KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Talent Cup race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane was second, followed by Team Hammer’s Jake Paige, Real Steel Honda’s Derek Sanchez King and Sawyer Lafayette Racing’s Sawyer Lafayette.
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J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Troy Herfoss won Saturday’s MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Teammate Hayden Gillim was second, followed by SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara, Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Bradley Smith and M3/Tobacco Road Harley-Davidson’s Max Flinders.
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Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superbike Race Two at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Teammate JD Beach was second, followed by Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz, OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly and Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen.
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Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Twins Cup race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Karns/TST Industries Racing’s Isaac Woodworth was second, followed by M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bodie Paige and Matthew Chapin and ECB Racing’s Eli Block. However, Gouker was assessed a two-position penalty after the race for passing under a yellow flag, dropping him to third, behind Woodworth and Paige.
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BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes won Saturday’s wet MotoAmerica Supersport race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto with Droplight’s Kayla Yaakov was second, followed by Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin, Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse Ducati’s Darryn Binder and Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio.
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Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superbike race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier was second, followed by teammate Benjamin Smith, OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly and his teammate Jayson Uribe. The race was twice interrupted due to weather and the final leg was a five-lap sprint.
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Iker Lecuona won FIM Superbike World Championship Race One Saturday afternoon at Cremona Circuit, in Italy. Lecuona, started from pole position, rode his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R to a 5.591-second margin of victory in the 23-lap race.
His teammate Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up, while Sam Lowes rode his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R to third.
American Garrett Gerloff went from 8th on the grid to 5th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Danilo Petrucci crossed the finish line 14th on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR and Loris Baz got 15th on his MGM Optical Express Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
Nicolo Bulega leads the championship with 573 points, 141 ahead of Iker Lecuona who has 432 points. Yari Montella is third with 247 points.
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WSBKChampionshipStandings
More, from a press release issued by WSBK:
LECUONA ON TOP: #7 takes victory in Race 1 at Cremona ahead of Bulega, Sam Lowes completes podium. The Spanish rider took the honours on Saturday in WorldSBK ahead of Bulega and Sam Lowes, while Surra crashed from the podium places.
Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed his second win of the 2026 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in emphatic style at the Cremona Circuit, beating teammate Nicolo Bulega by more than five seconds in Race 1. The result means the title has not been decided with Bulega aiming to wrap it up on Sunday at the EICMA Italian Round, while Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) rounded out the podium places after home hero Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) crashed from P3.
DRAMATIC PODIUM BATTLE
Lecuona got a great start when the lights went out to claim the holeshot, but both Bulega and Surra lost out as Montella came through at Turn 1 to demote the #11 and the #67 into third and fourth respectively. However, Montella crashed at Turn 13 on the opening lap, dropping him to the back of the grid. Lecuona quickly bolted away at the head of the field, leading by more than a second at the start of Lap 3. However, ‘Bulegas’ started to match his teammate’s pace over the next few laps as he kept himself in contention for victory while also building a lead over Surra in third. On Lap 5, Lecuona lapped four tenths quicker than Bulega to take the gap out to 1.5 seconds. Surra’s hopes of a maiden rostrum came to an end on Lap 9 when he crashed at Turn 7, which promoted to Sam Lowes onto the podium. Despite having a three-second margin, Lecuona had a huge wobble on Lap 10, showing how hard he was pushing but the #7 retained the lead. The #7 continued to lap faster than his teammate as he claimed his second win of the season, while Bulega finished in P2 for only the second time in 2026. The winning margin of 5.591 seconds is the first time Bulega has been beaten by more than five seconds since Race 2 at Magny-Cours in 2025. Sam Lowes claimed a podium place by holding off Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) for third, taking his 14th WorldSBK podium.
GERLOFF RETURNS TO THE TOP 5
Baldassarri was forced to settle for fourth despite only falling one second behind the #14 at the start of Lap 21. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) secured fifth place after a fight with Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), with the #31 taking his first top five finish since Most Race 2. Alex Lowes followed Gerloff home to finish in sixth place, with less than a second separating the two riders.
BIG BATTLE FOR P7
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) finished in seventh but he had a train of riders directly behind him, all looking to get ahead. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had to resist a hard-charging Jake Dixon (Honda HRC) through the middle phase of the race after the #96 started from P18, before the Brit had to defend from Alvaro Bautista (Barni Spark Racing Team) over the final few laps. It finished with ‘Loka’ in P7, ‘El Bocia’ in P8 followed by Dixon and Bautista, with 0.108s between the rookie and the two-time World Champion.
SCORING POINTS IN RACE 1
Stefano Manzi (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) spent the race riding in tandem with teammate Remy Gardner, with the pair separated by very little throughout most of the 23-lap race. In the end, it was Manzi finished in 11th with Gardner in 12th. Somkiat Chantra (Honda HRC) ensured both Hondas scored points with 13th, ahead of Danilo Petrucci (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Loris Baz (MGM Optical Express Racing) who rounded out the points-paying positions.
Mattia Rato (Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) finished his home race in 16th place ahead of teammate Twan Smits crashed out on Lap 6 at Turn 8 although the Dutchman was able to rejoin the race falling his fall. He finished in 17th place.
RACE OF ATTRITION
On Lap 8, Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates) was forced to retire from the race with a technical problem, while Montella retired after a second crash at Turn 10 in the first half of the race. Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was running inside the top ten before he crashed at Turn 10 on Lap 12. On Lap 17, Xavi Vierge (Pata Maxus Yamaha) crashed out at Turn 5, ending the Spaniard’s hopes of scoring points.
The top six from WorldSBK Race 1, full results here:
Fastest Lap: Iker Lecuona (Ducati) – 1’28.077s
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Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman set the fastest time in Saturday’s wet MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Teammate Bradley Smith was second, followed by J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Hayden Gillim, Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli and SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara.
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BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes set the fastest time in Saturday’s rain-hit MotoAmerica Supersport practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. MP13 Racing/One Cure Racing’s Joseph LiMandri Jr. was second, followed by Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio, BPR Racing Yamaha’s Brenden Ketelsen and Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin.
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Jeremy Alcoba won Saturday’s red-flagged FIM Supersport World Championship Race One at Cremona Circuit in Italy. Riding his Kawasaki ZX-6R 636, the Spaniard won the 13-lap race by 0.568 second.
Albert Arenas was the runner-up on his AS BLU CRU Yamaha YZF-R9, just 0.120 second ahead of third-place finisher Filippo Farioli, who rode his VFT Racing Yamaha YZF-R9.
Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crossed the finish line 4th on his Eastroc Evan Bros ZXMOTO 820RR.
Albert Arenas leads the championship with 331 points, 77 ahead of Valentin Debise who has 254 points. Jaume Masia is third with 219 points.
WSSP RACE 1
WSSPChampionshipStandings
More, from a press release issued by WSBK:
MAIDEN SUCCESSES: Alcoba takes first WorldSSP win ahead of Arenas and Farioli with a first-time podium. With the Championship leader’s P2 and Debise’s P4, the title will likely go to Estoril.
After a surprise FIM Supersport World Championship result on Friday, Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) showed that his pace was no fluke, outgunning the Championship leader Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) and Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) for his first-ever WorldSSP win. Arenas made it 15 podiums in his rookie season in the class, while Farioli earned his maiden podium at home. Now leading by 77 points, Arenas has a slim chance to win the title in Race 2 at Cremona. The Spaniard will be crowned WorldSSP Riders’ Champion if he wins in Race 2 and Debise doesn’t score any points.
AN EARLY RED FLAG
Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) was the first rider through Turn 1, and while he lost P1 later in the opening sector to Arenas, the Italian hung in early on, determined to give the #75 problems. As the lead trio of Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) led the field into Lap 2, behind them, Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) and Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) crashed on Turn 7, sending gravel onto the track and causing a red flag stoppage.
ALCOBA GETS HIS FIRST
The grid reset to its original configuration before the two laps, except Garcia had to start from the back of the grid after he couldn’t leave the pit lane in time. Alcoba was taking no prisoners after the restart, cutting across the nose of the #75 to take the lead at Turn 11 of Lap 2. The #52 is determined to race for a seat after it was announced that Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) will ride with WorldSPB’s David Salvador (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) with the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team next season. The #52 stretched his legs and climbed to around half a second clear of the Championship leader, but with five laps to go, the #75 had closed in to within a quarter of a second. Three laps later, Alcoba maintained control of the race, and while Farioli opened the back straight in P2, Arenas showed he’s taking no prisoners in this title fight as he pulled alongside the #7 in a narrow gap of track just inches between Farioli and the trackside grass. The #75 braked later and stole P2 in the final sector. The result marks Alcoba’s first World Championship win since Moto3 Junior at Valencia in 2019.
DAMAGE CONTROL FROM DEBISE IN P4
Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) was riding in P4 on Lap 5 when he lost the front exiting Turn 2, sending him to the gravel for another frustrating DNF this season. The Turk’s misfortune benefitted ZXMOTO’s Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing), who took P4 and methodically cut away at Farioli’s gap to narrowly miss the podium by just over a hundredth. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) benefitted from fighting ahead of him to claw his way up the order from his P9 grid start. While he finished in P5, the three-time Cremona podium man will start from pole position in Race 2. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) had a proud ride at home, following the Brit up the order to take P6 from a P10 starting spot.
CASADEI CLIMBS UP FROM P17 AT HOME
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) lost three positions over the shortened 13-lap race to finish P7. He held off Italian rider Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team), who took his second-best result of the season with P8, finishing less than a quarter of a second behind Masia. Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) made it two Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 bikes in the top ten with a P9 result. The Swiss rider’s second top-ten of the season outpaced Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), who climbed up from a P19 grid start to seal the top-ten positions.
CRASHERS AT CREMONA
After the restart, Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) crashed out on Turn 4 of Lap 1. A lap later, Jespersen suffered a tech issue at Turn 8, ending his race. Zaccone crashed out from P6 at Turn 10 on Lap 7 as he was beginning to fight with Booth-Amos for P5. At Turn 10, moments later, Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) saw gravel at Turn 3 as his Saturday ended early.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 1: Full results here!
Fastest lap: Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph), 1’31.822s – new lap record
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Talent Cup race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane was second, followed by Team Hammer’s Jake Paige, Real Steel Honda’s Derek Sanchez King and Sawyer Lafayette Racing’s Sawyer Lafayette.
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Troy Herfoss won Saturday’s MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Teammate Hayden Gillim was second, followed by SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara, Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Bradley Smith and M3/Tobacco Road Harley-Davidson’s Max Flinders.
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Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superbike Race Two at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Teammate JD Beach was second, followed by Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz, OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly and Wrench Motorcycles’ Cameron Petersen.
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Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Twins Cup race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Karns/TST Industries Racing’s Isaac Woodworth was second, followed by M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bodie Paige and Matthew Chapin and ECB Racing’s Eli Block. However, Gouker was assessed a two-position penalty after the race for passing under a yellow flag, dropping him to third, behind Woodworth and Paige.
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BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes won Saturday’s wet MotoAmerica Supersport race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto with Droplight’s Kayla Yaakov was second, followed by Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin, Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse Ducati’s Darryn Binder and Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio.
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Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong won Saturday’s MotoAmerica Superbike race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier was second, followed by teammate Benjamin Smith, OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly and his teammate Jayson Uribe. The race was twice interrupted due to weather and the final leg was a five-lap sprint.
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Iker Lecuona won FIM Superbike World Championship Race One Saturday afternoon at Cremona Circuit, in Italy. Lecuona, started from pole position, rode his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R to a 5.591-second margin of victory in the 23-lap race.
His teammate Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up, while Sam Lowes rode his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R to third.
American Garrett Gerloff went from 8th on the grid to 5th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Danilo Petrucci crossed the finish line 14th on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR and Loris Baz got 15th on his MGM Optical Express Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
Nicolo Bulega leads the championship with 573 points, 141 ahead of Iker Lecuona who has 432 points. Yari Montella is third with 247 points.
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More, from a press release issued by WSBK:
LECUONA ON TOP: #7 takes victory in Race 1 at Cremona ahead of Bulega, Sam Lowes completes podium. The Spanish rider took the honours on Saturday in WorldSBK ahead of Bulega and Sam Lowes, while Surra crashed from the podium places.
Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed his second win of the 2026 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in emphatic style at the Cremona Circuit, beating teammate Nicolo Bulega by more than five seconds in Race 1. The result means the title has not been decided with Bulega aiming to wrap it up on Sunday at the EICMA Italian Round, while Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) rounded out the podium places after home hero Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) crashed from P3.
DRAMATIC PODIUM BATTLE
Lecuona got a great start when the lights went out to claim the holeshot, but both Bulega and Surra lost out as Montella came through at Turn 1 to demote the #11 and the #67 into third and fourth respectively. However, Montella crashed at Turn 13 on the opening lap, dropping him to the back of the grid. Lecuona quickly bolted away at the head of the field, leading by more than a second at the start of Lap 3. However, ‘Bulegas’ started to match his teammate’s pace over the next few laps as he kept himself in contention for victory while also building a lead over Surra in third. On Lap 5, Lecuona lapped four tenths quicker than Bulega to take the gap out to 1.5 seconds. Surra’s hopes of a maiden rostrum came to an end on Lap 9 when he crashed at Turn 7, which promoted to Sam Lowes onto the podium. Despite having a three-second margin, Lecuona had a huge wobble on Lap 10, showing how hard he was pushing but the #7 retained the lead. The #7 continued to lap faster than his teammate as he claimed his second win of the season, while Bulega finished in P2 for only the second time in 2026. The winning margin of 5.591 seconds is the first time Bulega has been beaten by more than five seconds since Race 2 at Magny-Cours in 2025. Sam Lowes claimed a podium place by holding off Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) for third, taking his 14th WorldSBK podium.
GERLOFF RETURNS TO THE TOP 5
Baldassarri was forced to settle for fourth despite only falling one second behind the #14 at the start of Lap 21. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) secured fifth place after a fight with Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), with the #31 taking his first top five finish since Most Race 2. Alex Lowes followed Gerloff home to finish in sixth place, with less than a second separating the two riders.
BIG BATTLE FOR P7
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) finished in seventh but he had a train of riders directly behind him, all looking to get ahead. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had to resist a hard-charging Jake Dixon (Honda HRC) through the middle phase of the race after the #96 started from P18, before the Brit had to defend from Alvaro Bautista (Barni Spark Racing Team) over the final few laps. It finished with ‘Loka’ in P7, ‘El Bocia’ in P8 followed by Dixon and Bautista, with 0.108s between the rookie and the two-time World Champion.
SCORING POINTS IN RACE 1
Stefano Manzi (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) spent the race riding in tandem with teammate Remy Gardner, with the pair separated by very little throughout most of the 23-lap race. In the end, it was Manzi finished in 11th with Gardner in 12th. Somkiat Chantra (Honda HRC) ensured both Hondas scored points with 13th, ahead of Danilo Petrucci (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Loris Baz (MGM Optical Express Racing) who rounded out the points-paying positions.
Mattia Rato (Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) finished his home race in 16th place ahead of teammate Twan Smits crashed out on Lap 6 at Turn 8 although the Dutchman was able to rejoin the race falling his fall. He finished in 17th place.
RACE OF ATTRITION
On Lap 8, Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates) was forced to retire from the race with a technical problem, while Montella retired after a second crash at Turn 10 in the first half of the race. Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was running inside the top ten before he crashed at Turn 10 on Lap 12. On Lap 17, Xavi Vierge (Pata Maxus Yamaha) crashed out at Turn 5, ending the Spaniard’s hopes of scoring points.
The top six from WorldSBK Race 1, full results here:
Fastest Lap: Iker Lecuona (Ducati) – 1’28.077s
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman set the fastest time in Saturday’s wet MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Teammate Bradley Smith was second, followed by J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian’s Hayden Gillim, Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli and SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara.
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes set the fastest time in Saturday’s rain-hit MotoAmerica Supersport practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park. MP13 Racing/One Cure Racing’s Joseph LiMandri Jr. was second, followed by Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio, BPR Racing Yamaha’s Brenden Ketelsen and Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin.
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Jeremy Alcoba won Saturday’s red-flagged FIM Supersport World Championship Race One at Cremona Circuit in Italy. Riding his Kawasaki ZX-6R 636, the Spaniard won the 13-lap race by 0.568 second.
Albert Arenas was the runner-up on his AS BLU CRU Yamaha YZF-R9, just 0.120 second ahead of third-place finisher Filippo Farioli, who rode his VFT Racing Yamaha YZF-R9.
Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crossed the finish line 4th on his Eastroc Evan Bros ZXMOTO 820RR.
Albert Arenas leads the championship with 331 points, 77 ahead of Valentin Debise who has 254 points. Jaume Masia is third with 219 points.
WSSP RACE 1
WSSPChampionshipStandings
More, from a press release issued by WSBK:
MAIDEN SUCCESSES: Alcoba takes first WorldSSP win ahead of Arenas and Farioli with a first-time podium. With the Championship leader’s P2 and Debise’s P4, the title will likely go to Estoril.
After a surprise FIM Supersport World Championship result on Friday, Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) showed that his pace was no fluke, outgunning the Championship leader Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) and Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) for his first-ever WorldSSP win. Arenas made it 15 podiums in his rookie season in the class, while Farioli earned his maiden podium at home. Now leading by 77 points, Arenas has a slim chance to win the title in Race 2 at Cremona. The Spaniard will be crowned WorldSSP Riders’ Champion if he wins in Race 2 and Debise doesn’t score any points.
AN EARLY RED FLAG
Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) was the first rider through Turn 1, and while he lost P1 later in the opening sector to Arenas, the Italian hung in early on, determined to give the #75 problems. As the lead trio of Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) led the field into Lap 2, behind them, Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) and Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) crashed on Turn 7, sending gravel onto the track and causing a red flag stoppage.
ALCOBA GETS HIS FIRST
The grid reset to its original configuration before the two laps, except Garcia had to start from the back of the grid after he couldn’t leave the pit lane in time. Alcoba was taking no prisoners after the restart, cutting across the nose of the #75 to take the lead at Turn 11 of Lap 2. The #52 is determined to race for a seat after it was announced that Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) will ride with WorldSPB’s David Salvador (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) with the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team next season. The #52 stretched his legs and climbed to around half a second clear of the Championship leader, but with five laps to go, the #75 had closed in to within a quarter of a second. Three laps later, Alcoba maintained control of the race, and while Farioli opened the back straight in P2, Arenas showed he’s taking no prisoners in this title fight as he pulled alongside the #7 in a narrow gap of track just inches between Farioli and the trackside grass. The #75 braked later and stole P2 in the final sector. The result marks Alcoba’s first World Championship win since Moto3 Junior at Valencia in 2019.
DAMAGE CONTROL FROM DEBISE IN P4
Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) was riding in P4 on Lap 5 when he lost the front exiting Turn 2, sending him to the gravel for another frustrating DNF this season. The Turk’s misfortune benefitted ZXMOTO’s Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing), who took P4 and methodically cut away at Farioli’s gap to narrowly miss the podium by just over a hundredth. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) benefitted from fighting ahead of him to claw his way up the order from his P9 grid start. While he finished in P5, the three-time Cremona podium man will start from pole position in Race 2. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) had a proud ride at home, following the Brit up the order to take P6 from a P10 starting spot.
CASADEI CLIMBS UP FROM P17 AT HOME
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) lost three positions over the shortened 13-lap race to finish P7. He held off Italian rider Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team), who took his second-best result of the season with P8, finishing less than a quarter of a second behind Masia. Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) made it two Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 bikes in the top ten with a P9 result. The Swiss rider’s second top-ten of the season outpaced Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), who climbed up from a P19 grid start to seal the top-ten positions.
CRASHERS AT CREMONA
After the restart, Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) crashed out on Turn 4 of Lap 1. A lap later, Jespersen suffered a tech issue at Turn 8, ending his race. Zaccone crashed out from P6 at Turn 10 on Lap 7 as he was beginning to fight with Booth-Amos for P5. At Turn 10, moments later, Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) saw gravel at Turn 3 as his Saturday ended early.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 1: Full results here!
Fastest lap: Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph), 1’31.822s – new lap record
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