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European Talent Cup Race: Americans Sanchez P9, Matsudaira P23

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European Talent Cup Race: Americans Sanchez P9, Matsudaira P23

American Mikey Lou Sanchez, riding his AC RACING TEAM A.S.D. Honda on the 3.15-mile (5.07 km) track, finished 9th during European Talent Cup Race Sunday afternoon at MotorLand Aragón, in Spain, just 1.075 behind the race winner. 

American Kensei Matsudaira finished the race in 23th on his Snipers Igaxteam Honda. 

Race_ETC Race results

 

From a press release issued by Mikey Lou Sanchez Racing :

Mikey Lou Sanchez finishes P9 in the FIM JuniorGP European Talent Cup Race at Motorland Aragon, coming across the line only 1.075 seconds from the Win.

The weekend started off great with Mikey finishing P9 in FP1 and P5 in FP2. But unfortunately on Saturday, in Practice, Mikey finished P11 which put him in Q1, but he was able to put in a fast lap time to secure his spot in Q2.

Later Saturday afternoon in Q2 Mikey was caught in the middle of the group and wasnt able to get the results he wanted and finished P12 which would have put him 23rd on the grid for the only race on Sunday. After qualifying there were a lot of penalties handed out due to slow riding in sectors, so Mikey’s grid position was now P16 putting him on the 6th row.

The weather conditions were perfect for the only race on Sunday afternoon.

Mikey got a great start and was able to make his way up into 9th position before the race was red flagged due to an accident on the start of the race.

Mikey was ready for the restart and had another great launch moving his way up to 12th on the first lap. This time Mikey was able to stay with the front group the entire race moving all the way up to 8th. But in the last lap he lost one position and finished the race P9 only one second behind the winner!

“It was a very good race, i was glad to finally be up in the front group. I struggled with some grip issues but i continued to push. I’m grateful for my new team ACRacing, my rider coach Nico Ferreira, and Crew Chief Enrico Boni! They’ve made a huge difference!
Looking forward to my next in Misano, Italy September 20-21.”

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WorldWCR: Race Two Results From Hungary (Updated)

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WorldWCR: Race Two Results From Hungary (Updated)

Beatriz Neila won Race Two of the World Women’s Circuit Racing at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding her Ampito Crescent Yamaha YZF-R7 on Pirelli control tires, Neila won the 11-lap race by 0.220 second.

Chloe Jones was the runner-up on her GR Motosport Yamaha YZF-R7. 

Maria Herrera was third on her Klint Forward Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R7, 0.862 behind race winner Neila.

American Mallory Dobbs finished 15th on her Diva Racing Yamaha YZF-R7 and American Sonya Lloyd got 22nd on her Team Trasimeno Yamaha YZF-R7. Wild-card Elisa Gendron finished the first race 24th on her Pons Italika Racing FIMLA Yamaha YZF-R7.

Maria Herrera leads the championship with 172 points, 9 ahead of Beatriz Neila who has 163 points. Roberta Ponziani is third with 112 points.

 

Results WWCR race 2
 ChampionshipStandings WWCR

 

More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

Neila cuts Herrera’s Championship lead back down to nine points, cancelling out Race 1 win. Neila managed moist conditions well to win her third race of the season.

The Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship took to the track for their final race of the Hungarian Round at Balaton Park Circuit.

Neila counters: The title fight rivals trade P1 and P3 across the weekend’s pair of races

Herrera leapt forward from P3 for the holeshot, Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) and Jessica Howden (Team Trasimeno) also gaining positions. As the race continued, Jones and Nelia floated back to the podium battle with Herrera, separated by a margin of around a second from the rest of the group for most of the race. Neila rounded the outside of Herrera to pass her, leaving a window behind her just big enough for Jones to sneak by to shuffle Herrera to P3. Neila led the race into the final lap, the pair having separated themselves from Herrera, who was behind them. Jones pushed hard; however, she lacked the track position to make a move on Neila, landing the #36 her third career WorldWCR Race win. Jones finished in P2, for her third podium in four races. Championship leader Herrea earned her eighth consecutive podium; however, her P3 means her title lead was cut down to nine points.

P4 head-to-head duel: Sanchez and Ponziani laid it on the line for fourth

After braking late and running wide to lose several positions to the pack behind her on the entry to the first corner of the race, Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) was unable to catch back up to the trio at the front. From P4, she led Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) and Pakita Ruiz. Winding down to the final laps, Sanchez and Ponziani pulled away from Ruiz, Ponziani finishing P4 thanks to an overtake with two laps remaining, moving Sanchez to P5. While her pace declined from being able to fight for P4, she finished five seconds ahead of the pack behind her.

TOP 10 consistency: Boudesseul continues to land in the top 10 in her rookie season.

Avalon Lewis (Carl Cox Motorsports) finished her Hungarian Round in P7, an improvement from her Race 1 P8. In eighth place, Howden can hang her hat on the fact that she had a very strong start to the race, running up in P3 at one point. Lucie Boudesseul (GMT94-YAMAHA) earned her second ninth-place of the weekend, continuing her streak of top 10 finishes in races she finished. Mexican rider Astrid Madrigal (Pons Italika Racing FIMLA) earned the final spot in the top 10. The #83 has only missed the top 10 once so far this season.

 

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

1. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha)

2. Chloe Jones (GR Motosport) +0.220s

3. Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) +0.862s

4. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) +4.615s

5. Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) +4.997s

6. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) +10.967s

 Fastest lap: Chloe Jones – 1’53.089s

 

Championship standings

1. Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) 172 points

2. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) 163

3. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) 112

4. Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) 111

5. Chloe Jones (GR Motosport) 93

6. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) 70

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More from a press release issued by Sonya Lloyd Racing: 
 

Sonya Lloyd heads into the summer break after the opening four rounds of the 2025 FIM Women’s Circuit Racing Championship buoyed after her best qualifying performance and a return to the top twenty at the all-new Balaton Park in Hungary.

Arriving at the recently constructed 4.1km circuit which is located to the Hungarian capital – Budapest, the #32 Trasimeno Yamaha rider was confident of closing the gap to the leading riders in the series, something she achieved as the championship entered its second half.

Maximising laps at a new venue for the American by being first on track in both Free Practice and Superpole on Friday worked, with Sonya achieving her best grid position of nineteenth.

Race one was held in hot and humid conditions. Sonya held her own in the opening eleven lap encounter on Saturday. After being shuffled back off the start she eventually found herself inside the top twenty, lapping faster than the riders ahead. She crossed the line to secure her first top twenty finish since Cremona, in May.

Race two was also held in dry conditions after Sonya shone in the wet morning warm up session. Once again battling throughout, she crossed the line after a hard fought eleven laps in twenty-second position.

With four top twenty finishes in the eight races completed so far this season, Sonya is looking to further improve when the series returns at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in early September.

She is also working behind the scenes on a new interactive website which she will launch before the penultimate round of the series.

Sonya Lloyd in action at Balaton Park. Photo courtesy Sonya Lloyd Racing.
Sonya Lloyd in action at Balaton Park. Photo courtesy Sonya Lloyd Racing.

Sonya Lloyd: “Balaton Park was a new circuit for me. Practice went well. I made sure I was the first one out on track so that those who had tested at the track before would come by me and I could then chase them as much as possible. I was taking about a second a lap off my times in practice so this strategy in terms of getting up to speed faster worked. I felt good and knew what changes to make for Superpole. I had a bit of a lonely qualifying. I kept trying to find the pack but sometimes it just doesn’t work out. I wanted more but I qualified nineteenth which is my best grid position of the year so far which shows we are going in the right direction. It was nice in race one to be starting a bit further up the grid and it definitely gave me a jump into turn one. I got a bit squeezed through the opening couple of corners and lost a couple positions. It was hard to pass and the group I was with had completely different riding styles. I eventually made my way forward but by the time I had cleared the slower riders I had too much of a gap to close in the laps left. My lap times were as fast as the group fighting for seventeenth, which is encouraging, and I was gaining on them, I just ran out of laps. We had a wet warm up on Sunday and I was in the top three when I made a stop to check where I was. I felt good and decided to not risk anything before the race so never went back out. By the time race two began the rain had stopped. I got a better launch and was much more aggressive in the first couple of corners but then I got shuffled back a bit. It’s not the race I wanted, and I need to reset during the summer break and come back stronger. I know the results will come and my lap times are much closer to the points zone which is a positive as I head back to the USA. I am looking forward to Magny-Cours, a circuit which nobody has raced at, so see you all there.”

WorldSBK: Superpole Race Results From Hungary

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WorldSBK: Superpole Race Results From Hungary

Toprak Razgatlioglu won the World Superbike Superpole Race Sunday morning at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, the Turkish racer won the 10-lap race by 2.810 seconds.

Sam Lowes was the runner-up on his ELF Marc VDS Ducati Panigale V4R, and Alvaro Bautista was third on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.

Danilo Petrucci finished his race 10th on his Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R and Nicolo Bulega, Bautista’s teammate, crossed the finish line 13th.

American Garrett Gerloff was declared unfit with a lower back injury after his crash in race 1.

Results Superpole WSBK

 

More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

MIXED CONDITIONS THRILLER: Razgatlioglu takes victory in WorldSBK’s 1000th race as Bulega’s tyre gamble fails. Razgatlioglu makes it eight straight race wins as his title rival misses the points for the first time in his two-year WorldSBK career.

The 1000th MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship race is in the books, closing out the first millennium of WorldSBK racing action. The weather threw a spanner in the works at Balaton Park Circuit, as morning rain left damp patches on the track. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) rode undeterred, winning his 14th race this season, leading Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) onto the podium. Bautista and Razgatlioglu have now shared the podium 83 times, just two rostrum finishes shy of Rea and Razgatlioglu, who hold the record. Sam Lowes’ P3 finish earned him his third podium for his second in two rounds, all three podiums earned in Tissot Superpole Races.

Another milestone for Razgatlioglu: With his 60th fastest race lap, he passes Noriyuki Haga, now second all time behind Rea with 104

Toprak landed the holeshot from pole position, looking poised to sail away from the rest of the grid, until Sam Lowes and Danilo Petrucci overtook him on Lap 3. As the race dragged into the latter laps, Petrucci sank the order, falling out of the podium places to P7 with three laps to go. Razgatlioglu laid down two 1’40s laps late in the contest to seal his second race win of the weekend, the defending Champion claiming the glory of having won Race 800, Race 900, and now Race 1000. Each milestone with a different manufacturer: first Kawasaki, then Yamaha and now BMW for Race 1000. Sam Lowes’ (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) thunderous pace to start the race held on long enough to land him P2, but his first WorldSBK win continues to elude him. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) found a way through to P3 early in the running, earning him a solitary third place rostrum finish as he was five seconds behind Lowes, and three seconds ahead of Locatelli, who placed P4. Notably, tyre strategy seemed to play an important role in the mixed conditions, with the podium finishers all opting for slick tyres.

Vierge matches season high: The #97 lands P5 in a wet ride at Balaton

Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) followed ‘El Turco’ into the first corner in P2, but strong rides from Sam Lowes and Alvaro Bautista pushed him down to fourth for the 38th time in his career. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) took home P5, tying his best result of the season. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) led the Bimota tandem with his P6 finish.

British trio close out point-scoring positions: Rookie Ryan Vickers leads from P7

Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) shone in the morning’s Warm Up session, finishing in P3. In the Superpole Race, while he wasn’t quite as fast, he wasn’t far behind, finishing P7 for his career-best WorldSBK result. Tarran Mackenzie (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) in P8 improved on his career-best finish, a P9 set at Assen in a rainy Superpole Race earlier this season. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) snagged the last point-scoring spot in P9, finishing just over a second behind the Scotsman in front of him. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) closed out the top 10, slipping down the order to tenth after a robust start to the race. Petrucci was the fastest rider to race with a pair of intermediate tyres, riding well to place within the top 10 in the difficult conditions.

Bulega slides down the order to P13: Tough break in the rain as the result comes as #11’s worst WorldSBK result

Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) fought with Rea in the last laps to try to land in the points, but the Swiss rider lost out and was shuffled to P11. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) struggled to keep to his regular pace, finishing 0.880s behind the #77. Just before the start of the race, Bulega and his team swapped to intermediate tyres on both wheels, a move that appears to have backfired, as he finished in P13, outside the points for the first time in his WorldSBK career, in a race that he completed. In P14, Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) led Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team), Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team), and Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team on the timesheet. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) crashed in Lap 3 from running in the top 10 positions on Turn 14, ending his race before Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) was forced to retire later in the contest before he saw the chequered flag.

 

The top nine from the WorldSBK Superpole Race full results here!

1 Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 1’40.649s

2. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +2.810s

3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +7.251s

4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +10.216s

5. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) +10.509s

6. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +12.295s

7. Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) +17.005s

8. Tarran Mackenzie (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) +17.065s

9. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +18.241s

Fastest Lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu 1’40.649s

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BSB: Ray Won Race 1 at Brands Hatch

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BSB: Ray Won Race 1 at Brands Hatch

Ray claims first Bennetts BSB Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit victory as Redding closes.

Bradley Ray ended his winning drought on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit by claiming the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship race victory of the weekend as Scott Redding continued to close and Kyle Ryde returned to the podium.

Ray had seized the advantage at the start of the race with Christian Iddon and Rory Skinner initially holding the top three positions ahead of Ryde and Redding.

Ryde was soon into third on the Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing Yamaha, and behind Skinner went wide on lap three at Graham Hill Bend, giving Redding the invitation he needed to move ahead.

Ray was pushing to claim his first Superbike victory at his home circuit and started to edge an advantage, but behind Iddon was holding second until lap six when Ryde attacked at Hawthorns.

Iddon was ready to fight back and he made his move on lap ten at Paddock Hill Bend with a dive down the inside, but the defending champion regained the position at Hawthorns.

Redding though was also in the hunt and he moved into third at Hawthorns and then had Ryde in his sights as Iddon held fourth place on the AJN Steelstock Kawasaki.

The champions then were duelling for second place and Redding launched his move on Ryde at Surtees with a dive down the inside. The Hager PBM Ducati then had his sights firmly set on closing the gap to Ray at the front as Ryde gave chase.

Redding was closing but despite setting the fastest lap of the race to take tomorrow’s Omologato Pole Position, he had to settle for second and take his first podium finish with Hager PBM Ducati since his 2019 title-winning year.

Ryde held third to add to his podium tally for Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing Yamaha, but Iddon and Danny Kent were also in close contention as Team Green equalled their best result of the season and McAMS Racing Yamaha claimed their highest finish of 2025.

Tommy Bridewell fought off Max Cook for sixth place ahead of Skinner who dropped to eighth with DAO Racing Honda’s Josh Brookes and Lee Jackson completing the top ten.

 

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Brands Hatch, Race 1 result:

  1. Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha)
  2. Scott Redding (Hager PBM Ducati) +1.085s
  3. Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing Yamaha) +2.824s
  4. Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +3.376s
  5. Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) + 3.420s
  6. Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +9.867s
  7. Max Cook (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +10.109s
  8. Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Ducati) +11.854s
  9. Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) +12.539s
  10. Lee Jackson (DAO Racing Honda) +12.695s

 

Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:

  1. Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha) 210
  2. Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing Yamaha) 154
  3. Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Ducati) 130
  4. Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Ducati Racing) 122
  5. Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) 111
  6. Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) 93
  7. Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) 88
  8. Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) 81
  9. Glenn Irwin (Hager PBM Ducati) 74
  10. Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing BMW) 73

 

For more information on the Bennetts British Superbike Championship visit www.britishsuperbike.com

 

BRADLEY RAY – RACEWAYS YAMAHA: 

“At the start I was just setting a rhythm and pulled just a little bit of a gap, not a lot to feel safe. Mid race it got out a little bit more over a second and I had this sort of weird feeling with the bike that was like something was going to go wrong with it, and I did like two 26.0s in a row and that led to Scott (Redding) getting close to me at the end. It’s a stressful race watching the pit board every lap not sure if the time is going to be going up or coming down!

“Towards the end, I was watching the pit board and to be honest I had nothing left, I was giving it everything, especially the last three or four laps. It was a long race I didn’t properly look at my pit board until lap 12 and there was still eight laps of the race to go and I felt like I’d done an endurance race already!

“It was a tough race, Scott was strong at the end and Kyle (Ryde) was strong in the middle of the race and was closing in. I think tomorrow is going to be a big fight between all of us, we have a few small things to maybe improve for tomorrow, especially for the second part of the race. I am happy to finally get the first podium here on the GP track on a superbike and to make it a win is even more special.”

MotoAmerica: Results From Saturday’s Talent Cup Race At Mid-Ohio (updated)

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MotoAmerica: Results From Saturday’s Talent Cup Race At Mid-Ohio (updated)

Warhorse Ducati/American Racing’s Alessandro Di Mario won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Talent Cup race over Tytler Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg, with CTR/D&D Cycles’ Bodie Paige third. Yamaha Blu Cru Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane was fourth, ahead of MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher in fifth.

 

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More from a press release issued by MotoAmerica: 

Warhorse Ducati/American Racing’s Alessandro Di Mario didn’t lead the most laps, but he led the only lap that mattered to win a thrilling Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul race at high noon on Saturday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

How close was this one? Seven riders finished within the same second as Di Mario with the race winner besting Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg by a scant .050 of a second after 10 fast and furious laps of Mid-Ohio.

Pole sitter Bodie Paige ran out of gearing and that prevented him from making moves on the back straight on his CTR/D&D Cycles Krämer APX-350 MA. Still, Paige was third and just .250 of a second from victory.

Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane, the only rider to take to the track in a very wet Q2 on Saturday morning, was fourth, just .346 of a second off the lead as seven riders crossed the finish line in a tightly knit pack.

MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher was fifth, .602 of a second behind Di Mario, with Royalty Racing’s Carson King sixth and Team Roberts’ Kody Kopp seventh, the last rider crossing the line within a second of Di Mario.

Kopp, however, set the fastest lap of the race – a 1:37.038 – on the fourth lap while Di Mario recorded just the sixth fastest lap en route to victory.

Bettencourt Racing’s Nathan Bettencourt battled to eighth as he tried in vain to latch on to the lead pack. Even so, he was just a tick over a second from victory.

Ice Barn Racing’s Solly Mervis and D&D Certified Racing’s Landen Smith rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Three different riders – Di Mario, Paige and Vossberg – led laps across the stripe, but there were at least 12 lead changes over the course of the 10-lap race.

After seven races, Di Mario’s fourth victory has stretched his championship points advantage over Drane to 33 points, 152-119. Paige is third with 102 points.

 

Talent Cup Race 1

  1. Alessandro Di Mario
  2. Hank Vossberg
  3. Bodie Paige
  4. Sam Drane
  5. Ella Dreher
  6. Carson King
  7. Kody Kopp
  8. Nathan Bettencourt
  9. Solly Mervis
  10. Landen Smith

 

A pack of six Talent Cup racers head to the finish line on the final lap with Alessandro Di Mario (27) winning his fourth race of the season by just .050 of a second over Hank Vossberg (31). Bodie Paige (65), Sam Drane (59), Ella Dreher (22), and Carson King give chase. Photo by Brian J. Nelson
A pack of six Talent Cup racers head to the finish line on the final lap with Alessandro Di Mario (27) winning his fourth race of the season by just .050 of a second over Hank Vossberg (31). Bodie Paige (65), Sam Drane (59), Ella Dreher (22), and Carson King give chase. Photo by Brian J. Nelson

 

Quotes: 

 

Alessandro Di Mario – Winner

“The chatter was insane. As soon as I started pushing a little bit, my outside foot was slipping out and I was doing everything I could, and it was chattering a lot. I knew I didn’t have the pace to be up there. In the first part of the track they were a little faster, so I didn’t care if I got passed because I knew the straightaway was right after and it’s downhill, so it helped. After I figured out I didn’t have the pace, I just figured I had to be smart about it, and I knew I wanted to make a pass on the last lap, and it just worked out perfectly. When Hank passed me, I knew the group was pretty big, so I just tried to calm down and take it easy and I knew it was going to come down to the last lap and no lap before that mattered. When I was third, I knew that I could draft them, so I decided to make the move on the last lap.”

 

Hank Vossberg – Second Place

“It was crazy. I got not so great of a start, but I just tried to get up with the lead group because I knew that Bodie (Paige) would try and break away. He had some gear problems that allowed me to stay in the lead, and I just knew if I wanted to have a chance in the fight, I had to stay in the top three and get away from all the carnage. I just can’t give it up enough for the team.”

 

Bodie Paige – Third Place

“We just had a little bit of difficulty with our gearing. On the first lap I came down the straight and was hitting the rev limiter right before the speed trap so that definitely didn’t help with my race. Other than that, it was good. I definitely felt like I had the superior speed in that group, but it was just unfortunate, but that’s racing. Sometimes you just miss a setup. We’ll go back and fix it and look forward to the next one. It definitely made me a little bit angry coming down that backstraight knowing that I couldn’t really do anything because I knew I was going to hit the limiter. I tried to place myself in the best possible position but that backstraight definitely killed my last lap. We’ll look at the data and see what gearing we can put on for the next one.”

European Talent Cup: Sanchez P12 in Q2 and Matsudaira P6 in Q1

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European Talent Cup: Sanchez P12 in Q2 and Matsudaira P6 in Q1

American Mikey Lou Sanchez was 12th during European Talent Cup Qualifying 2 Friday afternoon at MotorLand Aragón, in Spain. Riding his AC RACING TEAM A.S.D. Honda on the 3.15-mile (5.07 km) track, the Texan recorded a 2:03.513. 

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American Kensei Matsudaira finished Qualifying 1 in 6th on his Snipers Igaxteam Honda with a lap time of 2:04.235. Matsudaira will start P3 for the Last Chance race tomorrow. 

 

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WorldSSP: Race One Results From Hungary

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WorldSSP: Race One Results From Hungary

Stefano Manzi won FIM Supersport World Championship Race One Saturday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his Pata Yamaha Ten Kate YZF R9, the Italian won the 18-lap race by 3.834 seconds.

Can Oncu was the runner-up on his Blu Cru Evan Bros Yamaha YZF R9,  1.941 second ahead of third-place finisher Bo Bendsneyder, who rode a MV Agusta Reparto Corse F3 800 RR.

Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise suffered a technical issue on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2 on Turn 9 and Did Not Finish (DNF).

 

Stefano Manzi leads the championship with 269 points, 50 ahead of Can Oncu who has 219 points. Tom Booth-Amos is third with 182 points.

 

Results wssp race 1
 ChampionshipStandings WSSP

 

More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

Manzi lands first blow at Balaton for 16th WorldSSP win, stealing critical Championship points from Oncu. Oncu led early, but Manzi made up the gap and took Race 1, further insulating his Championship lead.

Closing out the opening day of racing action at Balaton Park Circuit’s Hungarian Round, the FIM Supersport World Championship grid took to the lakeside circuit for their first race of the weekend. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) beat out Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) as the pair featured in P1 or P2 for the sixth race in a row. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) finished on the rostrum in P3 for his sixth podium of the year as he looks to be enjoying a return to form at Balaton.

Manzi lands first blow at Balaton: The Italian increased his Championship lead to 50 points

Can Oncu was quick as usual at lights out, claiming the holeshot to start the race. Early on, he led the encounter ahead of Bo Bendsneyder, Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and Stefano Manzi, who started back in P5. Manzi slowly reeled in the Turkish rider, until striking on Lap 10 to push Oncu down from P1, quickly carving out a margin of more than a second between him and the #61. The Championship leader would go on to lock down the race win from there. Oncu finished in P2, complicating his comeback hopes in the Championship picture. Fellow Yamaha and WorldSSP rookie Roberto Garcia (GMT94-YAMAHA) looked like he would earn his first WorldSSP podium for most of the encounter, battling well with factory MV Agusta teammates Bo Bendsneyder and Filippo Farioli. However, nearing the end of the race, Bendsneyder got out in front and didn’t let go of the podium position to finish P3.

Jespersen career-high: The Danish rider, in his second full season, finished P6

Garcia was relegated off the podium for P4 by Bendsneyder and was later further demoted to P5 after being applied an Irresponsible Riding penalty by FIM WorldSBK Stewards. Farioli finished in P5; however, after Garcia’s penalty, he was bumped up to P4. Simon Jespersen (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) in P6 earned the best result of his 39-race WorldSSP career. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) had already made up 18 positions by Lap 3, going on to make up a total of 24 positions to finish P7 after his back-of-grid start due to being applied a technical infraction after the Tissot Superpole session.

Top ten spots: Bayliss P8, Oettl P9, Cardelus P10

Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) slipped down five positions after his front-row P3 start, finishing P8, 0.302s behind Masia. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) finished in P9 for his ninth top ten finish of his third WorldSSP season. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) finished in P10, rounding out the top 10 spots.

Mahias and Booth-Amos taste gravel: Current Championship P6 and P3 DNF

Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) went down in the first lap of the race, followed by Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) a few turns later in the early running. Booth-Amos returned, however, crashed again with four laps to go on Turn 9. Mattia Casadei (Motozoo ME Air Racing) was the next to tumble as he and Masia went bar to bar, later resulting in Masia’s Irresponsible Riding Penalty. Niccolo Antonelli (VFT Racing) went down next on the Turn 11 chicane on lap 6. Corentin Perolari (Honda Racing World Supersport) crashed out on Lap 8 from P15 to miss out on scoring in Race 1. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) retired early with three laps to go. Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) was the next to fall, spilling over on Turn 11.

 

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

1 Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing)

2. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) +3.834s

3. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) +5.775s

4. Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) 8.680s

5. Roberto Garcia (GMT94-YAMAHA) 9.000s

6. Simon Jespersen (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) 10.545s

Fastest lap: Stefano Manzi – 1’43.358s

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Moto2 European Championship: Moor P18 in Q2

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Moto2 European Championship: Moor P18 in Q2

American Rossi Attila Moor was 18th during Moto2 European Championship Qualifying 2 Saturday afternoon at MotorLand Aragón, in Spain. Riding his MMR Kalex on the 3.15-mile (5.07 km) track, the American recorded a 1:53.235. Moor Matsudaira will start P17 for the tomorrow’s race. 

 

Reminder: American Max Toth is out having a shoulder surgery. 

 

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MotoAmerica: Paige On Talent Cup Pole At Mid-Ohio

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MotoAmerica: Paige On Talent Cup Pole At Mid-Ohio

In a wet-to-dry Talent Cup Q2 at Mid-Ohio, only Sam Drane braved the tricky conditions. While others stayed in the pits, he went out alone, seizing the moment and logging valuable laps.

The starting grid has been determined based on the Q1 times recorded during yesterday’s qualifying one session.

CTR/D&D Cycles Bodie Paige took pole on Saturday in the MotoAmerica Talent Cup class at Mid-Ohio with a lap time of 1:36.084.

Warhorse Ducati/American Racing’s Alessandro Di Mario was second with a time of 1:36.685. 

Tytler Cycles Racing’s Hank Vossberg was third with a time of 1:37.046. 

The Talent Cup is running in conjunction with AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, along with selected WERA classes. Event operations are being run by WERA Motorcycle Roadracing, with the exception of Talent Cup officiating and timing & scoring, which is being handled by the usual MotoAmerica crew. 

 

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WorldSBK: Race One Results From Hungary

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WorldSBK: Race One Results From Hungary

Toprak Razgatlioglu won FIM Superbike World Championship Race One Saturday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. The 2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, started from pole position, rode his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR to a 3.738- seconds margin of victory in the 20-lap race.

Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R and his teammate Alvaro Bautista finished third. 

Andrea Locatelli, riding his Pata Maxus Yamaha YZF R1, took fourth. 

Danilo Petrucci crossed the finish line fifth on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.

American Garrett Gerloff went from 14th on the grid to 9th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR. 

 

Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 370 points, 9 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 361 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 220 points.

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More from a press release issued by Dorna:

LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN: Seven wins in a row for Razgatlioglu as he wins red-flagged maiden race at Balaton. ‘El Turco’ led ‘Bulegas’ and Bautista across the line for his 160th WorldSBK podium.

MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship’s 999th race got off to a bumpy start with an early red flag restart. Once the Race resumed, the defending Champion was off like a shot for his 13th win of the season. His win marks his 31st win with BMW, tying Colin Edwards’ career win tally with Honda. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) stemmed the #1’s point gain with his sixth-consecutive P2, marking his 43rd WorldSBK podium. In P3, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) earned his 119thcareer rostrum finish, now only 10 points behind Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team), who sits in front of him in third place in the Riders’ Championship.

Chaos at lights out: Seven riders came to grief seconds after lights out

As the pack funnelled into Lap 1’s first chicane, seven riders took a spill in a chain reaction of crashes that took place, involving: Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven), Danilo Petrucci, Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing), Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC), Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), and Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team). Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) was applied a Double Long Lap Penalty for Irresponsible Riding by FIM WorldSBK stewards to start the restarted race. While they were uninjured, Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) and Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) didn’t make the start of the race, ending their Saturday early. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) and Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC), who were taken to the medical centre they remained as the race began again. Later, Lecuona was diagnosed with a left wrist fracture, and Gardner was transported to the hospital with a back contusion and suspected concussion.

Beachead at Balaton: Razgatlioglu carves out a larger Championship points margin for himself with Race 1 win

At the second lights out, Razgatlioglu took the holeshot into the first chicane ahead of Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) and Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team). Pulling away lap after lap by Lap 6, ‘El Turco’ was already 3.166s ahead of the rest of the grid, steaming ahead for his 70th career win. After his crash, Bulega inherited P2 to mitigate ‘El Turco’s point gain. After a clinical overtake on Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha), Alvaro Bautista earned his second consecutive podium after tasting the prosecco at Donington’s Race 2.

Petrucci’s recovery ride: From the back of the grid to P5 for the Italian

Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) started the race well, but to his misfortune, Bulega and later Bautista shuffled him aside to relegate the #55 to P4. Danilo Petrucci’s (Barni Spark Racing Team) bike was still undergoing repairs on the sighting lap, obligating him to start the race from the exit of pit lane for a back-of-grid start. Undeterred, Petrucci cut his way up the timesheet, finishing the contest in P5. After Petrucci overtook him for P5, Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) gave chase but was unable to recover the position. His P6 still comes as a welcome result, landing four manufacturers in the top six.

Battle for P8: Rea, Montella, Vierge and Gerloff lock horns

Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) and Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) wrestled for P8 throughout the race before Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) crashed out with six laps to go. Montella ended up coming out on top, followed by Vierge in P8 and Gerloff in P9. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) rounded out the top 10, recovering from several lost positions after he ran wide early in the race. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) took home P11 and P12, Aegerter finishing just over half a second behind the Dutchman.

Mackenzie scores with new team: P14 for the Scotsman

Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) was hampered by his double long lap penalty but rode well to salvage points from the race and finish in P13. Tarran Mackenzie (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) finished in P14 in his first WorldSBK race on Ducati machinery, leading Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) in the final point-scoring positions. Michael Rinaldi (GMT94-YAMAHA), Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), and Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team rounded out the last three finishers in P16, P17 and P18, respectively.

Letdown for Lowes: Crashes out after running in P2.

After the restart, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) was the first rider to crash, a disappointing Race 1 for the English rider after his P2 finish in the Tissot Superpole. Riding well in the top eight, with six laps to go, Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) crashed twice in two laps to finish with a DNF.

 

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

1 Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)

2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +3.738s

3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +6.002s

4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +13.993s

5. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +16.174s

6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +16.590s

Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu – 1’39.732s

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European Talent Cup Race: Americans Sanchez P9, Matsudaira P23

Mikey Lou Sanchez at MotorLand Aragón. Photo by Danny Vela / Life Be Lucky Photography.
Mikey Lou Sanchez at MotorLand Aragón. Photo by Danny Vela / Life Be Lucky Photography.

American Mikey Lou Sanchez, riding his AC RACING TEAM A.S.D. Honda on the 3.15-mile (5.07 km) track, finished 9th during European Talent Cup Race Sunday afternoon at MotorLand Aragón, in Spain, just 1.075 behind the race winner. 

American Kensei Matsudaira finished the race in 23th on his Snipers Igaxteam Honda. 

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From a press release issued by Mikey Lou Sanchez Racing :

Mikey Lou Sanchez finishes P9 in the FIM JuniorGP European Talent Cup Race at Motorland Aragon, coming across the line only 1.075 seconds from the Win.

The weekend started off great with Mikey finishing P9 in FP1 and P5 in FP2. But unfortunately on Saturday, in Practice, Mikey finished P11 which put him in Q1, but he was able to put in a fast lap time to secure his spot in Q2.

Later Saturday afternoon in Q2 Mikey was caught in the middle of the group and wasnt able to get the results he wanted and finished P12 which would have put him 23rd on the grid for the only race on Sunday. After qualifying there were a lot of penalties handed out due to slow riding in sectors, so Mikey’s grid position was now P16 putting him on the 6th row.

The weather conditions were perfect for the only race on Sunday afternoon.

Mikey got a great start and was able to make his way up into 9th position before the race was red flagged due to an accident on the start of the race.

Mikey was ready for the restart and had another great launch moving his way up to 12th on the first lap. This time Mikey was able to stay with the front group the entire race moving all the way up to 8th. But in the last lap he lost one position and finished the race P9 only one second behind the winner!

“It was a very good race, i was glad to finally be up in the front group. I struggled with some grip issues but i continued to push. I’m grateful for my new team ACRacing, my rider coach Nico Ferreira, and Crew Chief Enrico Boni! They’ve made a huge difference!
Looking forward to my next in Misano, Italy September 20-21.”

Thank you to everyone for the support : 

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WorldWCR: Race Two Results From Hungary (Updated)

WorldWCR Race 2 at Balaton Park, in Hungary. Photo courtesy Dorna.
WorldWCR Race 2 at Balaton Park, in Hungary. Photo courtesy Dorna.

Beatriz Neila won Race Two of the World Women’s Circuit Racing at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding her Ampito Crescent Yamaha YZF-R7 on Pirelli control tires, Neila won the 11-lap race by 0.220 second.

Chloe Jones was the runner-up on her GR Motosport Yamaha YZF-R7. 

Maria Herrera was third on her Klint Forward Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R7, 0.862 behind race winner Neila.

American Mallory Dobbs finished 15th on her Diva Racing Yamaha YZF-R7 and American Sonya Lloyd got 22nd on her Team Trasimeno Yamaha YZF-R7. Wild-card Elisa Gendron finished the first race 24th on her Pons Italika Racing FIMLA Yamaha YZF-R7.

Maria Herrera leads the championship with 172 points, 9 ahead of Beatriz Neila who has 163 points. Roberta Ponziani is third with 112 points.

 

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More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

Neila cuts Herrera’s Championship lead back down to nine points, cancelling out Race 1 win. Neila managed moist conditions well to win her third race of the season.

The Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship took to the track for their final race of the Hungarian Round at Balaton Park Circuit.

Neila counters: The title fight rivals trade P1 and P3 across the weekend’s pair of races

Herrera leapt forward from P3 for the holeshot, Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) and Jessica Howden (Team Trasimeno) also gaining positions. As the race continued, Jones and Nelia floated back to the podium battle with Herrera, separated by a margin of around a second from the rest of the group for most of the race. Neila rounded the outside of Herrera to pass her, leaving a window behind her just big enough for Jones to sneak by to shuffle Herrera to P3. Neila led the race into the final lap, the pair having separated themselves from Herrera, who was behind them. Jones pushed hard; however, she lacked the track position to make a move on Neila, landing the #36 her third career WorldWCR Race win. Jones finished in P2, for her third podium in four races. Championship leader Herrea earned her eighth consecutive podium; however, her P3 means her title lead was cut down to nine points.

P4 head-to-head duel: Sanchez and Ponziani laid it on the line for fourth

After braking late and running wide to lose several positions to the pack behind her on the entry to the first corner of the race, Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) was unable to catch back up to the trio at the front. From P4, she led Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) and Pakita Ruiz. Winding down to the final laps, Sanchez and Ponziani pulled away from Ruiz, Ponziani finishing P4 thanks to an overtake with two laps remaining, moving Sanchez to P5. While her pace declined from being able to fight for P4, she finished five seconds ahead of the pack behind her.

TOP 10 consistency: Boudesseul continues to land in the top 10 in her rookie season.

Avalon Lewis (Carl Cox Motorsports) finished her Hungarian Round in P7, an improvement from her Race 1 P8. In eighth place, Howden can hang her hat on the fact that she had a very strong start to the race, running up in P3 at one point. Lucie Boudesseul (GMT94-YAMAHA) earned her second ninth-place of the weekend, continuing her streak of top 10 finishes in races she finished. Mexican rider Astrid Madrigal (Pons Italika Racing FIMLA) earned the final spot in the top 10. The #83 has only missed the top 10 once so far this season.

 

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

1. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha)

2. Chloe Jones (GR Motosport) +0.220s

3. Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) +0.862s

4. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) +4.615s

5. Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) +4.997s

6. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) +10.967s

 Fastest lap: Chloe Jones – 1’53.089s

 

Championship standings

1. Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) 172 points

2. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) 163

3. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) 112

4. Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) 111

5. Chloe Jones (GR Motosport) 93

6. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) 70

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More from a press release issued by Sonya Lloyd Racing: 
 

Sonya Lloyd heads into the summer break after the opening four rounds of the 2025 FIM Women’s Circuit Racing Championship buoyed after her best qualifying performance and a return to the top twenty at the all-new Balaton Park in Hungary.

Arriving at the recently constructed 4.1km circuit which is located to the Hungarian capital – Budapest, the #32 Trasimeno Yamaha rider was confident of closing the gap to the leading riders in the series, something she achieved as the championship entered its second half.

Maximising laps at a new venue for the American by being first on track in both Free Practice and Superpole on Friday worked, with Sonya achieving her best grid position of nineteenth.

Race one was held in hot and humid conditions. Sonya held her own in the opening eleven lap encounter on Saturday. After being shuffled back off the start she eventually found herself inside the top twenty, lapping faster than the riders ahead. She crossed the line to secure her first top twenty finish since Cremona, in May.

Race two was also held in dry conditions after Sonya shone in the wet morning warm up session. Once again battling throughout, she crossed the line after a hard fought eleven laps in twenty-second position.

With four top twenty finishes in the eight races completed so far this season, Sonya is looking to further improve when the series returns at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in early September.

She is also working behind the scenes on a new interactive website which she will launch before the penultimate round of the series.

Sonya Lloyd in action at Balaton Park. Photo courtesy Sonya Lloyd Racing.
Sonya Lloyd in action at Balaton Park. Photo courtesy Sonya Lloyd Racing.

Sonya Lloyd: “Balaton Park was a new circuit for me. Practice went well. I made sure I was the first one out on track so that those who had tested at the track before would come by me and I could then chase them as much as possible. I was taking about a second a lap off my times in practice so this strategy in terms of getting up to speed faster worked. I felt good and knew what changes to make for Superpole. I had a bit of a lonely qualifying. I kept trying to find the pack but sometimes it just doesn’t work out. I wanted more but I qualified nineteenth which is my best grid position of the year so far which shows we are going in the right direction. It was nice in race one to be starting a bit further up the grid and it definitely gave me a jump into turn one. I got a bit squeezed through the opening couple of corners and lost a couple positions. It was hard to pass and the group I was with had completely different riding styles. I eventually made my way forward but by the time I had cleared the slower riders I had too much of a gap to close in the laps left. My lap times were as fast as the group fighting for seventeenth, which is encouraging, and I was gaining on them, I just ran out of laps. We had a wet warm up on Sunday and I was in the top three when I made a stop to check where I was. I felt good and decided to not risk anything before the race so never went back out. By the time race two began the rain had stopped. I got a better launch and was much more aggressive in the first couple of corners but then I got shuffled back a bit. It’s not the race I wanted, and I need to reset during the summer break and come back stronger. I know the results will come and my lap times are much closer to the points zone which is a positive as I head back to the USA. I am looking forward to Magny-Cours, a circuit which nobody has raced at, so see you all there.”

WorldSBK: Superpole Race Results From Hungary

Balaton Park, in Hungary. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Balaton Park, in Hungary. Photo courtesy Dorna.

Toprak Razgatlioglu won the World Superbike Superpole Race Sunday morning at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, the Turkish racer won the 10-lap race by 2.810 seconds.

Sam Lowes was the runner-up on his ELF Marc VDS Ducati Panigale V4R, and Alvaro Bautista was third on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.

Danilo Petrucci finished his race 10th on his Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R and Nicolo Bulega, Bautista’s teammate, crossed the finish line 13th.

American Garrett Gerloff was declared unfit with a lower back injury after his crash in race 1.

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More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

MIXED CONDITIONS THRILLER: Razgatlioglu takes victory in WorldSBK’s 1000th race as Bulega’s tyre gamble fails. Razgatlioglu makes it eight straight race wins as his title rival misses the points for the first time in his two-year WorldSBK career.

The 1000th MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship race is in the books, closing out the first millennium of WorldSBK racing action. The weather threw a spanner in the works at Balaton Park Circuit, as morning rain left damp patches on the track. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) rode undeterred, winning his 14th race this season, leading Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) onto the podium. Bautista and Razgatlioglu have now shared the podium 83 times, just two rostrum finishes shy of Rea and Razgatlioglu, who hold the record. Sam Lowes’ P3 finish earned him his third podium for his second in two rounds, all three podiums earned in Tissot Superpole Races.

Another milestone for Razgatlioglu: With his 60th fastest race lap, he passes Noriyuki Haga, now second all time behind Rea with 104

Toprak landed the holeshot from pole position, looking poised to sail away from the rest of the grid, until Sam Lowes and Danilo Petrucci overtook him on Lap 3. As the race dragged into the latter laps, Petrucci sank the order, falling out of the podium places to P7 with three laps to go. Razgatlioglu laid down two 1’40s laps late in the contest to seal his second race win of the weekend, the defending Champion claiming the glory of having won Race 800, Race 900, and now Race 1000. Each milestone with a different manufacturer: first Kawasaki, then Yamaha and now BMW for Race 1000. Sam Lowes’ (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) thunderous pace to start the race held on long enough to land him P2, but his first WorldSBK win continues to elude him. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) found a way through to P3 early in the running, earning him a solitary third place rostrum finish as he was five seconds behind Lowes, and three seconds ahead of Locatelli, who placed P4. Notably, tyre strategy seemed to play an important role in the mixed conditions, with the podium finishers all opting for slick tyres.

Vierge matches season high: The #97 lands P5 in a wet ride at Balaton

Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) followed ‘El Turco’ into the first corner in P2, but strong rides from Sam Lowes and Alvaro Bautista pushed him down to fourth for the 38th time in his career. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) took home P5, tying his best result of the season. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) led the Bimota tandem with his P6 finish.

British trio close out point-scoring positions: Rookie Ryan Vickers leads from P7

Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) shone in the morning’s Warm Up session, finishing in P3. In the Superpole Race, while he wasn’t quite as fast, he wasn’t far behind, finishing P7 for his career-best WorldSBK result. Tarran Mackenzie (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) in P8 improved on his career-best finish, a P9 set at Assen in a rainy Superpole Race earlier this season. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) snagged the last point-scoring spot in P9, finishing just over a second behind the Scotsman in front of him. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) closed out the top 10, slipping down the order to tenth after a robust start to the race. Petrucci was the fastest rider to race with a pair of intermediate tyres, riding well to place within the top 10 in the difficult conditions.

Bulega slides down the order to P13: Tough break in the rain as the result comes as #11’s worst WorldSBK result

Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) fought with Rea in the last laps to try to land in the points, but the Swiss rider lost out and was shuffled to P11. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) struggled to keep to his regular pace, finishing 0.880s behind the #77. Just before the start of the race, Bulega and his team swapped to intermediate tyres on both wheels, a move that appears to have backfired, as he finished in P13, outside the points for the first time in his WorldSBK career, in a race that he completed. In P14, Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) led Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team), Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team), and Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team on the timesheet. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) crashed in Lap 3 from running in the top 10 positions on Turn 14, ending his race before Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) was forced to retire later in the contest before he saw the chequered flag.

 

The top nine from the WorldSBK Superpole Race full results here!

1 Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 1’40.649s

2. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +2.810s

3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +7.251s

4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +10.216s

5. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) +10.509s

6. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +12.295s

7. Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) +17.005s

8. Tarran Mackenzie (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) +17.065s

9. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +18.241s

Fastest Lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu 1’40.649s

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BSB: Ray Won Race 1 at Brands Hatch

Bradley Ray during BCB race 1 at Brands Hatch. Photo courtesy BSB.
Bradley Ray during BCB race 1 at Brands Hatch. Photo courtesy BSB.

Ray claims first Bennetts BSB Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit victory as Redding closes.

Bradley Ray ended his winning drought on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit by claiming the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship race victory of the weekend as Scott Redding continued to close and Kyle Ryde returned to the podium.

Ray had seized the advantage at the start of the race with Christian Iddon and Rory Skinner initially holding the top three positions ahead of Ryde and Redding.

Ryde was soon into third on the Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing Yamaha, and behind Skinner went wide on lap three at Graham Hill Bend, giving Redding the invitation he needed to move ahead.

Ray was pushing to claim his first Superbike victory at his home circuit and started to edge an advantage, but behind Iddon was holding second until lap six when Ryde attacked at Hawthorns.

Iddon was ready to fight back and he made his move on lap ten at Paddock Hill Bend with a dive down the inside, but the defending champion regained the position at Hawthorns.

Redding though was also in the hunt and he moved into third at Hawthorns and then had Ryde in his sights as Iddon held fourth place on the AJN Steelstock Kawasaki.

The champions then were duelling for second place and Redding launched his move on Ryde at Surtees with a dive down the inside. The Hager PBM Ducati then had his sights firmly set on closing the gap to Ray at the front as Ryde gave chase.

Redding was closing but despite setting the fastest lap of the race to take tomorrow’s Omologato Pole Position, he had to settle for second and take his first podium finish with Hager PBM Ducati since his 2019 title-winning year.

Ryde held third to add to his podium tally for Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing Yamaha, but Iddon and Danny Kent were also in close contention as Team Green equalled their best result of the season and McAMS Racing Yamaha claimed their highest finish of 2025.

Tommy Bridewell fought off Max Cook for sixth place ahead of Skinner who dropped to eighth with DAO Racing Honda’s Josh Brookes and Lee Jackson completing the top ten.

 

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Brands Hatch, Race 1 result:

  1. Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha)
  2. Scott Redding (Hager PBM Ducati) +1.085s
  3. Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing Yamaha) +2.824s
  4. Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +3.376s
  5. Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) + 3.420s
  6. Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +9.867s
  7. Max Cook (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +10.109s
  8. Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Ducati) +11.854s
  9. Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) +12.539s
  10. Lee Jackson (DAO Racing Honda) +12.695s

 

Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:

  1. Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha) 210
  2. Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing Yamaha) 154
  3. Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Ducati) 130
  4. Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Ducati Racing) 122
  5. Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) 111
  6. Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) 93
  7. Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) 88
  8. Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) 81
  9. Glenn Irwin (Hager PBM Ducati) 74
  10. Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing BMW) 73

 

For more information on the Bennetts British Superbike Championship visit www.britishsuperbike.com

 

BRADLEY RAY – RACEWAYS YAMAHA: 

“At the start I was just setting a rhythm and pulled just a little bit of a gap, not a lot to feel safe. Mid race it got out a little bit more over a second and I had this sort of weird feeling with the bike that was like something was going to go wrong with it, and I did like two 26.0s in a row and that led to Scott (Redding) getting close to me at the end. It’s a stressful race watching the pit board every lap not sure if the time is going to be going up or coming down!

“Towards the end, I was watching the pit board and to be honest I had nothing left, I was giving it everything, especially the last three or four laps. It was a long race I didn’t properly look at my pit board until lap 12 and there was still eight laps of the race to go and I felt like I’d done an endurance race already!

“It was a tough race, Scott was strong at the end and Kyle (Ryde) was strong in the middle of the race and was closing in. I think tomorrow is going to be a big fight between all of us, we have a few small things to maybe improve for tomorrow, especially for the second part of the race. I am happy to finally get the first podium here on the GP track on a superbike and to make it a win is even more special.”

MotoAmerica: Results From Saturday’s Talent Cup Race At Mid-Ohio (updated)

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Photo courtesy Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Warhorse Ducati/American Racing’s Alessandro Di Mario won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Talent Cup race over Tytler Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg, with CTR/D&D Cycles’ Bodie Paige third. Yamaha Blu Cru Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane was fourth, ahead of MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher in fifth.

 

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More from a press release issued by MotoAmerica: 

Warhorse Ducati/American Racing’s Alessandro Di Mario didn’t lead the most laps, but he led the only lap that mattered to win a thrilling Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul race at high noon on Saturday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

How close was this one? Seven riders finished within the same second as Di Mario with the race winner besting Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg by a scant .050 of a second after 10 fast and furious laps of Mid-Ohio.

Pole sitter Bodie Paige ran out of gearing and that prevented him from making moves on the back straight on his CTR/D&D Cycles Krämer APX-350 MA. Still, Paige was third and just .250 of a second from victory.

Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane, the only rider to take to the track in a very wet Q2 on Saturday morning, was fourth, just .346 of a second off the lead as seven riders crossed the finish line in a tightly knit pack.

MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher was fifth, .602 of a second behind Di Mario, with Royalty Racing’s Carson King sixth and Team Roberts’ Kody Kopp seventh, the last rider crossing the line within a second of Di Mario.

Kopp, however, set the fastest lap of the race – a 1:37.038 – on the fourth lap while Di Mario recorded just the sixth fastest lap en route to victory.

Bettencourt Racing’s Nathan Bettencourt battled to eighth as he tried in vain to latch on to the lead pack. Even so, he was just a tick over a second from victory.

Ice Barn Racing’s Solly Mervis and D&D Certified Racing’s Landen Smith rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Three different riders – Di Mario, Paige and Vossberg – led laps across the stripe, but there were at least 12 lead changes over the course of the 10-lap race.

After seven races, Di Mario’s fourth victory has stretched his championship points advantage over Drane to 33 points, 152-119. Paige is third with 102 points.

 

Talent Cup Race 1

  1. Alessandro Di Mario
  2. Hank Vossberg
  3. Bodie Paige
  4. Sam Drane
  5. Ella Dreher
  6. Carson King
  7. Kody Kopp
  8. Nathan Bettencourt
  9. Solly Mervis
  10. Landen Smith

 

A pack of six Talent Cup racers head to the finish line on the final lap with Alessandro Di Mario (27) winning his fourth race of the season by just .050 of a second over Hank Vossberg (31). Bodie Paige (65), Sam Drane (59), Ella Dreher (22), and Carson King give chase. Photo by Brian J. Nelson
A pack of six Talent Cup racers head to the finish line on the final lap with Alessandro Di Mario (27) winning his fourth race of the season by just .050 of a second over Hank Vossberg (31). Bodie Paige (65), Sam Drane (59), Ella Dreher (22), and Carson King give chase. Photo by Brian J. Nelson

 

Quotes: 

 

Alessandro Di Mario – Winner

“The chatter was insane. As soon as I started pushing a little bit, my outside foot was slipping out and I was doing everything I could, and it was chattering a lot. I knew I didn’t have the pace to be up there. In the first part of the track they were a little faster, so I didn’t care if I got passed because I knew the straightaway was right after and it’s downhill, so it helped. After I figured out I didn’t have the pace, I just figured I had to be smart about it, and I knew I wanted to make a pass on the last lap, and it just worked out perfectly. When Hank passed me, I knew the group was pretty big, so I just tried to calm down and take it easy and I knew it was going to come down to the last lap and no lap before that mattered. When I was third, I knew that I could draft them, so I decided to make the move on the last lap.”

 

Hank Vossberg – Second Place

“It was crazy. I got not so great of a start, but I just tried to get up with the lead group because I knew that Bodie (Paige) would try and break away. He had some gear problems that allowed me to stay in the lead, and I just knew if I wanted to have a chance in the fight, I had to stay in the top three and get away from all the carnage. I just can’t give it up enough for the team.”

 

Bodie Paige – Third Place

“We just had a little bit of difficulty with our gearing. On the first lap I came down the straight and was hitting the rev limiter right before the speed trap so that definitely didn’t help with my race. Other than that, it was good. I definitely felt like I had the superior speed in that group, but it was just unfortunate, but that’s racing. Sometimes you just miss a setup. We’ll go back and fix it and look forward to the next one. It definitely made me a little bit angry coming down that backstraight knowing that I couldn’t really do anything because I knew I was going to hit the limiter. I tried to place myself in the best possible position but that backstraight definitely killed my last lap. We’ll look at the data and see what gearing we can put on for the next one.”

European Talent Cup: Sanchez P12 in Q2 and Matsudaira P6 in Q1

Mikey Lou Sanchez on his AC RACING TEAM A.S.D. Honda at MotorLand Aragón. Photo credit Danny Vela / Life Be Lucky Photography.
Mikey Lou Sanchez on his AC RACING TEAM A.S.D. Honda at MotorLand Aragón. Photo credit Danny Vela / Life Be Lucky Photography.

American Mikey Lou Sanchez was 12th during European Talent Cup Qualifying 2 Friday afternoon at MotorLand Aragón, in Spain. Riding his AC RACING TEAM A.S.D. Honda on the 3.15-mile (5.07 km) track, the Texan recorded a 2:03.513. 

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American Kensei Matsudaira finished Qualifying 1 in 6th on his Snipers Igaxteam Honda with a lap time of 2:04.235. Matsudaira will start P3 for the Last Chance race tomorrow. 

 

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WorldSSP: Race One Results From Hungary

Teammates, Bo Bendsneyder (11) and Filippo Farioli (77) during WSSP Race 1 at Balaton Park. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Teammates, Bo Bendsneyder (11) and Filippo Farioli (77) during WSSP Race 1 at Balaton Park. Photo courtesy Dorna.

Stefano Manzi won FIM Supersport World Championship Race One Saturday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his Pata Yamaha Ten Kate YZF R9, the Italian won the 18-lap race by 3.834 seconds.

Can Oncu was the runner-up on his Blu Cru Evan Bros Yamaha YZF R9,  1.941 second ahead of third-place finisher Bo Bendsneyder, who rode a MV Agusta Reparto Corse F3 800 RR.

Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise suffered a technical issue on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2 on Turn 9 and Did Not Finish (DNF).

 

Stefano Manzi leads the championship with 269 points, 50 ahead of Can Oncu who has 219 points. Tom Booth-Amos is third with 182 points.

 

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More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

Manzi lands first blow at Balaton for 16th WorldSSP win, stealing critical Championship points from Oncu. Oncu led early, but Manzi made up the gap and took Race 1, further insulating his Championship lead.

Closing out the opening day of racing action at Balaton Park Circuit’s Hungarian Round, the FIM Supersport World Championship grid took to the lakeside circuit for their first race of the weekend. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) beat out Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) as the pair featured in P1 or P2 for the sixth race in a row. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) finished on the rostrum in P3 for his sixth podium of the year as he looks to be enjoying a return to form at Balaton.

Manzi lands first blow at Balaton: The Italian increased his Championship lead to 50 points

Can Oncu was quick as usual at lights out, claiming the holeshot to start the race. Early on, he led the encounter ahead of Bo Bendsneyder, Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and Stefano Manzi, who started back in P5. Manzi slowly reeled in the Turkish rider, until striking on Lap 10 to push Oncu down from P1, quickly carving out a margin of more than a second between him and the #61. The Championship leader would go on to lock down the race win from there. Oncu finished in P2, complicating his comeback hopes in the Championship picture. Fellow Yamaha and WorldSSP rookie Roberto Garcia (GMT94-YAMAHA) looked like he would earn his first WorldSSP podium for most of the encounter, battling well with factory MV Agusta teammates Bo Bendsneyder and Filippo Farioli. However, nearing the end of the race, Bendsneyder got out in front and didn’t let go of the podium position to finish P3.

Jespersen career-high: The Danish rider, in his second full season, finished P6

Garcia was relegated off the podium for P4 by Bendsneyder and was later further demoted to P5 after being applied an Irresponsible Riding penalty by FIM WorldSBK Stewards. Farioli finished in P5; however, after Garcia’s penalty, he was bumped up to P4. Simon Jespersen (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) in P6 earned the best result of his 39-race WorldSSP career. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) had already made up 18 positions by Lap 3, going on to make up a total of 24 positions to finish P7 after his back-of-grid start due to being applied a technical infraction after the Tissot Superpole session.

Top ten spots: Bayliss P8, Oettl P9, Cardelus P10

Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) slipped down five positions after his front-row P3 start, finishing P8, 0.302s behind Masia. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) finished in P9 for his ninth top ten finish of his third WorldSSP season. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) finished in P10, rounding out the top 10 spots.

Mahias and Booth-Amos taste gravel: Current Championship P6 and P3 DNF

Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) went down in the first lap of the race, followed by Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) a few turns later in the early running. Booth-Amos returned, however, crashed again with four laps to go on Turn 9. Mattia Casadei (Motozoo ME Air Racing) was the next to tumble as he and Masia went bar to bar, later resulting in Masia’s Irresponsible Riding Penalty. Niccolo Antonelli (VFT Racing) went down next on the Turn 11 chicane on lap 6. Corentin Perolari (Honda Racing World Supersport) crashed out on Lap 8 from P15 to miss out on scoring in Race 1. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) retired early with three laps to go. Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) was the next to fall, spilling over on Turn 11.

 

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

1 Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing)

2. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) +3.834s

3. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) +5.775s

4. Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) 8.680s

5. Roberto Garcia (GMT94-YAMAHA) 9.000s

6. Simon Jespersen (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) 10.545s

Fastest lap: Stefano Manzi – 1’43.358s

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Moto2 European Championship: Moor P18 in Q2

Rossi Moor at MotorLand Aragon. Photo courtesy MMR Team.
Rossi Moor at MotorLand Aragon. Photo courtesy MMR Team.

American Rossi Attila Moor was 18th during Moto2 European Championship Qualifying 2 Saturday afternoon at MotorLand Aragón, in Spain. Riding his MMR Kalex on the 3.15-mile (5.07 km) track, the American recorded a 1:53.235. Moor Matsudaira will start P17 for the tomorrow’s race. 

 

Reminder: American Max Toth is out having a shoulder surgery. 

 

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MotoAmerica: Paige On Talent Cup Pole At Mid-Ohio

Bodie Paige earned pole position at Mid-Ohio. Photo by Brian J Nelson.
Bodie Paige earned pole position at Mid-Ohio. Photo by Brian J Nelson.

In a wet-to-dry Talent Cup Q2 at Mid-Ohio, only Sam Drane braved the tricky conditions. While others stayed in the pits, he went out alone, seizing the moment and logging valuable laps.

The starting grid has been determined based on the Q1 times recorded during yesterday’s qualifying one session.

CTR/D&D Cycles Bodie Paige took pole on Saturday in the MotoAmerica Talent Cup class at Mid-Ohio with a lap time of 1:36.084.

Warhorse Ducati/American Racing’s Alessandro Di Mario was second with a time of 1:36.685. 

Tytler Cycles Racing’s Hank Vossberg was third with a time of 1:37.046. 

The Talent Cup is running in conjunction with AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, along with selected WERA classes. Event operations are being run by WERA Motorcycle Roadracing, with the exception of Talent Cup officiating and timing & scoring, which is being handled by the usual MotoAmerica crew. 

 

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WorldSBK: Race One Results From Hungary

World Superbike race 1 at Balaton Park in Hungary. Photo courtesy Dorna.
World Superbike race 1 at Balaton Park in Hungary. Photo courtesy Dorna.

Toprak Razgatlioglu won FIM Superbike World Championship Race One Saturday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. The 2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, started from pole position, rode his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR to a 3.738- seconds margin of victory in the 20-lap race.

Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R and his teammate Alvaro Bautista finished third. 

Andrea Locatelli, riding his Pata Maxus Yamaha YZF R1, took fourth. 

Danilo Petrucci crossed the finish line fifth on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.

American Garrett Gerloff went from 14th on the grid to 9th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR. 

 

Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 370 points, 9 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 361 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 220 points.

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More from a press release issued by Dorna:

LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN: Seven wins in a row for Razgatlioglu as he wins red-flagged maiden race at Balaton. ‘El Turco’ led ‘Bulegas’ and Bautista across the line for his 160th WorldSBK podium.

MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship’s 999th race got off to a bumpy start with an early red flag restart. Once the Race resumed, the defending Champion was off like a shot for his 13th win of the season. His win marks his 31st win with BMW, tying Colin Edwards’ career win tally with Honda. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) stemmed the #1’s point gain with his sixth-consecutive P2, marking his 43rd WorldSBK podium. In P3, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) earned his 119thcareer rostrum finish, now only 10 points behind Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team), who sits in front of him in third place in the Riders’ Championship.

Chaos at lights out: Seven riders came to grief seconds after lights out

As the pack funnelled into Lap 1’s first chicane, seven riders took a spill in a chain reaction of crashes that took place, involving: Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven), Danilo Petrucci, Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing), Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC), Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), and Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team). Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) was applied a Double Long Lap Penalty for Irresponsible Riding by FIM WorldSBK stewards to start the restarted race. While they were uninjured, Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) and Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) didn’t make the start of the race, ending their Saturday early. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) and Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC), who were taken to the medical centre they remained as the race began again. Later, Lecuona was diagnosed with a left wrist fracture, and Gardner was transported to the hospital with a back contusion and suspected concussion.

Beachead at Balaton: Razgatlioglu carves out a larger Championship points margin for himself with Race 1 win

At the second lights out, Razgatlioglu took the holeshot into the first chicane ahead of Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) and Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team). Pulling away lap after lap by Lap 6, ‘El Turco’ was already 3.166s ahead of the rest of the grid, steaming ahead for his 70th career win. After his crash, Bulega inherited P2 to mitigate ‘El Turco’s point gain. After a clinical overtake on Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha), Alvaro Bautista earned his second consecutive podium after tasting the prosecco at Donington’s Race 2.

Petrucci’s recovery ride: From the back of the grid to P5 for the Italian

Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) started the race well, but to his misfortune, Bulega and later Bautista shuffled him aside to relegate the #55 to P4. Danilo Petrucci’s (Barni Spark Racing Team) bike was still undergoing repairs on the sighting lap, obligating him to start the race from the exit of pit lane for a back-of-grid start. Undeterred, Petrucci cut his way up the timesheet, finishing the contest in P5. After Petrucci overtook him for P5, Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) gave chase but was unable to recover the position. His P6 still comes as a welcome result, landing four manufacturers in the top six.

Battle for P8: Rea, Montella, Vierge and Gerloff lock horns

Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) and Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) wrestled for P8 throughout the race before Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) crashed out with six laps to go. Montella ended up coming out on top, followed by Vierge in P8 and Gerloff in P9. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) rounded out the top 10, recovering from several lost positions after he ran wide early in the race. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) took home P11 and P12, Aegerter finishing just over half a second behind the Dutchman.

Mackenzie scores with new team: P14 for the Scotsman

Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) was hampered by his double long lap penalty but rode well to salvage points from the race and finish in P13. Tarran Mackenzie (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) finished in P14 in his first WorldSBK race on Ducati machinery, leading Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) in the final point-scoring positions. Michael Rinaldi (GMT94-YAMAHA), Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), and Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team rounded out the last three finishers in P16, P17 and P18, respectively.

Letdown for Lowes: Crashes out after running in P2.

After the restart, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) was the first rider to crash, a disappointing Race 1 for the English rider after his P2 finish in the Tissot Superpole. Riding well in the top eight, with six laps to go, Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) crashed twice in two laps to finish with a DNF.

 

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

1 Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)

2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +3.738s

3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +6.002s

4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +13.993s

5. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +16.174s

6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +16.590s

Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu – 1’39.732s

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