Collins wins shortened Supersport race two at Shannonville
The Canadian Storm continued to steal the show at the Bridgestone CSBK opener on Sunday, as Torin Collins capped off a perfect weekend with a race two victory in the Pro Supersport class at Shannonville Motorsport Park.
Collins faced far more adversity than in his runaway win on Saturday, fending off a lap one assault from defending champion Sebastien Tremblay as part of a six-rider group in the early stages.
After clearing Tremblay and resisting a charge from Trevor Daley, it was Matt Simpson who began to pose the biggest threat as he climbed his way back from a poor start to lap faster than everyone on track – including Collins out front.
Unfortunately, an incidental collision between Daley and Simpson exiting the turn five hairpin would cause a brake failure for Simpson off the end of the long back straightaway, resulting in a terrifying crash for the 2023 championship runner-up.
Simpson thankfully avoided any critical injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.
The crash would force a red flag stoppage, however, with an eight-lap restart as a result of the race not meeting half-distance.
This time it was Daley who would grab the holeshot, igniting an epic first-lap battle between himself and Collins as they traded places in turn five and down the back straightaway.
Collins would then make the race-winning move in spectacular fashion into the Allen’s chicane, barely getting his Novalda Suzuki stopped as he moved past Daley and began to stretch his lead once again.
The 19-year-old would run a comfortable pace the rest of the way to escape with a second career victory in the Supersport category, confirming himself as the favourite for the 2025 middleweight crown.
“I didn’t think I was getting the bike stopped on that pass, to be honest. I was all over the place there,” Collins laughed, before acknowledging his strong opening round with a broom gesture. “Pole position, one win, now two wins – that’s a weekend sweep!”
Sunday’s Supersport podium from Shannonville Motorsport Park (L-R): Sebastien Tremblay (3rd), Torin Collins (1st), and Trevor Daley (2nd). Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
As for Daley, the OneSpeed Suzuki rider mounted an excellent comeback from seventh on the grid to claim an excellent runner-up finish, moving to second in the championship after round one.
“First of all, I just want to send my thoughts to Matt Simpson, I hope he’s okay. That looked pretty scary,” said Daley from the podium. “I got a great start, couldn’t quite hang with Torin but I have to give a huge thanks to Suzuki. The bike is great, and to have three of us up here is pretty awesome.”
Tremblay would take third to complete a different kind of sweep for Suzuki, as they locked out the podium thanks to the S.T. Motorsports rider. While he was unable to launch a last-lap pass on Daley, the consecutive third-place finishes will keep Tremblay’s hopes of a title defence in good shape as he takes a 17-point deficit into round two at AMP.
Elliot Vieira held onto fourth for GP Bikes Ducati after a great start of his own, running with the lead group both before and after the restart before ultimately settling into a comfortable position aboard his V2 Panigale.
Another couple of laps and Vieira may not have been as lucky, however, as the hard-charging duo of Andrew Van Winkle and Alex Michel were quickly reeling in the Ducati rider in the final moments.
Van Winkle would settle for an impressive fifth after starting from 12th on the grid for Mountainview Motorsports Suzuki, finishing tops amongst the “old-gen” machines on his GSX-R600.
That was just narrowly ahead of fellow old-gen rider Alex Michel, who earned an impressive sixth for SpeedFactory67 Kawasaki as he matched the pace of the leaders in the late stages aboard his ZX-6R Ninja.
The podium lockout for Suzuki will give them a commanding early lead in the Supersport Constructors Championship, while Ducati moves past Yamaha for second after Simpson’s unfortunate crash, just 45 points adrift of Suzuki thanks to the performances of Vieira and Philip DeGama-Blanchet (eighth).
The Supersport category will return for round two at Atlantic Motorsport Park in Nova Scotia, a favourite circuit of reigning champion Tremblay as he looks to chase down Collins atop the 2025 standings.
Full results can be found on the series’ official website: www.csbk.ca
Dumas holds off Young to sweep CSBK opener at Shannonville
Alex Dumas celebrated his switch to BMW with a weekend sweep on Sunday, securing a second consecutive victory to begin the 2025 Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship in round one at Shannonville Motorsport Park.
Dumas had already claimed pole position and a race one victory to kickstart his Economy Lube BMW tenure, fending off Jordan Szoke and Ben Young in a dramatic battle on Saturday, and it was a similar task for him in race two as he chased a perfect start to the campaign.
The 2021 GP Bikes Pro Superbike champion got a great start from the front of the grid and led virtually from start to finish, but it was hardly a straightforward race as he dealt with a five-rider group all over his rear wheel in the opening laps.
Heading that group was Sam Guerin, who was eyeing a much-needed victory after a mechanical issue knocked him out of the battle for the win on Saturday.
Guerin was seemingly lining up a move for the race lead when disaster struck once again, this time of his own doing as the EFC Group BMW rider crashed out of second-place and gave a slight bit of breathing room to Dumas at the midway point.
Dumas would stretch that gap to nearly 1.5 seconds before Young found his rhythm aboard the Van Dolder’s Home Team Honda, carving the gap down until he was eventually right on the rear wheel of Dumas.
The two championship rivals seemed set for a dramatic last-lap showdown, but Dumas defended beautifully – blocking a late pass attempt into the famed Allen’s chicane – to escape with another victory by only 0.134 seconds.
The 16th win of Dumas’ career moves the 22-year-old into a tie with Pascal Picotte for fourth on the all-time Superbike list, trailing only Jordan Szoke (78), Steve Crevier (26), and Ben Young (21) – celebrating that feat next to two of them as Young and Szoke joined him on the podium.
“I wanted to just put my head down after the holeshot. It wasn’t a boring race, I could feel them pushing behind me the whole way, but I was able to hold my pace until the end,” Dumas said. “It feels great to be leading the championship again. I have to give a huge thanks to BMW and Fast Company, the bike feels amazing.”
While an opportunity to strike for the win never materialized, Young was content to exit his first weekend as a Honda rider tied for second in the championship, having come up only marginally short in both Superbike races thus far.
“It had been a difficult weekend, but the team was working really hard on the setup and we were able to make some progress yesterday and today,” Young said. “I fluffed the start again, but managed to fight back and break the gap to Alex. I thought about trying something, but it’s risk vs reward. We’re happy to take second today, and the bike is only going to get better so we’re in for a hell of a ride this season.”
While Szoke couldn’t maintain his pace to the end like in Saturday’s race, the CKM Kawasaki rider secured a sensible third-place as he cements himself as a legitimate championship contender once again in 2025.
“The setup worked a bit better in warmer conditions yesterday, and we didn’t really change it much. I was sliding a lot and had to make up for lost time, but ultimately I just tried to ride my race,” Szoke said. “Once Sam fell and I got caught up in lapped riders I just wanted to bring it home and not throw anything away chasing these guys. I know what this bike is capable of, so it’s great to be back on the podium again today.”
Sunday’s Superbike podium from Shannonville Motorsport Park (L-R): Jordan Szoke (3rd), Alex Dumas (1st), and Ben Young (2nd). Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
Young and Szoke will exit round one tied on points after trading second and third-place results, with a 14-point gap separating the three title protagonists, though Young will move into the runner-up spot by virtue of finishing better in race two.
While Guerin’s title hopes will already be on thin ice, the vice-champion from a year ago was able to remount quickly and salvage eighth, crucially helping keep BMW ahead of Honda in the Superbike Constructors Championship.
The reigning Constructors winners will only hold a five-point advantage, however, as David MacKay continued to be an excellent wingman to Young for the ODH/Snow City Cycle Honda team, matching his career best in fourth.
MacKay was able to stick with the lead group for a little longer than in Saturday’s opener, running ahead of Young off the line and sticking with the leaders through lap three, something he will hope to build on in round two as he chases a first career Superbike podium.
The Honda resurgence continued with another top-five performance from Philip DeGama-Blanchet, as the 17-year-old exits round one a surprising fifth in the championship in just his second year as a pro.
The Mots Machining Honda star endured another epic race-long battle with Trevor Daley, looking extremely comfortable in his first weekend aboard a full-fledged Superbike.
Daley would again be the lead Suzuki rider in sixth, a terrific effort aboard his OneSpeed machine – a GSX-R750 set up largely for Supersport – as he looks forward to one of his favourite circuits in round two at AMP.
Zoltan Frast would stretch his lead in the Rookie of the Year standings, finishing a solid seventh for Clare’s Cycle BMW as the former Supersport frontrunner continues to look strong in his adjustment to the S1000RR.
Ben Young earned Sunday’s iteration of the FAST Hard Charger Award, chosen by FAST Riding School owner Martin Hamel, after his late-race comeback nearly spoiled Dumas’ perfect weekend.
The feature class will now prepare for round two in just under three weeks, as the series heads to the east coast and Atlantic Motorsport Park in Nova Scotia, June 6-8.
Full results can be found on the series’ official website: www.csbk.ca
Nicolo Bulega won World Superbike Race Two Sunday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. Riding his Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R, Bulega won the 22-lap race by just 0.027 second.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR,was a very close second.
Danilo Petrucci was third on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati, 16.242 seconds behind the race winner.
The Briton, Sam Lowes finish the race fourth on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R and Australian rider, Remy Gardner crossed the finish line fifth on his GYTR GRT Yamaha YZF R1.
American Garrett Gerloff went from 12th on the grid to 10th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
For the championship, Razgatlioglu is 31 points behind his principal rival Bulega who has 252 points. Petrucci is third with 146 points.
BATTLE FOR THE AGES: Bulega denies Razgatlioglu Most hat-trick after epic last-lap showdown. 0.027s separated the top two after a drag race to the line as all six manufacturers finished inside the top ten.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) stunned Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) with an overtake to steal away the Race 2 win from ‘El Turco’ in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship. The venue is one the #1 historically dominates, however Bulega’s dramatic late overtake rained on the #1’s parade and prevented his hat-trick. The race’s first corner featured a chaotic incident which sent Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) tumbling, and a double long-lap penalty being applied to Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) for irresponsible riding.
BULEGA AT THE BUZZER: The Italian outguns Razgatlioglu on the final straight for his 8th win of 2025
Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Rea traded paint at the first chicane, the collision sending Bautista sliding into Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC), ending the race for the pair of Spaniards and sending Vierge to the medical centre. After the dust cleared, Bulega led the race ahead of Razgatlioglu, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team), and Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was applied a pair of long lap penalties for the Turn 1 crash by FIM WorldSBK Stewards. ‘El Turco’ was close behind Bulega however the #11 did well to hold off the #1 for the first half of the race. Turn 17 of Lap 12 was Toprak’s first assault on Bulega for P1, cutting inside, however on the home straight, Bulega caught up and steamed past him. Razgatlioglu caught Bulega by surprise on the Turn 2 switchback to wrestle P1 back, but ‘Bulegas’ hung around into the last laps of the race. Bulega was just close enough to close down Toprak’s lead, and on the exit of the final corner, he pipped Razgatlioglu for his first ever race win at Most and prevent the Turk’s hat-trick.
PETRUCCI ON THE PODIUM: three P3s for ‘Petrux’
Petrucci made a move on the inside on Sam Lowes to claim P3 from the Brit, the overtake earning ‘Petrux’ his 17th WorldSBK podium and his third P3 podium of the weekend. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) didn’t settle for P4 lying down, battling to the line with Petrucci and only crossing the line +0.176s behind. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) did well to come out on top in his battle with Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) and others for P5. Bassani finished P6 behind the Australian, just over a second behind Gardner. Lecuona battled with the two riders in front of him throughout the contest, losing a touch of pace as the race wound down, finishing P7 with a more than a second margin ahead and behind him.
MONTELLA TOP ROOKIE AGAIN: The Barni Spark rider takes P8
Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) demonstrated despite being a rookie he has pace in spades, pipping Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) for P8. Locatelli’s lukewarm weekend ended with another P9 after the same result in his Tissot Superpole Race. Kawasaki’s sole rider, Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) finished his weekend at Most with a P10, his best result of the season so far. Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) finished P11, just under half a second ahead of Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing) in P12. Rea landed in the points for the second time this weekend after serving his two Long Lap Penalties, just ahead of Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in P14 by just 0.342s. Rounding out the point-scoring positions, Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) did well to salvage a point after being ran off the track by the opening-corner chaos to start the race which forced him to run through the gravel. Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) finished P16, just ahead of fellow rookie Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) who crossed the finish line only +0.171s behind the British rider; Sofuoglu was given a Long Lap Penalty for course-cutting at Turn 1.
ROUGH DAY FOR HONDA: Three DNFs
Xavi Vierge was an unfortunate recipient of contact after Bautista and Rea bumped one another, sending him to the medical centre after he was sent into the gravel. Tarran Mackenzie’s (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) weekend at Most ended on a frustrating note as he crashed for the second time on the weekend going into Turn 1 on Lap 3. Later on, his teammate Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) and Tito Rabat (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) were forced to retire with a tech issue.
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 221
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) 146
4. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 141
5. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 127
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 102
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Can Oncu won FIM Supersport World Championship Race Two Sunday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. The BLU CRU Evan Bros Team Yamaha YZF R9 rider won the 19-lap race by 1.706 second.
Frenchman, Lucas Mahias was a close second on his GMT94 Yamaha YZF R9, and German rider Philipp Oettl got third on his Feel Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati Panigale V2.
Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise finished fifth, just 5.081 seconds behind the winner, on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2.
Current championship point leader, Stefano Manzi, crossed the finish line 6th on his Pata Ten Kate Racing Yamaha YZF R9.
For the championship, Bendsneyder is 40 points behind his principal rival Manzi who has 185 points. Booth-Amos is third with 131 points.
Can Oncu takes his fourth WorldSSP win at Most’s Race 2; Masia crashes out from P2; Manzi P6. Oncu claimed victory in Race 2 at Most as he clawed back big points in the title race, after Masia crashed from P2 and Manzi could only manage sixth.
With the final race of the weekend for the FIM Supersport World Championship, the Motul Czech Round is officially in the books! Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) topped the podium for his third win of the season ahead of Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) and Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team), with Oettl rounding out his best weekend of the season on the podium. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) and Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) battled in the podium positions early on before a crash out of the running for Masia and dropping out of the top positions to a P6 finish.
ONCU REDEEMS HIMSELF: 19th podium finish for the Turkish rider after unfortunate Cremona finish
Oncu flew off the line to claim the holeshot from P1, followed into the second sector by Masia and Manzi. The pair passed Oncu back to lead the race at different points as the lead swapped hands on several occasions. Oncu took back P1 with a double overtake on the pair under braking at Turn 1 and pulled away from there to seal his first race win since Assen. Mahias went into Most podium-less, and now after his Race 2 P2, he will go to Misano with a pair of podiums under his belt. Oettl took another step with his P3 podium finish, achieving his first WorldSSP podium result since returning to the Championship for the 2025 campaign. Masia was duelling with Manzi for P2, until the Spanish youngster crashed out of the race on Lap 12’s Turn 10, leaving him to finish point-less.
BACK TO BACK P4’S FOR SCHROETTER: Second-best placement in 2025 for the German
Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) in P4 will look ahead to Misano with a smile on his face as he seems to have returned to form after struggles at Cremona. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) righted the ship with his P5 finish after his Race 1 DNF. Despite temporarily leading the race and fighting for the race win for most of the race; Manzi’s pace dropped off in the final laps and saw him fall to P6. This caps off a weekend of struggles for the Championship leader as he only takes away 10 points from Most.
PEROLARI’S STELLAR WEEKEND: P8 and P6 for the Frenchman, Mahendra continues to impress
Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) finished Race 2 in P7 for his sixth consecutive top 10 finish in his rookie season, showing more and more confidence atop his Yamaha R9. Corentin Perolari (Honda Racing World Supersport) was holding P6 by Lap 3 and went on to finish P8, finishing comfortably as the top WorldSSP Challenge rider. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) finished in P9 closed out what was for him a disappointing round at Most. He took away points after his Race 1 crash, however for him it was an opportunity left unseized to make up points on Manzi. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was unable to capitalise on Manzi’s non-podium finish as he came home in tenth.
3. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) +3.643s
4. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) +4.956s
5. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +5.081s
6. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +6.494s
Fastest lap: Jaume Masia (Ducati) – 1’34.338s – new lap record
Championship standings
1. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 185 points
2. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) 145
3. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) 131
4. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 122
5. Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) 110
6. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) 106
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Toprak Razgatlioglu won the World Superbike Superpole Race Sunday morning at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, the 2024 WorldSuperbike Champion won the 10-lap race by 1.917 seconds.
Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, and Danilo Petrucci was third on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
Sam Lowes finished the race fourth on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista crossed the finish line fifth.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 12th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Razgatlioglu battles Bulega for Superpole Race victory as ‘El Turco’ matches Bautista for all-time wins.Toprak Razgatlioglu recorded his 63rd WorldSBK win to draw level with rival Alvaro Bautista in second place for all-time victories, after fending off Nicolo Bulega’s challenges in the Superpole Race
The final day of race action at Autodrom Most’s Motul Czech Round is off to the races as the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship’s Tissot Superpole Race featured Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) atop the podium. He was followed into the rostrum by Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) in P2 for his second P2 of the weekend so far. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) took P3 for his second consecutive third-place finish at Most this weekend.
Two for two for ‘El Turco’: With his Race win, Razgatlioglu has tied Bautista for all-time WorldSBK race wins with 63 apiece
Bulega claimed the holeshot, passing Razgatlioglu into Turn 1, the pair trading overtakes throughout the first half of the race before Bulega ran through the shortcut instead of taking the Turn 1-2 chicane, being forced to give up a second and granting the #1 a cushion behind him. From there, Razgatlioglu sailed ahead and finished the race with more than a second and a half margin; it was his tenth win at Most, the first circuit he’s recorded double-digit wins at. Bulega still managed to take home P2, finishing four seconds ahead of Petrucci who earned P3.
SAM LOWES MISSES PODIUM BY SLIM MARGINS: Less than a hundredth of a second behind ‘Petrux’
Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) nearly finished top Independent ahead of Petrucci for what would have been his second WorldSBK podium, instead he took home a healthy P4. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) again stacked up the overtakes after his Race 1 overtake frenzy, moving up from his P10 start to finish in P5, including passing Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) on the final lap at Turn 20, the penultimate corner, as the #7 finished in sixth. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was seventh after being in the fight for P5; just three tenths separated Bautista, Lecuona and Alex Lowes.
ALEX LOWES P7: Both Bimotas run in the top 8, Bassani penalised
Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) pipped Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) by a mere 0.063s for P8 to secure a third-row start for Race 2, with Locatelli completing row three on the grid. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) made it back-to-back P10s for the second time in two races, a positive sign for the six-time Champion who is still recovering from his Phillip Island injury. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had been running in the top eight but he was given a double Long Lap Penalty for a jump start, with ‘El Bocia’ classified in 18th.
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +1.917s
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +5.943s
4. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +6.033s
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +7.700s
6. Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) +7.888s
7. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) 8.093s
8. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) +10.850s
9. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +10.913s Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) – 1’30.201s – new lap record
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Collins storms to historic win in Supersport debut at Shannonville
Torin Collins continued his stellar form in the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship on Saturday, leading start-to-finish for a maiden victory in his Pro Supersport debut at Shannonville Motorsport Park.
After bursting onto the scene with a Superbike win in just his second career start last season, Collins would do one better in his switch to the Supersport category, starting from pole position and running an almost flawless race to add to his CSBK resumé.
Collins’ closest challenger in qualifying, Matt Simpson, got a terrible launch off the grid and was shunted down to third on the opening lap, with reigning champion Sebastien Tremblay moving ahead of him and Elliot Vieira settling into fourth as the lead group chased down Collins.
The group of four would run together for just a few laps before Collins made his break, stretching the lead aboard his Novalda Suzuki as Simpson looked for a way past Tremblay.
That move would eventually come on lap seven as Simpson got a great drive down the long back straightaway, slicing past Tremblay and beginning his march towards Collins, who had built up a near three-second advantage by the midway point.
Simpson would mostly match Collins’ pace before cutting it down to roughly 1.5 seconds with three laps to go, but Collins responded excellently to push that advantage back over two seconds and bring home a win in his debut.
The 19-year-old from Calgary, Alberta becomes the first rider ever to win on his Pro Supersport debut, erasing any doubt of his championship contention for 2025.
“I had never started on pole before, so I was actually pretty nervous sitting there on the grid,” Collins said. “I had a bit of a moment on the third-last lap, but thankfully I was able to recover that time and bring it home.”
The poor start limited Simpson’s challenge for a second career win, but it was an impressive performance nonetheless for the Evans Racing Yamaha rider as he returned to the podium for the first time since finishing as the championship runner-up in 2023.
Simpson’s effort on the YZF-R6 was especially notable compared to the rest of the “old-gen” runners, with Andrew Van Winkle (sixth) the only other rider inside the top-ten aboard similar machinery.
Completing the podium was defending champion Sebastien Tremblay, who was unable to fend off Simpson in the end but brought home a comfortable third for Turcotte Performance Suzuki.
Tremblay will hope to mount a better challenge for Collins in race two on Sunday, but will recognize the importance of securing as many points as possible this early in the campaign – both for himself and for Suzuki, who begin their own Constructors title defense with 41 of a possible 45 points thanks to Collins and Tremblay.
Saturday’s Pro Supersport podium from Shannonville Motorsport Park (L-R): Sebastien Tremblay (3rd), Torin Collins (1st), and Matt Simpson (2nd). Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK.
Adding a bit more insurance for Suzuki was Trevor Daley in fourth, who quietly chipped away at Vieira for majority of the race before making a beautiful last-lap move off the back straightaway.
The OneSpeed Suzuki rider showed enough late pace to compete for at least a podium in race two, hoping instead to get a better start on Sunday and chase a fifth career Supersport win.
As for Vieira, the GP Bikes Ducati rider got a great start to join the lead group but conversely was unable to maintain that pace to the end, salving a strong fifth to open the year after Daley’s last lap pass.
Van Winkle would make plenty of progress from 12th on the grid to finish sixth for FD Racing Suzuki, holding off fellow teenager Philip DeGama-Blanchet in the final few laps who was making his debut for Taylor Racing Ducati.
Notably absent from the final order was home favourite Brad Macrae and reigning championship runner-up Mavrick Cyr, who both failed to finish after Macrae crashed out of sixth in the hairpin and Cyr pitted due to suspected arm pump.
The opening round of the Supersport campaign will continue on Sunday with race two of the nine-race season, as Collins looks to sweep the weekend and open an early lead in the middleweight championship
Full results can be found on the series’ official website: www.csbk.ca
More, from another press release issued by Bridgestone CSBK:
Torin Collins (71) will start this weekend’s two Pro Supersport races from pole position after the Suzuki rider set the fastest lap during official qualifying at the CSBK season opening round at Shannonville Motorsport Park. Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
Collins outduels Simpson for Supersport pole, Laflamme headlines support classes at SMP
A return to Canada was celebrated in style for Torin Collins on Friday, as the teenager secured his first career pole position in the Pro Supersport class at the Bridgestone CSBK opener.
After a pair of impressive Superbike showings in 2024, including a stunning victory at his home round in Edmonton, Collins announced his commitment to the more familiar Supersport class for 2025 beginning with a first-ever trip to Shannonville Motorsport Park.
It didn’t take long for the 19-year-old to adjust to the circuit, however, getting up to speed quickly during Thursday’s test and carrying the momentum into qualifying on Friday afternoon aboard his Novalda Suzuki GSX-R750.
The debut pole position didn’t come easy for Collins, however, as he battled throughout the session with Matt Simpson, who was also chasing his first career pole despite finishing as the championship runner-up in 2023.
Simpson would set the early marker aboard his old-gen Evans Racing Yamaha, before Collins initially displaced him at the halfway point. Simpson would then take the top spot back with five minutes to go, besting Collins by only 0.031 seconds, before the Calgary native reclaimed pole for the final time with under three minutes remaining.
The historic effort will make Collins the first rider ever to start from pole position in their Supersport debut, and the fifth-youngest pole sitter in class history.
Despite falling just 0.099 seconds short of a maiden pole himself, Simpson’s strong pace will put the Evans Racing Yamaha rider firmly in contention for a second career victory this weekend, nearly two years after Yamaha’s last win in the category.
Completing the front row will be reigning champion Sebastien Tremblay, who found himself outside the top five for much of the session but found a late improvement when he needed it.
The Turcotte Performance Suzuki rider would move into third just moments after Philip DeGama-Blanchet had taken the position, though a distant half-second behind Collins and Simpson at the front.
That late improvement will shunt DeGama-Blanchet to the head of the second row, an excellent performance for the 17-year-old in his first weekend aboard the Taylor Racing Ducati.
Home favourite Brad Macrae would find himself just 0.010 seconds behind DeGama-Blanchet in fifth aboard his Colron Excavating Yamaha, while Elliot Vieira rounds out the second row for GP Bikes Ducati.
Zaim Laflamme (777) took pole position for Amateur Supersport but fell just short of pole in Amateur Superbike, where he will start from second on the grid. Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
Zaim Laflamme stole the show in the support classes to kick off 2025 on Friday, taking pole position in Amateur Supersport and falling just short of the same in Amateur Superbike.
Alexis Beaudoin would wind up as the rider to beat in AIM Insurance Amateur Superbike, dislodging Laflamme from the top spot in the final few minutes to take his first career CSBK pole position behind a time of 1:08.857.
That would only narrow outpace Laflamme, who will line up second on the grid and only 0.159 seconds off Beaudoin, with Martin Perreault completing the front row.
Laflamme would get the better of Beaudoin in EBC Brakes Amateur Supersport qualifying, however, blitzing the field to earn his first pole since graduating to the intermediate ranks with a lap of 1:08.769, better than Beaudoin’s Superbike benchmark and 0.716 seconds clear of the rest of the field.
Fellow Lightweight graduate Cole Alexander would take an impressive second on the grid for his Supersport debut, splitting Laflamme and Beaudoin as the 18-year-old looks to build upon his strong finale in 2024.
The first qualifying session of the revamped Importations Thibault Pro-Am Twins class was decimated by J.P. Tache, who will lead off the combined grid from pole position after winding up over a second clear of Louie Raffa.
The gap was actually much larger for most of the session, with Tache leading by over 2.5 seconds at one point for Aprilia, before Raffa cut the deficit dramatically in the final moments in his first weekend aboard an Aprilia of his own.
Reigning Amateur Twins champion Sebastian Silva will line up third for his first weekend as a pro, moving up one spot after a late penalty demoted Justin Marshall to the back of the grid for __
Jean-Pascal Schroeder kicked off his national championship defence by taking the top spot in the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR Cup, putting in a number of strong laps late in the session to fend off returnee Jared Walker.
Local star Scott Szollos earned pole in the Pro-Am Lightweight Sport Bike class, beating out reigning Pro Lightweight champion Gary McKinnon in second.
Dante Bucek will complete the front row as he chases the amateur crown in the combined Pro-Am category, while MiniGP graduate Mason Archer turned in an impressive fifth in his CSBK debut behind Ryan Vanderputten.
The full slate of CSBK classes will begin their round one doubleheader on Saturday as racing gets underway at 1 pm ET, with race one of the feature Pro Superbike class kicking off at roughly 3 pm ET.
The full schedule and results can be found on the series’ official website.
Dumas denies Szoke in epic battle at Shannonville opener
It didn’t take long for the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship to deliver on its 2025 hype, as Alex Dumas won a thrilling season opener in the GP Bikes Pro Superbike class at Shannonville Motorsport Park on Saturday.
Dumas started from pole position and led majority of the contest in his debut aboard the Economy Lube BMW, though it was anything but easy as he was pushed throughout the race by rivals Jordan Szoke and Ben Young.
The 2021 champion would grab the holeshot from Szoke with Sam Guerin taking third, as defending champion Ben Young struggled off the line in his first appearance for Van Dolder’s Home Team Honda and nearly got squeezed out by Guerin into turn one.
The front-running group of four were practically nose-to-tail for the opening laps before Guerin moved his way into second, chasing down Dumas aboard his EFC Group BMW and lapping faster than his Quebecois counterpart.
Unfortunately, just as Guerin was looking set to strike for the race lead, the championship runner-up from a year ago encountered a presumed electronics issue coming onto the front straightaway, having to check up and allow both Szoke and Young through.
Guerin would try to fight the issue for another lap before entering the pits on lap seven, a significant blow to his title hopes just one race into the campaign.
There was still plenty of drama left, however, as Szoke would use the opportunity to track down Dumas and put all sorts of pressure on the 22-year-old, eventually capitalizing on a mistake in turn four to take the lead with just four laps remaining.
The 14-time champion would lead the next two laps with Young trying to find a way through on Dumas, but it never materialized as Dumas instead charged back through on Szoke on the penultimate lap, fending off a final attempt into the famed Allen’s chicane to secure his 15th career Superbike victory.
While his first win for BMW hardly came easy, Dumas would prove himself as the early favourite in the 2025 title chase aboard his new machine, becoming only the seventh rider ever to win for three different manufacturers (having also won for Suzuki and Ducati).
“It was a hard race for sure, but congrats to these guys, it was a lot of fun,” Dumas said. “The bike felt a little different than yesterday, but we made it better this morning and I think we can improve again for tomorrow.”
The second place finish will be bittersweet for Szoke, who falls just short yet again of a heroic comeback victory but came much closer to win number 79 than ever before, looking more like his old self to begin 2025 after severe injuries in 2022.
“Last year we were able to get up at the front, but we could only kind of hang there for a while and then eventually drop back, so it was nice to be able to stay up there today and battle with these guys,” said the CKM Kawasaki rider. “I was faster than Alex in turns three-four-five, but he just managed to get me on the straight. It was nice to put on a show for the fans, and I’m looking forward to it again tomorrow.”
Szoke was also given the FAST Hard Charger Award and $500 to go with it for his resurgent effort, chosen by FAST Riding School owner Martin Hamel.
Saturday’s Superbike podium from Shannonville Motorsport Park (L-R): Ben Young (3rd), Alex Dumas (1st), and Jordan Szoke (2nd). Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
As for Young, the four-time Canada Cup winner turned in a solid debut himself in his new colours, matching the pace at the front the entire time but admittedly giving himself too much work to do after a slow start on the CBR1000RR-R.
“That was my first real launch on the new bike, and I didn’t exactly make the most of it, that’s for sure,” Young joked. “We got caught up in lapped traffic near the end and I had to change plans a bit. We still have steps to go but it just comes down to more time on the bike.”
The result will still be a welcome one for Honda as they usher in a new era with the #1 plate holder, as Young will claim their first podium since 2023 and just their second since former champion Jodi Christie departed the series in 2015.
The performance of David MacKay will also put Honda firmly in contention for their first ever Constructors Championship, bringing home a comfortable fourth aboard his ODH/Snow City Cycle machine and inching closer to his first career Superbike podium.
BMW will still enter Sunday with a slight Constructors lead, earning 33 points between Dumas and Superbike rookie Zoltan Frast in eighth, while Honda and Kawasaki each earned 29 points.
Rounding out the top five in his first full-fledged Superbike effort was 17-year-old phenom Philip DeGama-Blanchet, who made a late move on Trevor Daley to put three Hondas inside the top-five aboard his Taylor Racing machine.
Daley would still manage an impressive sixth on his OneSpeed Suzuki machine, a lesser-powered GSX-R750 built primarily for the Supersport class, as Daley went back-and-forth with the youngster in their own dramatic duel.
Reigning Pro Rookie of the Year winner Connor Campbell was seventh for B&T MacFarlane Kawasaki, a good result from ninth on the grid as he claims valuable points for his manufacturer, while Frast will take over the lead of this year’s Rookie of the Year fight for Clare’s Cycle BMW.
The feature GP Bikes Pro Superbike grid will now return for race two of the doubleheader on Sunday, scheduled for 3 pm ET.
Full results can be found on the series’ official website:
American Rossi Attila Moor tests with a new chief engineer at the official FIM JuniorGP Moto2 test in Jerez
On May 15–16, Jerez hosted the second official test of the season for teams competing in the FIM JuniorGP Moto2 category.
Following the season-opening race at Estoril (which saw Rossi struggle with set-up), Team MMR and Révész Racing decided that a change in the technical staff was necessary: for the remainder of the season, they will continue with a new chief engineer, the Italian Massimo Biagini.
Biagini is one of the most highly regarded engineers in the Moto2 category, having previously worked with teams such as Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 and Team Sprint Technology. He has extensive experience in engine control and electronic settings, which are crucial for optimizing racing machine performance and adapting them to the riders’ styles.
Although Biagini was only able to join the team on the evening of the first test day, by the second day he had already found common ground with Rossi. As a result of their collaboration, they managed to find settings that allowed the young Hungarian-American rider to consistently improve his lap times.
During the test, the team paid special attention to fine-tuning issues that arose during the Estoril race—such as braking distances and acceleration—which they successfully resolved.
The team eagerly looks forward to the next race weekend, which will also take place in Jerez on June 1.
Toprak Razgatlioglu won FIM Superbike World Championship Race One Saturday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. The poleman rode his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR to a 6.015-second margin of victory in the 22-lap race.
Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R and just held off Danilo Petrucci, who rode his Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R to third.
Alex Lowes was fourth on his Kawasaki Racing Team bimota KB998 Rimini and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista crossed the finish line fifth.
American Garrett Gerloff finished the race 11th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
For the championship, Razgatlioglu is 29 points behind his principal rival Bulega who has 218 points. Bautista is third with 136 points.
FIGHTING BACK: Razgatlioglu claims victory ahead of Bulega at Most, Bautista fights back to P5.The reigning Champion was in good form for Race 1 as he claimed victory in Czechia, finishing directly ahead of title rival Nicolo Bulega.
The sun was out at Autodrom Most as the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship grid took to the track for Race 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) returned to the top of the podium, cruising past Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) for P1 and not letting go of it from then on. Bulega and Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) claimed P2 and P3 respectively. Elsewhere, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) recovered from a Lap 1 incident to secure P5.
151st PODIUM FOR RAZGATLIOGLU: A win on Sunday would see him tie Bautista in career race wins
Razgatlioglu overcame a streaking holeshot from Bulega who started in P2 to top the podium in Race 1. He took P1 from Bulega with a vintage ‘El Turco’ late braking overtake on the inside of Bulega into T1. It was his fifth race win of the season so far and breaks a three-race streak of placing P2 behind Bulega. For Bulega, tomorrow’s Tissot Superpole Race will be his 50th WorldSBK race, spectacularly, he has finished on the rostrum in more than 70% of those races. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) ran a solid race, doing well to convert his P3 in the Tissot Superpole session to P3 in Race 1.
BAUTISTA’S STUNNING RECOVERY RIDING: After falling to P16, Bautista recovered to P5
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had a good jump off the line, and while he was behind the streaking Bulega and Razgatlioglu, he cruised to a P4 after holding off a late attack by Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati). The Spaniard was involved in a race incident on Turn 2 in which he was able to stay on his bike, with Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) and Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) going down. The contact sent him back to P16, however he found another gear and flew back up the grid to finish P5 after overtaking a host of the grid’s riders. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) notched another strong result for him and his Panigale V4 R machinery in P6.
LECUONA AND VIERGE AGAIN INSIDE TOP 10: The Honda factory riders finish P7 and P9 respectively
Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) held onto P6 for most of the race after recovering from an early drop to P8. He only lost P6 to a surging Bautista who slid past him on Lap 18. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) squeezed between the factory Honda pair, holding P7 for most of the race until Bautista passed him as well; his P8 spelling his joint-best result in WorldSBK so far. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) crossed the line just over half a second behind Montella for P9. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) placed P10, landing his best result of the season so far, showing process on his return to race form after his injury; the #65 had a mega Lap 1, jumping up from 15th on the grid to run as high as P6. Garrett Gerloff’s( Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) P11 was his best of the season so far as well, as the American will hope to continue settling into his new surroundings in Kawasaki green.
AEGERTER P13: Climbs up from P19 grid start
Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was the slower of the Bimota riders today, finishing less than half a second behind Gerloff for P12. In P13, Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) did well to make up ground from his P19 grid start. Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing) did well as well to improve to a point scoring P14 finish after starting in P17. Rounding out the point-scoring positions, Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) claimed P15 to snag a point in Race 1, with Sofuoglu having to take a Long Lap Penalty for shortcutting Turn 1 and not losing one second. Fellow Rookie Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) finished P16, followed by Tito Rabat (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) in 17th to round out the finishing riders.
TO NOTE FROM RACE 1: three retirements from the first race
Aside from Locatelli and van der Mark, with ‘Loka’ retiring on the spot and van der Mark bringing his bike back to the pits before retiring, there was one other retirement after Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) didn’t finish the race. His teammate, Tarran Mackenzie, didn’t take the race start.
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +6.015s
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +10.230s
4. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +14.814s
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +15.520s
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +16.053s
Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) – 1’31.109s – new lap record
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Jaume Masia won FIM Supersport World Championship Race One Saturday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. Riding his Orelac Racing Verdnatura Ducati Panigale V2, the Spaniard won the 19-lap race by 0.137 seconds.
Turkish rider Can Oncu was the runner-up on his BLU CRU Evan Bros Team Yamaha YZF-R9, 7.860 second ahead of third-place finisher Lucas Mahias who rode his GMT94-Yamaha YZF-R9.
Championship point leader, Stefano Manzi finished 26th after crashing his Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing YZF-R9.
Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crashed his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2 on turn one and Did Not Finish (DNF).
For the championship, Bendsneyder is 36 points behind his principal rival Manzi who has 175 points. Booth-Amos is third with 124 points.
P15 TO P1: Masia takes remarkable first WorldSSP win from the fifth row as Manzi crashes from the lead. Jaume Masia earned his first WorldSSP win at Most’s Race 1, building on his Cremona podium to take victory after a last-lap battle with Can Oncu.
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) claimed the first win of the Motul Czech Round weekend at the Autodrom Most as he led Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) and Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) into Parc Ferme. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) crashed out of the race in Lap 8, however second and third-place in the FIM Supersport World Championship standings were unable to take advantage of Manzi’s misfortune as second-place Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) finished P8 and Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) crashed out.
MASIA MAKES HIS MOVE: last lap overtake to win his first race since his Moto3™ win at Qatar in 2023
Grey skies once again hung above the Autodrom Most, causing low track temperatures which affected grip on the track. Oncu, Masia, Mahias and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) managed to hang on behind Manzi who surged forward early in the race to claim P1. Debise fell out of the running early on with a crash in Lap 6, preventing him from being able to take advantage of Manzi’s crash. After Manzi’s Turn 16, Lap 8 lowside, Oncu strode into P1, first fighting with Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) and then Masia, with Masia sliding up the inside of Oncu at Turn 20 to claim P1 and shuffle Oncu to P2.
SCHROETTER P7 to P4: The German rider enjoyed a positive Race 1
Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) earned his second- best result of the season, his best result since his P3 at Phillip Island’s Race 1. Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) landed his best-ever WorldSSP finish in P5, leaping up the grid from his P11 start. Corentin Perolari (Honda Racing World Supersport) was not only the fastest Honda on the day, but he was the best-performing WorldSSP Challenge rider on the day in P6.
OETTL MAINTAINS STRONG FORM: P7 after P5 placement in Superpole
Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) landed another strong result at Most, finishing in P7, pipping Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) in P8 by a mere +0.088s. Behind the pair, in P9, Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) carried the day for Triumph as he earned his best result since his pair of P7’s at his home round at Phillip Island, his third top 10 of the season. Just behind the Australian, Spaniard Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) finished +0.027s slower, earning P10. Back in P15, Raffaele de Rosa (QJMOTOR Factory Racing) earned Chinese manufacturer QJMOTOR their first point in WorldSSP.
CRASHES AND RETIREMENTS:A total of seven riders saw their Race 1 end early
Cold track temperatures and a strong wind challenged riders to see the chequered flag; Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and Glenn van Straalen (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) were the first riders to crash in Race 1, taking a spill on Turn 2 of Lap 1. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) crashed on Turn 16 of Lap 5, another tough blow to his Championship hopes. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) saw his front-row start squandered after a Turn 1 lowside on Lap 6. Niki Tuuli (QJMOTOR Factory Racing) retired from the race on the same sixth Lap.
Torin Collins (71) leads Trevor Daley and defending champion Sebastien Tremblay (1) during Supersport race two action Sunday at Shannonville Motorsport Park. Photo by Rob O'Brien/CSBK
Collins wins shortened Supersport race two at Shannonville
The Canadian Storm continued to steal the show at the Bridgestone CSBK opener on Sunday, as Torin Collins capped off a perfect weekend with a race two victory in the Pro Supersport class at Shannonville Motorsport Park.
Collins faced far more adversity than in his runaway win on Saturday, fending off a lap one assault from defending champion Sebastien Tremblay as part of a six-rider group in the early stages.
After clearing Tremblay and resisting a charge from Trevor Daley, it was Matt Simpson who began to pose the biggest threat as he climbed his way back from a poor start to lap faster than everyone on track – including Collins out front.
Unfortunately, an incidental collision between Daley and Simpson exiting the turn five hairpin would cause a brake failure for Simpson off the end of the long back straightaway, resulting in a terrifying crash for the 2023 championship runner-up.
Simpson thankfully avoided any critical injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.
The crash would force a red flag stoppage, however, with an eight-lap restart as a result of the race not meeting half-distance.
This time it was Daley who would grab the holeshot, igniting an epic first-lap battle between himself and Collins as they traded places in turn five and down the back straightaway.
Collins would then make the race-winning move in spectacular fashion into the Allen’s chicane, barely getting his Novalda Suzuki stopped as he moved past Daley and began to stretch his lead once again.
The 19-year-old would run a comfortable pace the rest of the way to escape with a second career victory in the Supersport category, confirming himself as the favourite for the 2025 middleweight crown.
“I didn’t think I was getting the bike stopped on that pass, to be honest. I was all over the place there,” Collins laughed, before acknowledging his strong opening round with a broom gesture. “Pole position, one win, now two wins – that’s a weekend sweep!”
Sunday’s Supersport podium from Shannonville Motorsport Park (L-R): Sebastien Tremblay (3rd), Torin Collins (1st), and Trevor Daley (2nd). Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
As for Daley, the OneSpeed Suzuki rider mounted an excellent comeback from seventh on the grid to claim an excellent runner-up finish, moving to second in the championship after round one.
“First of all, I just want to send my thoughts to Matt Simpson, I hope he’s okay. That looked pretty scary,” said Daley from the podium. “I got a great start, couldn’t quite hang with Torin but I have to give a huge thanks to Suzuki. The bike is great, and to have three of us up here is pretty awesome.”
Tremblay would take third to complete a different kind of sweep for Suzuki, as they locked out the podium thanks to the S.T. Motorsports rider. While he was unable to launch a last-lap pass on Daley, the consecutive third-place finishes will keep Tremblay’s hopes of a title defence in good shape as he takes a 17-point deficit into round two at AMP.
Elliot Vieira held onto fourth for GP Bikes Ducati after a great start of his own, running with the lead group both before and after the restart before ultimately settling into a comfortable position aboard his V2 Panigale.
Another couple of laps and Vieira may not have been as lucky, however, as the hard-charging duo of Andrew Van Winkle and Alex Michel were quickly reeling in the Ducati rider in the final moments.
Van Winkle would settle for an impressive fifth after starting from 12th on the grid for Mountainview Motorsports Suzuki, finishing tops amongst the “old-gen” machines on his GSX-R600.
That was just narrowly ahead of fellow old-gen rider Alex Michel, who earned an impressive sixth for SpeedFactory67 Kawasaki as he matched the pace of the leaders in the late stages aboard his ZX-6R Ninja.
The podium lockout for Suzuki will give them a commanding early lead in the Supersport Constructors Championship, while Ducati moves past Yamaha for second after Simpson’s unfortunate crash, just 45 points adrift of Suzuki thanks to the performances of Vieira and Philip DeGama-Blanchet (eighth).
The Supersport category will return for round two at Atlantic Motorsport Park in Nova Scotia, a favourite circuit of reigning champion Tremblay as he looks to chase down Collins atop the 2025 standings.
Full results can be found on the series’ official website: www.csbk.ca
Round 1, Race 2 winner Alex Dumas (23) leads defending CSBK champion Ben Young (1) late in Sunday's GP Bikes Pro Superbike race at Shannonville Motorsport Park. Photo by Rob O'Brien/CSBK
Dumas holds off Young to sweep CSBK opener at Shannonville
Alex Dumas celebrated his switch to BMW with a weekend sweep on Sunday, securing a second consecutive victory to begin the 2025 Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship in round one at Shannonville Motorsport Park.
Dumas had already claimed pole position and a race one victory to kickstart his Economy Lube BMW tenure, fending off Jordan Szoke and Ben Young in a dramatic battle on Saturday, and it was a similar task for him in race two as he chased a perfect start to the campaign.
The 2021 GP Bikes Pro Superbike champion got a great start from the front of the grid and led virtually from start to finish, but it was hardly a straightforward race as he dealt with a five-rider group all over his rear wheel in the opening laps.
Heading that group was Sam Guerin, who was eyeing a much-needed victory after a mechanical issue knocked him out of the battle for the win on Saturday.
Guerin was seemingly lining up a move for the race lead when disaster struck once again, this time of his own doing as the EFC Group BMW rider crashed out of second-place and gave a slight bit of breathing room to Dumas at the midway point.
Dumas would stretch that gap to nearly 1.5 seconds before Young found his rhythm aboard the Van Dolder’s Home Team Honda, carving the gap down until he was eventually right on the rear wheel of Dumas.
The two championship rivals seemed set for a dramatic last-lap showdown, but Dumas defended beautifully – blocking a late pass attempt into the famed Allen’s chicane – to escape with another victory by only 0.134 seconds.
The 16th win of Dumas’ career moves the 22-year-old into a tie with Pascal Picotte for fourth on the all-time Superbike list, trailing only Jordan Szoke (78), Steve Crevier (26), and Ben Young (21) – celebrating that feat next to two of them as Young and Szoke joined him on the podium.
“I wanted to just put my head down after the holeshot. It wasn’t a boring race, I could feel them pushing behind me the whole way, but I was able to hold my pace until the end,” Dumas said. “It feels great to be leading the championship again. I have to give a huge thanks to BMW and Fast Company, the bike feels amazing.”
While an opportunity to strike for the win never materialized, Young was content to exit his first weekend as a Honda rider tied for second in the championship, having come up only marginally short in both Superbike races thus far.
“It had been a difficult weekend, but the team was working really hard on the setup and we were able to make some progress yesterday and today,” Young said. “I fluffed the start again, but managed to fight back and break the gap to Alex. I thought about trying something, but it’s risk vs reward. We’re happy to take second today, and the bike is only going to get better so we’re in for a hell of a ride this season.”
While Szoke couldn’t maintain his pace to the end like in Saturday’s race, the CKM Kawasaki rider secured a sensible third-place as he cements himself as a legitimate championship contender once again in 2025.
“The setup worked a bit better in warmer conditions yesterday, and we didn’t really change it much. I was sliding a lot and had to make up for lost time, but ultimately I just tried to ride my race,” Szoke said. “Once Sam fell and I got caught up in lapped riders I just wanted to bring it home and not throw anything away chasing these guys. I know what this bike is capable of, so it’s great to be back on the podium again today.”
Sunday’s Superbike podium from Shannonville Motorsport Park (L-R): Jordan Szoke (3rd), Alex Dumas (1st), and Ben Young (2nd). Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
Young and Szoke will exit round one tied on points after trading second and third-place results, with a 14-point gap separating the three title protagonists, though Young will move into the runner-up spot by virtue of finishing better in race two.
While Guerin’s title hopes will already be on thin ice, the vice-champion from a year ago was able to remount quickly and salvage eighth, crucially helping keep BMW ahead of Honda in the Superbike Constructors Championship.
The reigning Constructors winners will only hold a five-point advantage, however, as David MacKay continued to be an excellent wingman to Young for the ODH/Snow City Cycle Honda team, matching his career best in fourth.
MacKay was able to stick with the lead group for a little longer than in Saturday’s opener, running ahead of Young off the line and sticking with the leaders through lap three, something he will hope to build on in round two as he chases a first career Superbike podium.
The Honda resurgence continued with another top-five performance from Philip DeGama-Blanchet, as the 17-year-old exits round one a surprising fifth in the championship in just his second year as a pro.
The Mots Machining Honda star endured another epic race-long battle with Trevor Daley, looking extremely comfortable in his first weekend aboard a full-fledged Superbike.
Daley would again be the lead Suzuki rider in sixth, a terrific effort aboard his OneSpeed machine – a GSX-R750 set up largely for Supersport – as he looks forward to one of his favourite circuits in round two at AMP.
Zoltan Frast would stretch his lead in the Rookie of the Year standings, finishing a solid seventh for Clare’s Cycle BMW as the former Supersport frontrunner continues to look strong in his adjustment to the S1000RR.
Ben Young earned Sunday’s iteration of the FAST Hard Charger Award, chosen by FAST Riding School owner Martin Hamel, after his late-race comeback nearly spoiled Dumas’ perfect weekend.
The feature class will now prepare for round two in just under three weeks, as the series heads to the east coast and Atlantic Motorsport Park in Nova Scotia, June 6-8.
Full results can be found on the series’ official website: www.csbk.ca
World Superbike race 2 at Autodrom Most. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Nicolo Bulega won World Superbike Race Two Sunday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. Riding his Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R, Bulega won the 22-lap race by just 0.027 second.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR,was a very close second.
Danilo Petrucci was third on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati, 16.242 seconds behind the race winner.
The Briton, Sam Lowes finish the race fourth on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R and Australian rider, Remy Gardner crossed the finish line fifth on his GYTR GRT Yamaha YZF R1.
American Garrett Gerloff went from 12th on the grid to 10th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
For the championship, Razgatlioglu is 31 points behind his principal rival Bulega who has 252 points. Petrucci is third with 146 points.
BATTLE FOR THE AGES: Bulega denies Razgatlioglu Most hat-trick after epic last-lap showdown. 0.027s separated the top two after a drag race to the line as all six manufacturers finished inside the top ten.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) stunned Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) with an overtake to steal away the Race 2 win from ‘El Turco’ in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship. The venue is one the #1 historically dominates, however Bulega’s dramatic late overtake rained on the #1’s parade and prevented his hat-trick. The race’s first corner featured a chaotic incident which sent Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) tumbling, and a double long-lap penalty being applied to Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) for irresponsible riding.
BULEGA AT THE BUZZER: The Italian outguns Razgatlioglu on the final straight for his 8th win of 2025
Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Rea traded paint at the first chicane, the collision sending Bautista sliding into Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC), ending the race for the pair of Spaniards and sending Vierge to the medical centre. After the dust cleared, Bulega led the race ahead of Razgatlioglu, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team), and Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was applied a pair of long lap penalties for the Turn 1 crash by FIM WorldSBK Stewards. ‘El Turco’ was close behind Bulega however the #11 did well to hold off the #1 for the first half of the race. Turn 17 of Lap 12 was Toprak’s first assault on Bulega for P1, cutting inside, however on the home straight, Bulega caught up and steamed past him. Razgatlioglu caught Bulega by surprise on the Turn 2 switchback to wrestle P1 back, but ‘Bulegas’ hung around into the last laps of the race. Bulega was just close enough to close down Toprak’s lead, and on the exit of the final corner, he pipped Razgatlioglu for his first ever race win at Most and prevent the Turk’s hat-trick.
PETRUCCI ON THE PODIUM: three P3s for ‘Petrux’
Petrucci made a move on the inside on Sam Lowes to claim P3 from the Brit, the overtake earning ‘Petrux’ his 17th WorldSBK podium and his third P3 podium of the weekend. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) didn’t settle for P4 lying down, battling to the line with Petrucci and only crossing the line +0.176s behind. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) did well to come out on top in his battle with Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) and others for P5. Bassani finished P6 behind the Australian, just over a second behind Gardner. Lecuona battled with the two riders in front of him throughout the contest, losing a touch of pace as the race wound down, finishing P7 with a more than a second margin ahead and behind him.
MONTELLA TOP ROOKIE AGAIN: The Barni Spark rider takes P8
Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) demonstrated despite being a rookie he has pace in spades, pipping Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) for P8. Locatelli’s lukewarm weekend ended with another P9 after the same result in his Tissot Superpole Race. Kawasaki’s sole rider, Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) finished his weekend at Most with a P10, his best result of the season so far. Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) finished P11, just under half a second ahead of Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing) in P12. Rea landed in the points for the second time this weekend after serving his two Long Lap Penalties, just ahead of Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in P14 by just 0.342s. Rounding out the point-scoring positions, Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) did well to salvage a point after being ran off the track by the opening-corner chaos to start the race which forced him to run through the gravel. Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) finished P16, just ahead of fellow rookie Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) who crossed the finish line only +0.171s behind the British rider; Sofuoglu was given a Long Lap Penalty for course-cutting at Turn 1.
ROUGH DAY FOR HONDA: Three DNFs
Xavi Vierge was an unfortunate recipient of contact after Bautista and Rea bumped one another, sending him to the medical centre after he was sent into the gravel. Tarran Mackenzie’s (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) weekend at Most ended on a frustrating note as he crashed for the second time on the weekend going into Turn 1 on Lap 3. Later on, his teammate Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) and Tito Rabat (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) were forced to retire with a tech issue.
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 221
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) 146
4. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 141
5. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 127
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 102
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Can Oncu won FIM Supersport World Championship Race Two Sunday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. The BLU CRU Evan Bros Team Yamaha YZF R9 rider won the 19-lap race by 1.706 second.
Frenchman, Lucas Mahias was a close second on his GMT94 Yamaha YZF R9, and German rider Philipp Oettl got third on his Feel Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati Panigale V2.
Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise finished fifth, just 5.081 seconds behind the winner, on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2.
Current championship point leader, Stefano Manzi, crossed the finish line 6th on his Pata Ten Kate Racing Yamaha YZF R9.
For the championship, Bendsneyder is 40 points behind his principal rival Manzi who has 185 points. Booth-Amos is third with 131 points.
Can Oncu takes his fourth WorldSSP win at Most’s Race 2; Masia crashes out from P2; Manzi P6. Oncu claimed victory in Race 2 at Most as he clawed back big points in the title race, after Masia crashed from P2 and Manzi could only manage sixth.
With the final race of the weekend for the FIM Supersport World Championship, the Motul Czech Round is officially in the books! Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) topped the podium for his third win of the season ahead of Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) and Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team), with Oettl rounding out his best weekend of the season on the podium. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) and Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) battled in the podium positions early on before a crash out of the running for Masia and dropping out of the top positions to a P6 finish.
ONCU REDEEMS HIMSELF: 19th podium finish for the Turkish rider after unfortunate Cremona finish
Oncu flew off the line to claim the holeshot from P1, followed into the second sector by Masia and Manzi. The pair passed Oncu back to lead the race at different points as the lead swapped hands on several occasions. Oncu took back P1 with a double overtake on the pair under braking at Turn 1 and pulled away from there to seal his first race win since Assen. Mahias went into Most podium-less, and now after his Race 2 P2, he will go to Misano with a pair of podiums under his belt. Oettl took another step with his P3 podium finish, achieving his first WorldSSP podium result since returning to the Championship for the 2025 campaign. Masia was duelling with Manzi for P2, until the Spanish youngster crashed out of the race on Lap 12’s Turn 10, leaving him to finish point-less.
BACK TO BACK P4’S FOR SCHROETTER: Second-best placement in 2025 for the German
Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) in P4 will look ahead to Misano with a smile on his face as he seems to have returned to form after struggles at Cremona. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) righted the ship with his P5 finish after his Race 1 DNF. Despite temporarily leading the race and fighting for the race win for most of the race; Manzi’s pace dropped off in the final laps and saw him fall to P6. This caps off a weekend of struggles for the Championship leader as he only takes away 10 points from Most.
PEROLARI’S STELLAR WEEKEND: P8 and P6 for the Frenchman, Mahendra continues to impress
Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) finished Race 2 in P7 for his sixth consecutive top 10 finish in his rookie season, showing more and more confidence atop his Yamaha R9. Corentin Perolari (Honda Racing World Supersport) was holding P6 by Lap 3 and went on to finish P8, finishing comfortably as the top WorldSSP Challenge rider. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) finished in P9 closed out what was for him a disappointing round at Most. He took away points after his Race 1 crash, however for him it was an opportunity left unseized to make up points on Manzi. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was unable to capitalise on Manzi’s non-podium finish as he came home in tenth.
3. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) +3.643s
4. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) +4.956s
5. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +5.081s
6. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +6.494s
Fastest lap: Jaume Masia (Ducati) – 1’34.338s – new lap record
Championship standings
1. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 185 points
2. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) 145
3. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) 131
4. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 122
5. Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) 110
6. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) 106
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Petrucci, Razgatlioglu and Bulega during Superpole race at Most. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Toprak Razgatlioglu won the World Superbike Superpole Race Sunday morning at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, the 2024 WorldSuperbike Champion won the 10-lap race by 1.917 seconds.
Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, and Danilo Petrucci was third on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
Sam Lowes finished the race fourth on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista crossed the finish line fifth.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 12th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Razgatlioglu battles Bulega for Superpole Race victory as ‘El Turco’ matches Bautista for all-time wins.Toprak Razgatlioglu recorded his 63rd WorldSBK win to draw level with rival Alvaro Bautista in second place for all-time victories, after fending off Nicolo Bulega’s challenges in the Superpole Race
The final day of race action at Autodrom Most’s Motul Czech Round is off to the races as the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship’s Tissot Superpole Race featured Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) atop the podium. He was followed into the rostrum by Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) in P2 for his second P2 of the weekend so far. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) took P3 for his second consecutive third-place finish at Most this weekend.
Two for two for ‘El Turco’: With his Race win, Razgatlioglu has tied Bautista for all-time WorldSBK race wins with 63 apiece
Bulega claimed the holeshot, passing Razgatlioglu into Turn 1, the pair trading overtakes throughout the first half of the race before Bulega ran through the shortcut instead of taking the Turn 1-2 chicane, being forced to give up a second and granting the #1 a cushion behind him. From there, Razgatlioglu sailed ahead and finished the race with more than a second and a half margin; it was his tenth win at Most, the first circuit he’s recorded double-digit wins at. Bulega still managed to take home P2, finishing four seconds ahead of Petrucci who earned P3.
SAM LOWES MISSES PODIUM BY SLIM MARGINS: Less than a hundredth of a second behind ‘Petrux’
Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) nearly finished top Independent ahead of Petrucci for what would have been his second WorldSBK podium, instead he took home a healthy P4. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) again stacked up the overtakes after his Race 1 overtake frenzy, moving up from his P10 start to finish in P5, including passing Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) on the final lap at Turn 20, the penultimate corner, as the #7 finished in sixth. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was seventh after being in the fight for P5; just three tenths separated Bautista, Lecuona and Alex Lowes.
ALEX LOWES P7: Both Bimotas run in the top 8, Bassani penalised
Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) pipped Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) by a mere 0.063s for P8 to secure a third-row start for Race 2, with Locatelli completing row three on the grid. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) made it back-to-back P10s for the second time in two races, a positive sign for the six-time Champion who is still recovering from his Phillip Island injury. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had been running in the top eight but he was given a double Long Lap Penalty for a jump start, with ‘El Bocia’ classified in 18th.
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +1.917s
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +5.943s
4. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +6.033s
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +7.700s
6. Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) +7.888s
7. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) 8.093s
8. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) +10.850s
9. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +10.913s Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) – 1’30.201s – new lap record
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Torin Collins (71) leads on the opening lap of Saturday's Supersport Race 1 at Shannonville Motorsport Park during Bridgestone CSBK opening round action. [Photo by Rob O'Brien/CSBK.
Collins storms to historic win in Supersport debut at Shannonville
Torin Collins continued his stellar form in the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship on Saturday, leading start-to-finish for a maiden victory in his Pro Supersport debut at Shannonville Motorsport Park.
After bursting onto the scene with a Superbike win in just his second career start last season, Collins would do one better in his switch to the Supersport category, starting from pole position and running an almost flawless race to add to his CSBK resumé.
Collins’ closest challenger in qualifying, Matt Simpson, got a terrible launch off the grid and was shunted down to third on the opening lap, with reigning champion Sebastien Tremblay moving ahead of him and Elliot Vieira settling into fourth as the lead group chased down Collins.
The group of four would run together for just a few laps before Collins made his break, stretching the lead aboard his Novalda Suzuki as Simpson looked for a way past Tremblay.
That move would eventually come on lap seven as Simpson got a great drive down the long back straightaway, slicing past Tremblay and beginning his march towards Collins, who had built up a near three-second advantage by the midway point.
Simpson would mostly match Collins’ pace before cutting it down to roughly 1.5 seconds with three laps to go, but Collins responded excellently to push that advantage back over two seconds and bring home a win in his debut.
The 19-year-old from Calgary, Alberta becomes the first rider ever to win on his Pro Supersport debut, erasing any doubt of his championship contention for 2025.
“I had never started on pole before, so I was actually pretty nervous sitting there on the grid,” Collins said. “I had a bit of a moment on the third-last lap, but thankfully I was able to recover that time and bring it home.”
The poor start limited Simpson’s challenge for a second career win, but it was an impressive performance nonetheless for the Evans Racing Yamaha rider as he returned to the podium for the first time since finishing as the championship runner-up in 2023.
Simpson’s effort on the YZF-R6 was especially notable compared to the rest of the “old-gen” runners, with Andrew Van Winkle (sixth) the only other rider inside the top-ten aboard similar machinery.
Completing the podium was defending champion Sebastien Tremblay, who was unable to fend off Simpson in the end but brought home a comfortable third for Turcotte Performance Suzuki.
Tremblay will hope to mount a better challenge for Collins in race two on Sunday, but will recognize the importance of securing as many points as possible this early in the campaign – both for himself and for Suzuki, who begin their own Constructors title defense with 41 of a possible 45 points thanks to Collins and Tremblay.
Saturday’s Pro Supersport podium from Shannonville Motorsport Park (L-R): Sebastien Tremblay (3rd), Torin Collins (1st), and Matt Simpson (2nd). Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK.
Adding a bit more insurance for Suzuki was Trevor Daley in fourth, who quietly chipped away at Vieira for majority of the race before making a beautiful last-lap move off the back straightaway.
The OneSpeed Suzuki rider showed enough late pace to compete for at least a podium in race two, hoping instead to get a better start on Sunday and chase a fifth career Supersport win.
As for Vieira, the GP Bikes Ducati rider got a great start to join the lead group but conversely was unable to maintain that pace to the end, salving a strong fifth to open the year after Daley’s last lap pass.
Van Winkle would make plenty of progress from 12th on the grid to finish sixth for FD Racing Suzuki, holding off fellow teenager Philip DeGama-Blanchet in the final few laps who was making his debut for Taylor Racing Ducati.
Notably absent from the final order was home favourite Brad Macrae and reigning championship runner-up Mavrick Cyr, who both failed to finish after Macrae crashed out of sixth in the hairpin and Cyr pitted due to suspected arm pump.
The opening round of the Supersport campaign will continue on Sunday with race two of the nine-race season, as Collins looks to sweep the weekend and open an early lead in the middleweight championship
Full results can be found on the series’ official website: www.csbk.ca
More, from another press release issued by Bridgestone CSBK:
Torin Collins (71) will start this weekend’s two Pro Supersport races from pole position after the Suzuki rider set the fastest lap during official qualifying at the CSBK season opening round at Shannonville Motorsport Park. Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
Collins outduels Simpson for Supersport pole, Laflamme headlines support classes at SMP
A return to Canada was celebrated in style for Torin Collins on Friday, as the teenager secured his first career pole position in the Pro Supersport class at the Bridgestone CSBK opener.
After a pair of impressive Superbike showings in 2024, including a stunning victory at his home round in Edmonton, Collins announced his commitment to the more familiar Supersport class for 2025 beginning with a first-ever trip to Shannonville Motorsport Park.
It didn’t take long for the 19-year-old to adjust to the circuit, however, getting up to speed quickly during Thursday’s test and carrying the momentum into qualifying on Friday afternoon aboard his Novalda Suzuki GSX-R750.
The debut pole position didn’t come easy for Collins, however, as he battled throughout the session with Matt Simpson, who was also chasing his first career pole despite finishing as the championship runner-up in 2023.
Simpson would set the early marker aboard his old-gen Evans Racing Yamaha, before Collins initially displaced him at the halfway point. Simpson would then take the top spot back with five minutes to go, besting Collins by only 0.031 seconds, before the Calgary native reclaimed pole for the final time with under three minutes remaining.
The historic effort will make Collins the first rider ever to start from pole position in their Supersport debut, and the fifth-youngest pole sitter in class history.
Despite falling just 0.099 seconds short of a maiden pole himself, Simpson’s strong pace will put the Evans Racing Yamaha rider firmly in contention for a second career victory this weekend, nearly two years after Yamaha’s last win in the category.
Completing the front row will be reigning champion Sebastien Tremblay, who found himself outside the top five for much of the session but found a late improvement when he needed it.
The Turcotte Performance Suzuki rider would move into third just moments after Philip DeGama-Blanchet had taken the position, though a distant half-second behind Collins and Simpson at the front.
That late improvement will shunt DeGama-Blanchet to the head of the second row, an excellent performance for the 17-year-old in his first weekend aboard the Taylor Racing Ducati.
Home favourite Brad Macrae would find himself just 0.010 seconds behind DeGama-Blanchet in fifth aboard his Colron Excavating Yamaha, while Elliot Vieira rounds out the second row for GP Bikes Ducati.
Zaim Laflamme (777) took pole position for Amateur Supersport but fell just short of pole in Amateur Superbike, where he will start from second on the grid. Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
Zaim Laflamme stole the show in the support classes to kick off 2025 on Friday, taking pole position in Amateur Supersport and falling just short of the same in Amateur Superbike.
Alexis Beaudoin would wind up as the rider to beat in AIM Insurance Amateur Superbike, dislodging Laflamme from the top spot in the final few minutes to take his first career CSBK pole position behind a time of 1:08.857.
That would only narrow outpace Laflamme, who will line up second on the grid and only 0.159 seconds off Beaudoin, with Martin Perreault completing the front row.
Laflamme would get the better of Beaudoin in EBC Brakes Amateur Supersport qualifying, however, blitzing the field to earn his first pole since graduating to the intermediate ranks with a lap of 1:08.769, better than Beaudoin’s Superbike benchmark and 0.716 seconds clear of the rest of the field.
Fellow Lightweight graduate Cole Alexander would take an impressive second on the grid for his Supersport debut, splitting Laflamme and Beaudoin as the 18-year-old looks to build upon his strong finale in 2024.
The first qualifying session of the revamped Importations Thibault Pro-Am Twins class was decimated by J.P. Tache, who will lead off the combined grid from pole position after winding up over a second clear of Louie Raffa.
The gap was actually much larger for most of the session, with Tache leading by over 2.5 seconds at one point for Aprilia, before Raffa cut the deficit dramatically in the final moments in his first weekend aboard an Aprilia of his own.
Reigning Amateur Twins champion Sebastian Silva will line up third for his first weekend as a pro, moving up one spot after a late penalty demoted Justin Marshall to the back of the grid for __
Jean-Pascal Schroeder kicked off his national championship defence by taking the top spot in the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR Cup, putting in a number of strong laps late in the session to fend off returnee Jared Walker.
Local star Scott Szollos earned pole in the Pro-Am Lightweight Sport Bike class, beating out reigning Pro Lightweight champion Gary McKinnon in second.
Dante Bucek will complete the front row as he chases the amateur crown in the combined Pro-Am category, while MiniGP graduate Mason Archer turned in an impressive fifth in his CSBK debut behind Ryan Vanderputten.
The full slate of CSBK classes will begin their round one doubleheader on Saturday as racing gets underway at 1 pm ET, with race one of the feature Pro Superbike class kicking off at roughly 3 pm ET.
The full schedule and results can be found on the series’ official website.
The first CSBK race of the season Saturday at Shannonville Motorsport Park was an exciting one, with a race-long battle between eventual race winner Alex Dumas (23), second-place finisher Jordan Szoke (101), and Ben Young who completed the podium in third. Photo by Rob O'Brien/CSBK
Dumas denies Szoke in epic battle at Shannonville opener
It didn’t take long for the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship to deliver on its 2025 hype, as Alex Dumas won a thrilling season opener in the GP Bikes Pro Superbike class at Shannonville Motorsport Park on Saturday.
Dumas started from pole position and led majority of the contest in his debut aboard the Economy Lube BMW, though it was anything but easy as he was pushed throughout the race by rivals Jordan Szoke and Ben Young.
The 2021 champion would grab the holeshot from Szoke with Sam Guerin taking third, as defending champion Ben Young struggled off the line in his first appearance for Van Dolder’s Home Team Honda and nearly got squeezed out by Guerin into turn one.
The front-running group of four were practically nose-to-tail for the opening laps before Guerin moved his way into second, chasing down Dumas aboard his EFC Group BMW and lapping faster than his Quebecois counterpart.
Unfortunately, just as Guerin was looking set to strike for the race lead, the championship runner-up from a year ago encountered a presumed electronics issue coming onto the front straightaway, having to check up and allow both Szoke and Young through.
Guerin would try to fight the issue for another lap before entering the pits on lap seven, a significant blow to his title hopes just one race into the campaign.
There was still plenty of drama left, however, as Szoke would use the opportunity to track down Dumas and put all sorts of pressure on the 22-year-old, eventually capitalizing on a mistake in turn four to take the lead with just four laps remaining.
The 14-time champion would lead the next two laps with Young trying to find a way through on Dumas, but it never materialized as Dumas instead charged back through on Szoke on the penultimate lap, fending off a final attempt into the famed Allen’s chicane to secure his 15th career Superbike victory.
While his first win for BMW hardly came easy, Dumas would prove himself as the early favourite in the 2025 title chase aboard his new machine, becoming only the seventh rider ever to win for three different manufacturers (having also won for Suzuki and Ducati).
“It was a hard race for sure, but congrats to these guys, it was a lot of fun,” Dumas said. “The bike felt a little different than yesterday, but we made it better this morning and I think we can improve again for tomorrow.”
The second place finish will be bittersweet for Szoke, who falls just short yet again of a heroic comeback victory but came much closer to win number 79 than ever before, looking more like his old self to begin 2025 after severe injuries in 2022.
“Last year we were able to get up at the front, but we could only kind of hang there for a while and then eventually drop back, so it was nice to be able to stay up there today and battle with these guys,” said the CKM Kawasaki rider. “I was faster than Alex in turns three-four-five, but he just managed to get me on the straight. It was nice to put on a show for the fans, and I’m looking forward to it again tomorrow.”
Szoke was also given the FAST Hard Charger Award and $500 to go with it for his resurgent effort, chosen by FAST Riding School owner Martin Hamel.
Saturday’s Superbike podium from Shannonville Motorsport Park (L-R): Ben Young (3rd), Alex Dumas (1st), and Jordan Szoke (2nd). Photo by Rob O’Brien/CSBK
As for Young, the four-time Canada Cup winner turned in a solid debut himself in his new colours, matching the pace at the front the entire time but admittedly giving himself too much work to do after a slow start on the CBR1000RR-R.
“That was my first real launch on the new bike, and I didn’t exactly make the most of it, that’s for sure,” Young joked. “We got caught up in lapped traffic near the end and I had to change plans a bit. We still have steps to go but it just comes down to more time on the bike.”
The result will still be a welcome one for Honda as they usher in a new era with the #1 plate holder, as Young will claim their first podium since 2023 and just their second since former champion Jodi Christie departed the series in 2015.
The performance of David MacKay will also put Honda firmly in contention for their first ever Constructors Championship, bringing home a comfortable fourth aboard his ODH/Snow City Cycle machine and inching closer to his first career Superbike podium.
BMW will still enter Sunday with a slight Constructors lead, earning 33 points between Dumas and Superbike rookie Zoltan Frast in eighth, while Honda and Kawasaki each earned 29 points.
Rounding out the top five in his first full-fledged Superbike effort was 17-year-old phenom Philip DeGama-Blanchet, who made a late move on Trevor Daley to put three Hondas inside the top-five aboard his Taylor Racing machine.
Daley would still manage an impressive sixth on his OneSpeed Suzuki machine, a lesser-powered GSX-R750 built primarily for the Supersport class, as Daley went back-and-forth with the youngster in their own dramatic duel.
Reigning Pro Rookie of the Year winner Connor Campbell was seventh for B&T MacFarlane Kawasaki, a good result from ninth on the grid as he claims valuable points for his manufacturer, while Frast will take over the lead of this year’s Rookie of the Year fight for Clare’s Cycle BMW.
The feature GP Bikes Pro Superbike grid will now return for race two of the doubleheader on Sunday, scheduled for 3 pm ET.
Full results can be found on the series’ official website:
American Rossi Moor made progress testing with his new crew chief at Jerez. Photo courtesy Révész Racing
American Rossi Attila Moor tests with a new chief engineer at the official FIM JuniorGP Moto2 test in Jerez
On May 15–16, Jerez hosted the second official test of the season for teams competing in the FIM JuniorGP Moto2 category.
Following the season-opening race at Estoril (which saw Rossi struggle with set-up), Team MMR and Révész Racing decided that a change in the technical staff was necessary: for the remainder of the season, they will continue with a new chief engineer, the Italian Massimo Biagini.
Biagini is one of the most highly regarded engineers in the Moto2 category, having previously worked with teams such as Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 and Team Sprint Technology. He has extensive experience in engine control and electronic settings, which are crucial for optimizing racing machine performance and adapting them to the riders’ styles.
Although Biagini was only able to join the team on the evening of the first test day, by the second day he had already found common ground with Rossi. As a result of their collaboration, they managed to find settings that allowed the young Hungarian-American rider to consistently improve his lap times.
During the test, the team paid special attention to fine-tuning issues that arose during the Estoril race—such as braking distances and acceleration—which they successfully resolved.
The team eagerly looks forward to the next race weekend, which will also take place in Jerez on June 1.
Toprak Razgatlioglu won FIM Superbike World Championship Race One Saturday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. The poleman rode his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR to a 6.015-second margin of victory in the 22-lap race.
Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R and just held off Danilo Petrucci, who rode his Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R to third.
Alex Lowes was fourth on his Kawasaki Racing Team bimota KB998 Rimini and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista crossed the finish line fifth.
American Garrett Gerloff finished the race 11th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
For the championship, Razgatlioglu is 29 points behind his principal rival Bulega who has 218 points. Bautista is third with 136 points.
FIGHTING BACK: Razgatlioglu claims victory ahead of Bulega at Most, Bautista fights back to P5.The reigning Champion was in good form for Race 1 as he claimed victory in Czechia, finishing directly ahead of title rival Nicolo Bulega.
The sun was out at Autodrom Most as the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship grid took to the track for Race 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) returned to the top of the podium, cruising past Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) for P1 and not letting go of it from then on. Bulega and Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) claimed P2 and P3 respectively. Elsewhere, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) recovered from a Lap 1 incident to secure P5.
151st PODIUM FOR RAZGATLIOGLU: A win on Sunday would see him tie Bautista in career race wins
Razgatlioglu overcame a streaking holeshot from Bulega who started in P2 to top the podium in Race 1. He took P1 from Bulega with a vintage ‘El Turco’ late braking overtake on the inside of Bulega into T1. It was his fifth race win of the season so far and breaks a three-race streak of placing P2 behind Bulega. For Bulega, tomorrow’s Tissot Superpole Race will be his 50th WorldSBK race, spectacularly, he has finished on the rostrum in more than 70% of those races. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) ran a solid race, doing well to convert his P3 in the Tissot Superpole session to P3 in Race 1.
BAUTISTA’S STUNNING RECOVERY RIDING: After falling to P16, Bautista recovered to P5
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had a good jump off the line, and while he was behind the streaking Bulega and Razgatlioglu, he cruised to a P4 after holding off a late attack by Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati). The Spaniard was involved in a race incident on Turn 2 in which he was able to stay on his bike, with Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) and Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) going down. The contact sent him back to P16, however he found another gear and flew back up the grid to finish P5 after overtaking a host of the grid’s riders. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) notched another strong result for him and his Panigale V4 R machinery in P6.
LECUONA AND VIERGE AGAIN INSIDE TOP 10: The Honda factory riders finish P7 and P9 respectively
Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) held onto P6 for most of the race after recovering from an early drop to P8. He only lost P6 to a surging Bautista who slid past him on Lap 18. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) squeezed between the factory Honda pair, holding P7 for most of the race until Bautista passed him as well; his P8 spelling his joint-best result in WorldSBK so far. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) crossed the line just over half a second behind Montella for P9. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) placed P10, landing his best result of the season so far, showing process on his return to race form after his injury; the #65 had a mega Lap 1, jumping up from 15th on the grid to run as high as P6. Garrett Gerloff’s( Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) P11 was his best of the season so far as well, as the American will hope to continue settling into his new surroundings in Kawasaki green.
AEGERTER P13: Climbs up from P19 grid start
Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was the slower of the Bimota riders today, finishing less than half a second behind Gerloff for P12. In P13, Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) did well to make up ground from his P19 grid start. Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing) did well as well to improve to a point scoring P14 finish after starting in P17. Rounding out the point-scoring positions, Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) claimed P15 to snag a point in Race 1, with Sofuoglu having to take a Long Lap Penalty for shortcutting Turn 1 and not losing one second. Fellow Rookie Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) finished P16, followed by Tito Rabat (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) in 17th to round out the finishing riders.
TO NOTE FROM RACE 1: three retirements from the first race
Aside from Locatelli and van der Mark, with ‘Loka’ retiring on the spot and van der Mark bringing his bike back to the pits before retiring, there was one other retirement after Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) didn’t finish the race. His teammate, Tarran Mackenzie, didn’t take the race start.
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +6.015s
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +10.230s
4. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +14.814s
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +15.520s
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +16.053s
Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) – 1’31.109s – new lap record
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Lucas Mahias (94), Jaume Masia (51) and Can Oncu (61) during World Supersport race. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Jaume Masia won FIM Supersport World Championship Race One Saturday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. Riding his Orelac Racing Verdnatura Ducati Panigale V2, the Spaniard won the 19-lap race by 0.137 seconds.
Turkish rider Can Oncu was the runner-up on his BLU CRU Evan Bros Team Yamaha YZF-R9, 7.860 second ahead of third-place finisher Lucas Mahias who rode his GMT94-Yamaha YZF-R9.
Championship point leader, Stefano Manzi finished 26th after crashing his Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing YZF-R9.
Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crashed his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2 on turn one and Did Not Finish (DNF).
For the championship, Bendsneyder is 36 points behind his principal rival Manzi who has 175 points. Booth-Amos is third with 124 points.
P15 TO P1: Masia takes remarkable first WorldSSP win from the fifth row as Manzi crashes from the lead. Jaume Masia earned his first WorldSSP win at Most’s Race 1, building on his Cremona podium to take victory after a last-lap battle with Can Oncu.
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) claimed the first win of the Motul Czech Round weekend at the Autodrom Most as he led Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) and Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) into Parc Ferme. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) crashed out of the race in Lap 8, however second and third-place in the FIM Supersport World Championship standings were unable to take advantage of Manzi’s misfortune as second-place Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) finished P8 and Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) crashed out.
MASIA MAKES HIS MOVE: last lap overtake to win his first race since his Moto3™ win at Qatar in 2023
Grey skies once again hung above the Autodrom Most, causing low track temperatures which affected grip on the track. Oncu, Masia, Mahias and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) managed to hang on behind Manzi who surged forward early in the race to claim P1. Debise fell out of the running early on with a crash in Lap 6, preventing him from being able to take advantage of Manzi’s crash. After Manzi’s Turn 16, Lap 8 lowside, Oncu strode into P1, first fighting with Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) and then Masia, with Masia sliding up the inside of Oncu at Turn 20 to claim P1 and shuffle Oncu to P2.
SCHROETTER P7 to P4: The German rider enjoyed a positive Race 1
Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) earned his second- best result of the season, his best result since his P3 at Phillip Island’s Race 1. Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) landed his best-ever WorldSSP finish in P5, leaping up the grid from his P11 start. Corentin Perolari (Honda Racing World Supersport) was not only the fastest Honda on the day, but he was the best-performing WorldSSP Challenge rider on the day in P6.
OETTL MAINTAINS STRONG FORM: P7 after P5 placement in Superpole
Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) landed another strong result at Most, finishing in P7, pipping Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) in P8 by a mere +0.088s. Behind the pair, in P9, Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) carried the day for Triumph as he earned his best result since his pair of P7’s at his home round at Phillip Island, his third top 10 of the season. Just behind the Australian, Spaniard Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) finished +0.027s slower, earning P10. Back in P15, Raffaele de Rosa (QJMOTOR Factory Racing) earned Chinese manufacturer QJMOTOR their first point in WorldSSP.
CRASHES AND RETIREMENTS:A total of seven riders saw their Race 1 end early
Cold track temperatures and a strong wind challenged riders to see the chequered flag; Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and Glenn van Straalen (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) were the first riders to crash in Race 1, taking a spill on Turn 2 of Lap 1. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) crashed on Turn 16 of Lap 5, another tough blow to his Championship hopes. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) saw his front-row start squandered after a Turn 1 lowside on Lap 6. Niki Tuuli (QJMOTOR Factory Racing) retired from the race on the same sixth Lap.
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