap Penalty for Irresponsible Riding in Race 1, handed to her by FIM WorldSBK Stewards for the incident which caused Ramos’s crash, to finish in a proud P9. Lastly, Chloe Jones (Monster Energy Crescent Yamaha) was similarly resilient as she applied a double Long Lap Penalty for a jump start in Race 2. The Brit followed her Race 1 podium with a P10 to close Misano.

The top six from the WorldWCR Race 2: Full results here!

1. Maria Herrera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR)
2. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) +0.075s
3. Muklada Sarapuech (EEST NJT Racing Team) +13.072s
4. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Racing Team) +13.223s
5. Paola Ramos (Klint Racing Team) +13.427s
6. Yvonne Cerpa (MotosCerpa-Gradara Corse) +13.530s

Fastest lap: Maria Herrera, 1’47.843s

Championship standings

1. Maria Herrera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) 181 points
2. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) 157
3. Paola Ramos (Klint Racing Team) 97
4. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Racing Team) 89
5. Muklada Sarapuech (EEST NJT Racing Team) 83
6. Chloe Jones (Monster Energy Crescent Yamaha) 67

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Nicolo Bulega won the World Superbike Superpole Race Sunday morning at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, in San Marino. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, the Championship point leader won the 10-lap race by 1.133 second.

His teammate, Iker Lecuona was the runner-up, and Yari Montella was third on his Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R.

Axel Bassani finished the race fourth on his bimota by Kawasaki KB998 Rimini and Lorenzo Baldassarri got fifth on his Team Goeleven Ducati Panigale V4R. 

American Garrett Gerloff finished 14th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR. 

Nicolo Bulega leads the championship with 409 points, 116 ahead of Iker Lecuona who has 293 points. Yari Montella is third with 154 points.

More from a press release issued by WorldSBK:

Lights to flag: Bulega secures 40th WorldSBK victory with Superpole Race win, Lecuona and Montella complete podium. The Championship leader continued his perfect run in 2026 by making it two from two at Misano. 

Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) made it 20 wins in 2026 by claiming victory in the Tissot Superpole Race for the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship ahead of teammate Iker Lecuona and Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), with the #5 completing the rostrum for the second race at the Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round. Bulega’s win streak is now up to 24 races, including the final four of last season, while half of his WorldSBK victories have come in 2026 alone.

BULEGA BEATS LECUONA

Bulega got the best start when the lights went out while teammate Lecuona had a lot of wheelie off the line, hampering his chances of challenging the #11 off the line and into Turn 1. He closed up over the first lap, but Bulega started eking out a gap over his teammate. That allowed ‘Bulegas’ to make it 24 consecutive WorldSBK victories, extending his all-time record. He’s also won 20 races this season, one behind Toprak Razgatlioglu’s 21 from 2025 for the second-highest value. Lecuona finished in second place, ahead of Montella who claimed a second consecutive podium on home soil, and his seventh of the season. The three Ducati riders will start Race 2 from the front row.

BAD LUCK FOR ALEX LOWES, SURRA PENALISED

Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was running in fourth before he slowed with a technical problem and forcing him out of the race, meaning he’ll have a P10 starting position for Race 2. That promoted Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) into a provisional P4 but he had to defend from a hard-charging Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), but a mistake from Surra allowed Bassani through on Lap 8 at Turn 14. Surra then had to defend from Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team), who started from P11, and was able to do so. However, the #88 lost out to Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) on the final lap, with Surra crossing the line in P5, ‘Balda’ in P6 and Oliveira in seventh. Surra was given a one position drop penalty for an unsafe re-join after he made the mistake at Turn 14. However, it was converted to a three-second time penalty after the race concluded. It means the final order was Baldassarri fifth, Oliveira sixth and Surra seventh.

FIGHTING HARD FOR A TOP NINE

Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) got a barnstorming start to jump from eighth to fifth on the first lap, but he was unable to keep that over the 10-lap race and eventually dropped back to P8. Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing) climbed up to ninth place and was less than a tenth away from ‘Loka’, while Stefano Manzi (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) rounded out the top ten.

CRASHING OUT OF THE SUPERPOLE RACE

Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) crashed out of contention while in the top nine on Lap 2 at Turn 4, meaning he’ll start from the fourth row. Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates) crashed at Turn 1 on Lap 3, while Xavi Vierge (Pata Maxus Yamaha) dropped out of contention after a Turn 16 crash on Lap 5.

The top nine from WorldSBK’s Superpole Race, full results here:

1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati)
2. Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +1.133s
3. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) +7.422s
4. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) 11.940s
5. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) +13.754s
6. Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +14.143s
7. Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) 15.960s
8. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +16.572s
9. Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing) +16.638s

Fastest lap: Nicolo Bulega (Ducati), 1’31.945s – new lap record

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Home Hero, Nicolo Bulega won FIM Superbike World Championship Race One Saturday afternoon at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, in San Marino. Bulega started from pole position and rode his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R to a 6.117- second margin of victory in the 21-lap race.

His teammate, Iker Lecuona was the runner-up and Yari Montella rode his Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R to third. 

Axel Bassani crossed the finish line fourth on his bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team BK998 Rimini and his teammate Alex Lowes got fifth.

American Garrett Gerloff went from 22nd on the grid to 14th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR. 

Nicolo Bulega leads the championship with 397 points, 113 ahead of Iker Lecuona who has 284 points. Yari Montella is third with 147 points.

More from a press release issued by WorldSBK:

Home comforts: Bulega takes first Misano victory ahead of Lecuona, Montella on the WorldSBK rostrum in Race 1. ‘Bulegas’ continued to add to his record-breaking winning run as he won Race 1 ahead of his teammate. 

Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed a first win at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” in style at the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship by six seconds ahead of teammate Iker Lecuona, despite the #7 putting up an early challenge. It extended Bulega’s winning run to 23 races, including 19 this year, while the podium was completed by Yari Montella at the Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round.

BULEGA WINS AGAIN

Lecuona got the best start when lights out when he jumped ahead of polesitter Bulega at Turn 1, before defending through Turns 2 and 3. At Turn 8, ‘Bulegas’ responded at Turn 8 to retake the lead. From there, Bulega gradually opened up the gap over his teammate by a couple of tenths a lap as he claimed his first win at Misano in WorldSBK. It extended his winning run to 23 races, and his podium streak to 32 consecutive races. It also gave him his 75^th podium, tying him with Marco Melandri and Colin Edwards; Melandri and Bulega are now tied as the Italian rider with the most podiums. Lecuona made it 16 consecutive second places, extending his all-time record. Montella claimed a first Misano podium in WorldSBK as he came home in third place, benefitting from Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) crashing out of the race at Turn 5 on Lap 5 from P4.

BIMOTA’S HOME BATTLE

Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) and teammate Axel Bassani started three positions apart, in fourth and seventh, but it didn’t take long for them to be line astern in the race – and battling it out. ‘El Bocia’ tried a couple of times to get ahead of #22 before Bassani got ahead, and pulled out a gap, at Turn 10 on Lap 7. That meant the Italian finished in P4 with Alex Lowes in P5, a strong result for Bimota – and Bassani’s best result since he stood on the podium in Australia – at the manufacturer’s home round; their factory is just a stone’s throw away in Rimini.

LOCATELLI VS OLIVEIRA

Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) continued his run of impressive results as he finished in sixth place, ahead of compatriot Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) in seventh. ‘Loka’ was involved in a fierce fight with Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team), who initially got ahead of him for ninth at the high-speed Curvone, before Locatelli was able to take P7 ahead of the #88. Alvaro Bautista (Barni Spark Racing Team) battled his way into ninth place ahead of Stefano Manzi (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who equalled his best WorldSBK result.

SCORING POINTS IN RACE 1

Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing) finished 11^th after he served a Long Lap Penalty for irresponsible riding in Warm Up. Xavi Vierge (Pata Maxus Yamaha) finished two seconds away from ‘Taz’ in 12^th, while Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates) fended off a late charge from Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) to take 13^th. The Texan had battled Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in the closing stages but, once Gerloff got ahead, the Dutchman seemingly had a technical issue and retired from the race. That promoted Somkiat Chantra (Honda HRC) into the points in 15^th. Bahattin Sofuoglu (Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) missed out on points as he finished in 16^thplace, directly ahead of teammate Mattia Rato.

RETIRING FROM THE OPENING DUEL

Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) retired from the race after he crashed out at Turn 5 on Lap 6, losing the front of his Panigale V4R. Ryan Vickers (Honda HRC) crashed on Lap 3 at Turn 14 and rejoined the race, but brought his Honda machine into the pits to retire from the race after completing 10 laps. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) was in the fight for the top ten, but he crashed at Turn 8 on Lap 19.

The top six from WorldSBK Race 1, full results here:

1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati)
2. Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +6.117s
3. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) +13.823s
4. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +17.626s
5. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +20.746s
6. Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) +24.702s

Fastest lap: Nicolo Bulega (Ducati) – 1’32.552, new lap record

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Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise won FIM Supersport World Championship Race One Saturday afternoon at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, in San Marino. Riding his Eastroc Evan Bros ZXMOTO 820RR, the Frenchman won the 18-lap race by just 0.107 second.

Spaniard Albert Arenas was the runner-up on his AS BLU CRU Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R9, 5.049 seconds ahead of third-place finisher Can Oncu, who rode a Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing Yamaha YZF-R9.

Tom Booth-Amos crossed the finish line fourth on his PTR Triumph Factory Racing Street Triple 765 RS and Alessandro Zaccone got fifth on his Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team Ducati Panigale V2.

Albert Arenas leads the championship with 226 points, 38 ahead of Valentin Debise who has 188 points. Jaume Masia is third with 166 points.

More from a press release issued by WorldSBK:

Debise at the buzzer: The ZXMOTO pulled off a last lap stunner to seal Saturday ahead of Arenas and Oncu. Despite being shuffled to P2, Arenas’s Championship hopes gain a boost after a late crash from title rival Masia. 

Race 1 was a stirring affair to kick off the Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli”. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) was the star of the FIM Supersport World Championship’s opening race in Italy, as he equalled Sam Lowes and Yari Montella for 13th in all-time WorldSSP wins. He was joined on the rostrum by Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) for his 10th rookie-season podium, and his third in a row. Lastly, Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) earned his 36th WorldSSP podium and his sixth of this season. Saturday afternoon’s Race 1 was the third time the trio shared the podium this season after Balaton Park Race 1 and Most Race 1.

DEBISE TAKES HIS 8th WorldSSP WIN

Oncu led Debise and Arenas into Turn 1 for the holeshot, and early on, the pair and Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) isolated themselves at the front. Debise made a play on Turn 11 with 13 laps to go to take P1, with Arenas making his way through moments later. Arenas put himself past the Frenchman on Turn 1 shortly after to lead the affair with 11 laps left to ride.

By Lap 9, lagging pace saw Oncu drop down behind the fight for the race win, narrowing it down to just two riders. On the last lap, Valentin Debise sent himself past with a gutsy move on the high-speed “Curvone” Turn 11, parried by a late Turn 16 overtake by the Spaniard, the #53 saw the move coming and cut back inside of the #75 to take ZXMOTO’s sixth win of their maiden season. His P2 means his lead falls by two points to 38, now tailed by Debise as Masia tumbles to P3, 22 points behind the #53. While he couldn’t fight for the win, Oncu made a welcome return to the podium after an uphill round at Aragon.

BOOTH-AMOS MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH

Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) started from P7 but had a spirited ride in the first half of the race to overcome Zaccone for P5 by Lap 8. After chipping away at Masia’s gap, He made his way through for P4 on Jaume Masia with three laps left to ride. The Spanish rider nearly made his way back through on the Brit; Masia made contact with the #69 and came off worse for wear, crashing on the run to the finish line to see Booth-Amos with P4 and Masia with a DNF, a tough blow to his Championship hopes. Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) shot off the line to make up several positions into P4 early on, but having made a mistake on Lap 8 and posting a lap seven tenths slower than his previous lap, he fell to P6 before Masia’s crash boosted him back up to P5. Mattia Casadei’s impressive home form continued after a P9 placement in Friday’s Tissot Superpole session. He dug in in P7 for most of the race and was rewarded with an improvement to P6 at the finale.

BAYLISS CONTINUES TO SHINE

In P7, Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) continues his much-improved form in 2026, landing his fourth top ten in the last five races. Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) took P8; similarly strong recent riding from the Dane, with five top tens in the last seven races. Closing out the top ten spots, Federico Caricasulo (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) made it two ZXMOTO 820RRs in the top ten for the third time this season from P9, and Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) sealed Saturday in P10.

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

1. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory)
2. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) +0.107s
3. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +5.049s
4. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +5.934s
5. Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) +7.607s
6. Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) +10.450s

Fastest Lap: Valentin Debise (ZXMOTO): 1’37.216s

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