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Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio won Sunday’s MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan race ahead of OrangeCat Racing’s Josh Herrin and Saddlemen Race Development’s James Rispoli.
TopPro Motorsports Edge Racing’s Jason Waters finished fourth, followed by Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis in fifth.
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After a chaotic, twice-interrupted by red flags race on Sunday at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team’s Fabio Di Giannantonio claimed victory ahead of BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP’s Fermin Aldeguer and Ducati Lenovo Team’s Francesco Bagnaia.
Aprilia Racing’s Marco Bezzecchi finished fourth, followed by Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team’s Fabio Quartararo in fifth.
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Di Giannantonio returns to winning ways in dramatic Catalan Grand Prix. The VR46 Italian is joined on the podium by Mir and Aldeguer but a post-race tyre pressure penalty for the 2020 World Champion means Bagnaia is promoted to the rostrum.
Fabio Di Giannantonio, for the first time since 2023, is a MotoGP winner after the Italian emerged victorious following a dramatic Catalan GP. The Pertamina Enduro VR46 star climbed to the front of the field in the closing stages to beat fellow podium finishers Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) and Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP).
Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) were high-profile crashers in the 13-lap restart, as we send our best wishes to Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) and Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR), who both suffered nasty crashes in separate red-flagged incidents.
THE OPENING 11 LAPS
Before the lights went out, Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) had a problem on the grid and was wheeled away for a pit lane start, while teammate Acosta got the launch he would have been looking for. The #37 led from Alex Marquez, but the Sprint winner got a little beaten up around the rest of the lap. Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) pounced, and then Martin bullied his way past his compatriot at Turn 7 – and there was contact. It was another fast start from Zarco, but it was almost an early shower for the Frenchman after he had a big moment at Turn 10.
Right, breath caught? No, us neither. Acosta led by 0.7s, with Alex Marquez re-grouping and then attacking Fernandez. However, the attacker then became the hunted. Zarco aggressively shoved his way past Marquez at Turn 5 on Lap 3, and immediately after, Martin carved his way past Marquez to quickly demote the Spaniard to P5.
On the next lap, Martin (at Turn 1) and Marquez (at Turn 5) did then get back past Zarco for P3 and P4, but with the scrapping, Acosta and Fernandez were a second up the road. And on Lap 5, it was those two at the forefront of the action. Fernandez decided he fancied the Grand Prix lead baton, with the #25 making a classic Turn 1 move stick on the KTM star.
Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing), the pre-race championship leader, was lapping in P8 before a big mistake arrived at Turn 10 on Lap 5. That dropped the Italian behind compatriot Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), with the duo P11 and P12 in the early stages.
Lap 7 saw Acosta have a bite at leading again, but it was a move that Fernandez responded to immediately. Two laps later, Acosta went for it again at Turn 1 – and this time, there was nothing the Trackhouse rider could do. While thinking about trying to regain the lead, Fernandez also had to give a thought to a menacing Marquez, because the latter had slung himself into the fight for the lead.
P3 became P2 for Marquez down into Turn 1 on Lap 10, and at this stage of the Grand Prix, the most comfortable-looking rider was Saturday’s winner.
Then, a huge incident unfolded on Lap 12. Acosta, coming out of Turn 9, suffered a technical issue on the straight, which left the helpless Alex Marquez with nowhere to go as Acosta lost power. The #73 hit the rear of Acosta, which then caused Marquez to endure a very nasty crash after the front of his bike was badly damaged.
The unavoidable contact between the two meant debris littered the circuit, some of which Fernandez and Di Giannantonio couldn’t avoid, with Marquez’s stricken Ducati bouncing back into the middle of the track too. Fernandez was clearly hurt, and so was Di Giannantonio, who ended up crashing at Turn 10 due to being unable to avoid a huge amount of debris from Marquez’s bike. Both got back to pit lane and were eligible for the restart, with Marquez – who was confirmed conscious – taken to the hospital for further medical checks.
Di Giannantonio, Fernandez, and Zarco – who was also caught up in the debris from the crash – were all OK to make the restart.
THE FIRST RESTART
MotoGP’s warriors lined up on the grid for a 13-lap race, with the starting positions decided by the standings on the previous completed lap. That meant the front row was Acosta, Fernandez, and Martin.
On the run into Turn 1, Acosta grabbed the holeshot, before three riders crashed at the opening corner. Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol), Bagnaia, and Zarco all went down, and it was an incident that brought out the red flags. Marini and Pecco thankfully walked away, with Zarco unfortunately getting caught up with Pecco’s bike in the gravel.
LCR confirmed Zarco was taken to the local hospital for further checks on a left leg injury.
THE SECOND RESTART
12 laps, the grid as you were before the second red flags. Once more, Acosta held onto P1, with Martin slotting into P2. Fernandez was P3 but then, at Turn 5, contact. Fernandez, on the inside of Martin, had to pick up the bike after the duo came together, as both went into the gravel. Martin was on the floor but managed to rejoin; however, the Aprilias were P18 and P19.
At the front, Acosta led from Mir and Pecco, with Di Giannantonio sitting in P4. Bezzecchi was P8, one place behind Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team).
On Lap 4 of 13, Di Giannantonio moved up to P3 ahead of Pecco, as the top three began to stretch clear of the factory Ducati rider. P4 then became P5 for Pecco, who was running the medium rear tyre, as Aldeguer pounced at Turn 4 on Lap 7.
With five laps to go, Di Giannantonio decided it was time to pass Mir for P2. And it was a move that stuck. The top three were locked together in Barcelona, with Aldeguer and Ogura reeling in the leaders. Soon enough, you could throw a blanket over the top five.
With three laps to go, the lead changed for the first time. It was Turn 10 again, as Di Giannantonio parked his Ducati up the inside of Acosta and hanging onto the inside line into Turn 12, the pass stuck.
Within half a lap, Di Giannantonio pulled 0.6s on Acosta, Mir, Aldeguer, and Ogura. And it didn’t look like Acosta had anything in response. Instead, he had a tough task of keeping Mir, Aldeguer, and Ogura behind him.
A task that proved too difficult. Mir was P2 at Turn 1 on the last lap, and Aldeguer dived through at Turn 3. Di Giannantonio was away at the front, and with no time left to respond, it looked like Acosta’s rostrum chances were done. And at the final corner, they were.
Ogura, in a 2009 Rossi-esque attempt, made contact with the KTM star, which saw Acosta crash out. A disastrous end to the Grand Prix for Acosta, as he saw a win and podium slip away in dramatic fashion.
Di Giannantonio clinched his first win in VR46 colours, his first 25-point haul since the 2023 Qatar GP, a top job from the Italian who was riding in pain after the first red flag incident, with Mir and Aldeguer crossing the line behind the #49. However, it wasn’t to be as a post-race tyre pressure penalty was applied to Mir, subsequently promoting Bagnaia up to third. Ogura’s last corner move meant the Stewards handed the Japanese star a three-second penalty, the equivalent of a Long Lap, which dropped the #79 to P9 but then eighth once Mir’s penalty was applied.
Whilst Pecco got third, other riders investigated for tyre pressure penalties were Toprak Razgatlioglu (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and teammate Jack Miller, Raul Fernandez and Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP). P5 became P4 for Bezzecchi and after a tough weekend, plus Martin’s crash, that could prove to be a very good result for the Italian. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), Marini, Binder, penalised Ogura, Diogo Moreira (Pro Honda LCR) and Morbidelli rounded out the top 10.
The riders closing out the points were Rins, Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3), Miller, and Razgatlioglu.
MUGELLO UP NEXT
A dramatic day draws to a close in Barcelona. An unwanted reminder, not that we needed it, that every single rider out there is a superhero.
We wish Alex Marquez and Zarco all the best again, as we take a breather before heading to Mugello, with Bezzecchi landing on home turf with the championship lead.
On Sunday at Autodrom Most, EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory’s Valentin Debise edged Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing’s Can Oncu by 0.056 seconds in the second Supersport World Championship race, while PTR Triumph Factory Racing’s Oli Bayliss finished third.
AS BLU CRU Racing Team’s Aldi Satya Mahendra placed fourth, followed by WRP Racing’s Matteo Ferrari in fifth.
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CHAMPIONSHIP TWISTS: Debise pips Oncu to victory as Arenas and Masia collide at Most. Debise takes his second double of the season as Bayliss gets back on the podium.
The FIM Supersport World Championship closed off their Czech Round weekend with a fascinating Race 2 fight. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) was fastest in WorldSSP’s final battle at the beloved Autodrom Most, topping the podium for his second double of the WorldSSP season so far. Claiming Most’s signature glassware from P2, Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) took his best shot at Debise but took P2, his fifth consecutive podium. Trailing the duo, Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) got onto the podium for the second time this season, and the first time since the season opener.
CHAMPIONSHIP DRAMA
Debise sailed ahead of the congestion for the holeshot after starting in P1, while Oncu skirmished with Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) behind him on the first lap. Several times, the #61 looked up the inside of the #94 in front of him, only to make his way past with a smooth double overtake on the run into Turn 1 before Debise took back the lead by the end of the first sector. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) hung near the front of the lead group until he ran wide on Lap 4 to fall to P5 behind Masia. The pair scrapped for P5 until the #5 slipped by on the inside on Lap 7, but he made contact with Arenas, causing the Championship leader to fall and leading the FIM WorldSBK Stewards to hand him a Long Lap Penalty. After he took the penalty on the subsequent lap, he fell to P9. He later took a literal fall on Turn 15, failing to take advantage of Arenas’s tumble.
TITLE POINTS GAP CRUMBLES to 19
Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) joined the lead group late on and made brief appearances in the top three until a Turn 20 crash ended his round early with his second crash of the weekend. Debise, Oncu and Mahias weathered the storm, the lead pair slightly clear, while Mahias had his hands full with a fight for P3 with Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) and Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing). The podium picture changed once again as the #69 and the Frenchman both crashed on Turn 1 of the penultimate lap, ending Mahias’s race early, and sending Booth-Amos to P16. It was Debise who came across the line first after a final lap move on Turn 15-16, spelling his fifth win of the season and moving to P2 in the Championship. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) looks back to his 2025 pace as he now has five podiums in a row, and Oli Bayliss chased the pair home for his second podium of the season.
THE INDONESIAN BACK IN THE TOP FIVE
Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) finished in P4 for his best result since his podium effort Down Under, ahead of Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing), who crossed the line just two hundredths behind the #57. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) crossed the line in P6 took his second-best result so far this season, which would have been his best since last round, however he was demoted a total of two places as he was penalised one position by the FIM WorldSBK Stewards, once for exceeding track limits on the final lap at Turn 2, and then another position for an unsafe rejoin later on Turn 1.
FARIOLI FINDS PACE AT MOST
Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) crossed the line a tenth slower than Alcoba, but with the penalty, he takes P6. Three seconds behind his fellow Ducati, Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) took P7. Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) finished half a tenth slower than Oettl, but with Alcoba now occupying P8, The Italian takes P9, still good for his second top ten of the season, both recorded here at Most. Rounding out the ten fastest riders, Federico Caricasulo (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) made it two ZXMOTO riders in the top ten.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 2: Full results here!
1. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory)
2. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.056s
3. Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +2.095s
4. Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) +2.835s
5. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) +2.855s
6. Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) +6.056s
Fastest Lap: Jaume Masia (Ducati), 1’34.130s
Championship Standings:
1. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) 166 points
2. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) 147
3. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing Verdnatura) 130
4. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 128
5. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) 104
6. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) 76
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On Sunday at Autodrom Most, Nicolo Bulega aboard the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R won Superbike Race Two, completing 22 laps with a best lap of 1:29.616. Iker Lecuona, also on an Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R, finished second, 0.594 seconds behind. Yari Montella, riding for Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati, claimed third, 14.935 seconds back. Lorenzo Baldassarri finished fourth for Team Goeleven Ducati, while Garrett Gerloff on the Kawasaki WorldSBK Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR rounded out the top five, 6.164 seconds off the lead.
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MASTERCLASS AT MOST: Bulega wraps up Czech hat-trick ahead of Lecuona, Gerloff and Surra steal the show with epic battle. The #11 continued his winning run as he made it 19 victories in a row in WorldSBK, with Lecuona and Montella completing the podium.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) continued his MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship winning streak after resisting teammate Iker Lecuona’s pressure throughout Race 2, taking his tally up to 19 consecutive victories as he extended the all-time record. Lecuona recorded his 14th podium in WorldSBK at the Autodrom Most while Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) concluded the Czech Round on the rostrum for his third podium of the weekend.
ROUNDING OUT MOST WITH A PODIUM
Bulega got a superb start when lights went out for the final race of the weekend to hold P1 from teammate Lecuona, while Montella was able to resist an early challenge from Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) to hold a provisional podium spot. By the start of Lap 4, Bulega had opened the gap to over half-a-second as he quickly moved clear of the #7, although as half-race distance approached, Lecuona once again closed the gap. However, ‘Bulegas’ was able to maintain distance between the duo, as he made it 15 wins this season – more than he won in the entirety of last season. Lecuona came home in second, 0.594s behind, as he took his 14th podium; he now jointly holds the record for most rostrums without a win with Davide Giuligano. Montella finished in third; it’s his fourth consecutive rostrum and the first time he’s made it a clean sweep of podiums in a single round.
EPIC BATTLE FOR P5
Montella was able to pull clear of ‘Balda’ in P4 when the #34 made an error, which allowed rookie Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) to close in and then pass at Turn 1 on Lap 5, moving into a provisional P4. Baldassarri tried to fight back a lap later through Turns 15-16, as well as Turns 1-2 on Lap 8, but Surra was able to resist the GoEleven Ducati rider’s charge at that point. On Lap 10, Baldassarri was able to get ahead at Turn 1 and quickly pulled out a gap over Surra. Their scrap allowed Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing) and Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) to close in, with the #31 getting ahead of the #95 at Turns 1-2 on Lap 12 for P5. On Lap 14, Gerloff attempted to pass Surra at Turn 1, but the #67 was able to defend through Turn 2. A lap later and the Texan made the move at Turn 1, but through Turns 3 and 4, Surra was able to get ahead once again. He tried at Turn 20 on Lap 15 but wasn’t close enough as he aimed to catch the rookie by surprise but was unable to make the move stick.
GERLOFF COMES OUT ON TOP… JUST
Their battle kept raging on as Gerloff tried to pass him at Turn 20, but the Italian immediately responded at Turn 21 to maintain the inside line and the position. A crash on Lap 16 at Turn 10 dropped Mackenzie out of the fight and the race, the sole retirement from Race 2, meaning it was between Surra and Gerloff for P5. On Lap 18, Gerloff tried on the inside of Surra at Turn 1 but the rookie was able to fight back through Turns 3 and 4, while Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had joined the fight. Gerloff resisted the challenge and soon set his sights on Surra again, but, despite repeated attempts, wasn’t able to get ahead. On Lap 20, Gerloff got ahead at Turn 20, and resisted the challenge into Turn 21 to claim P5 – and this time, Surra was unable to respond, with Gerloff coming home in fifth place ahead of Surra, while Alex Lowes was forced to settle for P7.
INSIDE THE TOP TEN
Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) finished the race in eighth, two tenths behind his teammate, while also finishing three seconds clear of Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha), who finished as the lead Yamaha rider in ninth. Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates) took his best WorldSBK result in the Tissot Superpole Race on Saturday morning with P8, and he backed that up with tenth in Race 2.
SCORING POINTS IN CZECHIA
Xavi Vierge (Pata Maxus Yamaha) finished in 11th place, two seconds behind the #46, with Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) closing in on Vierge in the closing stages. The Brit finished in 12th, just 0.020s behind the Spanish rider, after eventually getting ahead of Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in an epic scrap. The Dutchman finished in 13th, ending his comeback weekend in the points, with GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team duo Remy Gardner and Stefano Manzi completing the points-paying positions.
LAST CLASSIFIED RIRDERS
Bahattin Sofuoglu (Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) was around four seconds down on Manzi as he missed out on points, but he did finish some 12 seconds clear of teammate Mattia Rato. Somkiat Chantra (Honda HRC) was 18th with teammate Yuki Kunii in 19th. Chantra received a Long Lap Penalty for shortcutting the Turn 1-2 chicane without losing the required one second.
The top six from WorldSBK Race 2, full results here:
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati)
2. Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.594s
3. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) +15.529s
4. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) +16.783s
5. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) +22.947s
6. Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) +23.177s
Fastest lap: Nicolo Bulega (Ducati), 1’30.109s
Championship standings
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 310 points
2. Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 215
3. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) 121
4. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) 107
5. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 103
6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) 101
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Robem Engineering’s Hank Vossberg led the MotoAmerica Twins Cup warmup ahead of M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin and Karns TST Industries Racing’s Isaac Woodworth on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park.
Karns TST Industries Racing’s Kevin Olmedo finished fourth, followed by Ice Barn Racing’s Solly Mervis in fifth.
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M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott topped the MotoAmerica Supersport warmup ahead of Rahal Ducati Moto’s Josh Herrin and Rahal Ducati Moto’s Kayla Yaakov on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park.
BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes finished fourth, followed by Rahal Ducati Moto’s Alessandro Di Mario in fifth.
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Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier led the MotoAmerica Superbike warmup ahead of OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly and Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park.
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante finished fourth, followed by Wrench Motorcycles’s Cameron Petersen in fifth.
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At Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday, Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker led the MotoAmerica Talent Cup warmup session ahead of Team Hammer’s Jake Paige and Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane. Team Roberts’s Kensei Matsudaira finished fourth, followed by Bettencourt Racing’s Nathan Bettencourt in fifth.
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Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis topped the MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan warmup on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, ahead of Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio and OrangeCat Racing’s Josh Herrin. ARCH Motorcycle Racing’s Corey Alexander finished fourth, followed by BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau in fifth.
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Manuel Gonzalez won the FIM Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, in Spain. Riding his Liqui Moly Dynavolt IntactGP Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Spaniard won the 21-lap race by 0.203 second.
Celestino Vietti was the runner-up on his Beta Tools SpeedRS Boscoscuro.
Izan Guevara was third on his BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Boscoscuro.
Ivan Ortola finished fourth on his QJMOTOR Bordoy MSI Kalex.
Daniel Holgado took fifth on his CFMOTO Impulse Aspar Team Kalex.
American Joe Roberts suffered a mechanical issue on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex and did not finish the race.
Manuel Gonzalez leads the championship with 104.5 points, 18.5 ahead of Izan Guevara who has 86 points. Celestino Vietti is third with 73 points.
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Gonzalez produces the goods to beat Vietti in Barcelona. The title race leader clinches victory by 0.2s as Guevara comes back from P11 to earn a podium in Catalonia.
Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) extends his Moto2 World Championship lead after the Spaniard and Celestino Vietti (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team) treat us to a fantastic fight for the win in Barcelona. A couple of tenths split the duo over the line, while Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) produced a classy comeback from P11 on the grid to earn a rostrum on home soil.
The holeshot scrap was between Vietti and Gonzalez, and through Turn 2, it was the Italian who led as Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) slipped to P10 from second on the grid. Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – Bordoy – MSI) got a good getaway, the Le Mans podium finisher was P3, with Guevara and David Alonso (CFMOTO Impulse Aspar Team) pouncing into the top seven from outside the top 10.
Guevara eventually made a move stick on Alonso Lopez (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) for P4 in the early exchanges, with Alonso and teammate Daniel Holgado also getting the better of Lopez, with the latter one place ahead of the Colombian. Then, Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) demoted Lopez down another place to slot into P7.
An entertaining joust unfolded between Agius and Alonso for P6 on Lap 7 and 8, while at the front, Vietti was stretching his legs. On Lap 10, the polesitter was 0.7s clear of Gonzalez and Ortola, with Guevara and further 0.9s back in P4.
As the race clicked through the halfway stage, Vietti’s lead had come down by a couple of tenths. Gonzalez was still P2, with Ortola shadowing the title chase leader in P3. But with five to go, it looked like the latter’s victory hopes were fading. Ortola fell 1.5s back from second place Gonzalez, who in turn was clinging onto the coattails of Vietti.
Then, with three laps to go, Gonzalez pounced at Turn 1. Vietti had a couple of rear-end moments on the previous lap and now the question was, could the Italian respond?
Vietti wasn’t letting Gonzalez get away, as both kept lighting up the rear Pirelli rubber. Would three tenths heading onto the final lap be enough for Gonzalez? Turn 10 came around, but Vietti wasn’t close enough to make a move. Turn 14, anyone?
It would have been one hell of a lunge, because Vietti wasn’t close enough. Gonzalez fended off the #13 for a brilliant second win of the season, with just 0.2s splitting the top two. Guevara reeled in and beat Ortola in the battle for the podium, and fifth place went the way of 2025 Catalan GP winner Holgado.
Alonso completed the top six, Filip Salač (OnlyFans American Racing Team) earned a solid P7, with Lopez settling for P8 ahead of impressive rookie Luca Lunetta (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team). That’s the Italian’s best Moto2 result to date, as Agius was forced to settle for P10.
Gonzalez heads to Mugello with an 18.5 point lead in the overall standings, with Guevara remaining his chief chaser. We look forward to more of the same at the Italian GP.
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Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio won Sunday’s MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan race ahead of OrangeCat Racing’s Josh Herrin and Saddlemen Race Development’s James Rispoli.
TopPro Motorsports Edge Racing’s Jason Waters finished fourth, followed by Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis in fifth.
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After a chaotic, twice-interrupted by red flags race on Sunday at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team’s Fabio Di Giannantonio claimed victory ahead of BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP’s Fermin Aldeguer and Ducati Lenovo Team’s Francesco Bagnaia.
Aprilia Racing’s Marco Bezzecchi finished fourth, followed by Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team’s Fabio Quartararo in fifth.
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More from a press release issued by MotoGP:
Di Giannantonio returns to winning ways in dramatic Catalan Grand Prix. The VR46 Italian is joined on the podium by Mir and Aldeguer but a post-race tyre pressure penalty for the 2020 World Champion means Bagnaia is promoted to the rostrum.
Fabio Di Giannantonio, for the first time since 2023, is a MotoGP winner after the Italian emerged victorious following a dramatic Catalan GP. The Pertamina Enduro VR46 star climbed to the front of the field in the closing stages to beat fellow podium finishers Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) and Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP).
Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) were high-profile crashers in the 13-lap restart, as we send our best wishes to Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) and Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR), who both suffered nasty crashes in separate red-flagged incidents.
THE OPENING 11 LAPS
Before the lights went out, Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) had a problem on the grid and was wheeled away for a pit lane start, while teammate Acosta got the launch he would have been looking for. The #37 led from Alex Marquez, but the Sprint winner got a little beaten up around the rest of the lap. Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) pounced, and then Martin bullied his way past his compatriot at Turn 7 – and there was contact. It was another fast start from Zarco, but it was almost an early shower for the Frenchman after he had a big moment at Turn 10.
Right, breath caught? No, us neither. Acosta led by 0.7s, with Alex Marquez re-grouping and then attacking Fernandez. However, the attacker then became the hunted. Zarco aggressively shoved his way past Marquez at Turn 5 on Lap 3, and immediately after, Martin carved his way past Marquez to quickly demote the Spaniard to P5.
On the next lap, Martin (at Turn 1) and Marquez (at Turn 5) did then get back past Zarco for P3 and P4, but with the scrapping, Acosta and Fernandez were a second up the road. And on Lap 5, it was those two at the forefront of the action. Fernandez decided he fancied the Grand Prix lead baton, with the #25 making a classic Turn 1 move stick on the KTM star.
Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing), the pre-race championship leader, was lapping in P8 before a big mistake arrived at Turn 10 on Lap 5. That dropped the Italian behind compatriot Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), with the duo P11 and P12 in the early stages.
Lap 7 saw Acosta have a bite at leading again, but it was a move that Fernandez responded to immediately. Two laps later, Acosta went for it again at Turn 1 – and this time, there was nothing the Trackhouse rider could do. While thinking about trying to regain the lead, Fernandez also had to give a thought to a menacing Marquez, because the latter had slung himself into the fight for the lead.
P3 became P2 for Marquez down into Turn 1 on Lap 10, and at this stage of the Grand Prix, the most comfortable-looking rider was Saturday’s winner.
Then, a huge incident unfolded on Lap 12. Acosta, coming out of Turn 9, suffered a technical issue on the straight, which left the helpless Alex Marquez with nowhere to go as Acosta lost power. The #73 hit the rear of Acosta, which then caused Marquez to endure a very nasty crash after the front of his bike was badly damaged.
The unavoidable contact between the two meant debris littered the circuit, some of which Fernandez and Di Giannantonio couldn’t avoid, with Marquez’s stricken Ducati bouncing back into the middle of the track too. Fernandez was clearly hurt, and so was Di Giannantonio, who ended up crashing at Turn 10 due to being unable to avoid a huge amount of debris from Marquez’s bike. Both got back to pit lane and were eligible for the restart, with Marquez – who was confirmed conscious – taken to the hospital for further medical checks.
Di Giannantonio, Fernandez, and Zarco – who was also caught up in the debris from the crash – were all OK to make the restart.
THE FIRST RESTART
MotoGP’s warriors lined up on the grid for a 13-lap race, with the starting positions decided by the standings on the previous completed lap. That meant the front row was Acosta, Fernandez, and Martin.
On the run into Turn 1, Acosta grabbed the holeshot, before three riders crashed at the opening corner. Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol), Bagnaia, and Zarco all went down, and it was an incident that brought out the red flags. Marini and Pecco thankfully walked away, with Zarco unfortunately getting caught up with Pecco’s bike in the gravel.
LCR confirmed Zarco was taken to the local hospital for further checks on a left leg injury.
THE SECOND RESTART
12 laps, the grid as you were before the second red flags. Once more, Acosta held onto P1, with Martin slotting into P2. Fernandez was P3 but then, at Turn 5, contact. Fernandez, on the inside of Martin, had to pick up the bike after the duo came together, as both went into the gravel. Martin was on the floor but managed to rejoin; however, the Aprilias were P18 and P19.
At the front, Acosta led from Mir and Pecco, with Di Giannantonio sitting in P4. Bezzecchi was P8, one place behind Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team).
On Lap 4 of 13, Di Giannantonio moved up to P3 ahead of Pecco, as the top three began to stretch clear of the factory Ducati rider. P4 then became P5 for Pecco, who was running the medium rear tyre, as Aldeguer pounced at Turn 4 on Lap 7.
With five laps to go, Di Giannantonio decided it was time to pass Mir for P2. And it was a move that stuck. The top three were locked together in Barcelona, with Aldeguer and Ogura reeling in the leaders. Soon enough, you could throw a blanket over the top five.
With three laps to go, the lead changed for the first time. It was Turn 10 again, as Di Giannantonio parked his Ducati up the inside of Acosta and hanging onto the inside line into Turn 12, the pass stuck.
Within half a lap, Di Giannantonio pulled 0.6s on Acosta, Mir, Aldeguer, and Ogura. And it didn’t look like Acosta had anything in response. Instead, he had a tough task of keeping Mir, Aldeguer, and Ogura behind him.
A task that proved too difficult. Mir was P2 at Turn 1 on the last lap, and Aldeguer dived through at Turn 3. Di Giannantonio was away at the front, and with no time left to respond, it looked like Acosta’s rostrum chances were done. And at the final corner, they were.
Ogura, in a 2009 Rossi-esque attempt, made contact with the KTM star, which saw Acosta crash out. A disastrous end to the Grand Prix for Acosta, as he saw a win and podium slip away in dramatic fashion.
Di Giannantonio clinched his first win in VR46 colours, his first 25-point haul since the 2023 Qatar GP, a top job from the Italian who was riding in pain after the first red flag incident, with Mir and Aldeguer crossing the line behind the #49. However, it wasn’t to be as a post-race tyre pressure penalty was applied to Mir, subsequently promoting Bagnaia up to third. Ogura’s last corner move meant the Stewards handed the Japanese star a three-second penalty, the equivalent of a Long Lap, which dropped the #79 to P9 but then eighth once Mir’s penalty was applied.
Whilst Pecco got third, other riders investigated for tyre pressure penalties were Toprak Razgatlioglu (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and teammate Jack Miller, Raul Fernandez and Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP). P5 became P4 for Bezzecchi and after a tough weekend, plus Martin’s crash, that could prove to be a very good result for the Italian. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), Marini, Binder, penalised Ogura, Diogo Moreira (Pro Honda LCR) and Morbidelli rounded out the top 10.
The riders closing out the points were Rins, Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3), Miller, and Razgatlioglu.
MUGELLO UP NEXT
A dramatic day draws to a close in Barcelona. An unwanted reminder, not that we needed it, that every single rider out there is a superhero.
We wish Alex Marquez and Zarco all the best again, as we take a breather before heading to Mugello, with Bezzecchi landing on home turf with the championship lead.
On Sunday at Autodrom Most, EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory’s Valentin Debise edged Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing’s Can Oncu by 0.056 seconds in the second Supersport World Championship race, while PTR Triumph Factory Racing’s Oli Bayliss finished third.
AS BLU CRU Racing Team’s Aldi Satya Mahendra placed fourth, followed by WRP Racing’s Matteo Ferrari in fifth.
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CHAMPIONSHIP TWISTS: Debise pips Oncu to victory as Arenas and Masia collide at Most. Debise takes his second double of the season as Bayliss gets back on the podium.
The FIM Supersport World Championship closed off their Czech Round weekend with a fascinating Race 2 fight. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) was fastest in WorldSSP’s final battle at the beloved Autodrom Most, topping the podium for his second double of the WorldSSP season so far. Claiming Most’s signature glassware from P2, Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) took his best shot at Debise but took P2, his fifth consecutive podium. Trailing the duo, Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) got onto the podium for the second time this season, and the first time since the season opener.
CHAMPIONSHIP DRAMA
Debise sailed ahead of the congestion for the holeshot after starting in P1, while Oncu skirmished with Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) behind him on the first lap. Several times, the #61 looked up the inside of the #94 in front of him, only to make his way past with a smooth double overtake on the run into Turn 1 before Debise took back the lead by the end of the first sector. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) hung near the front of the lead group until he ran wide on Lap 4 to fall to P5 behind Masia. The pair scrapped for P5 until the #5 slipped by on the inside on Lap 7, but he made contact with Arenas, causing the Championship leader to fall and leading the FIM WorldSBK Stewards to hand him a Long Lap Penalty. After he took the penalty on the subsequent lap, he fell to P9. He later took a literal fall on Turn 15, failing to take advantage of Arenas’s tumble.
TITLE POINTS GAP CRUMBLES to 19
Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) joined the lead group late on and made brief appearances in the top three until a Turn 20 crash ended his round early with his second crash of the weekend. Debise, Oncu and Mahias weathered the storm, the lead pair slightly clear, while Mahias had his hands full with a fight for P3 with Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) and Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing). The podium picture changed once again as the #69 and the Frenchman both crashed on Turn 1 of the penultimate lap, ending Mahias’s race early, and sending Booth-Amos to P16. It was Debise who came across the line first after a final lap move on Turn 15-16, spelling his fifth win of the season and moving to P2 in the Championship. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) looks back to his 2025 pace as he now has five podiums in a row, and Oli Bayliss chased the pair home for his second podium of the season.
THE INDONESIAN BACK IN THE TOP FIVE
Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) finished in P4 for his best result since his podium effort Down Under, ahead of Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing), who crossed the line just two hundredths behind the #57. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) crossed the line in P6 took his second-best result so far this season, which would have been his best since last round, however he was demoted a total of two places as he was penalised one position by the FIM WorldSBK Stewards, once for exceeding track limits on the final lap at Turn 2, and then another position for an unsafe rejoin later on Turn 1.
FARIOLI FINDS PACE AT MOST
Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) crossed the line a tenth slower than Alcoba, but with the penalty, he takes P6. Three seconds behind his fellow Ducati, Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) took P7. Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing) finished half a tenth slower than Oettl, but with Alcoba now occupying P8, The Italian takes P9, still good for his second top ten of the season, both recorded here at Most. Rounding out the ten fastest riders, Federico Caricasulo (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) made it two ZXMOTO riders in the top ten.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 2: Full results here!
1. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory)
2. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.056s
3. Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +2.095s
4. Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) +2.835s
5. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) +2.855s
6. Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) +6.056s
Fastest Lap: Jaume Masia (Ducati), 1’34.130s
Championship Standings:
1. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) 166 points
2. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) 147
3. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing Verdnatura) 130
4. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 128
5. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) 104
6. Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) 76
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On Sunday at Autodrom Most, Nicolo Bulega aboard the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R won Superbike Race Two, completing 22 laps with a best lap of 1:29.616. Iker Lecuona, also on an Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R, finished second, 0.594 seconds behind. Yari Montella, riding for Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati, claimed third, 14.935 seconds back. Lorenzo Baldassarri finished fourth for Team Goeleven Ducati, while Garrett Gerloff on the Kawasaki WorldSBK Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR rounded out the top five, 6.164 seconds off the lead.
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MASTERCLASS AT MOST: Bulega wraps up Czech hat-trick ahead of Lecuona, Gerloff and Surra steal the show with epic battle. The #11 continued his winning run as he made it 19 victories in a row in WorldSBK, with Lecuona and Montella completing the podium.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) continued his MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship winning streak after resisting teammate Iker Lecuona’s pressure throughout Race 2, taking his tally up to 19 consecutive victories as he extended the all-time record. Lecuona recorded his 14th podium in WorldSBK at the Autodrom Most while Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) concluded the Czech Round on the rostrum for his third podium of the weekend.
ROUNDING OUT MOST WITH A PODIUM
Bulega got a superb start when lights went out for the final race of the weekend to hold P1 from teammate Lecuona, while Montella was able to resist an early challenge from Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) to hold a provisional podium spot. By the start of Lap 4, Bulega had opened the gap to over half-a-second as he quickly moved clear of the #7, although as half-race distance approached, Lecuona once again closed the gap. However, ‘Bulegas’ was able to maintain distance between the duo, as he made it 15 wins this season – more than he won in the entirety of last season. Lecuona came home in second, 0.594s behind, as he took his 14th podium; he now jointly holds the record for most rostrums without a win with Davide Giuligano. Montella finished in third; it’s his fourth consecutive rostrum and the first time he’s made it a clean sweep of podiums in a single round.
EPIC BATTLE FOR P5
Montella was able to pull clear of ‘Balda’ in P4 when the #34 made an error, which allowed rookie Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) to close in and then pass at Turn 1 on Lap 5, moving into a provisional P4. Baldassarri tried to fight back a lap later through Turns 15-16, as well as Turns 1-2 on Lap 8, but Surra was able to resist the GoEleven Ducati rider’s charge at that point. On Lap 10, Baldassarri was able to get ahead at Turn 1 and quickly pulled out a gap over Surra. Their scrap allowed Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing) and Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) to close in, with the #31 getting ahead of the #95 at Turns 1-2 on Lap 12 for P5. On Lap 14, Gerloff attempted to pass Surra at Turn 1, but the #67 was able to defend through Turn 2. A lap later and the Texan made the move at Turn 1, but through Turns 3 and 4, Surra was able to get ahead once again. He tried at Turn 20 on Lap 15 but wasn’t close enough as he aimed to catch the rookie by surprise but was unable to make the move stick.
GERLOFF COMES OUT ON TOP… JUST
Their battle kept raging on as Gerloff tried to pass him at Turn 20, but the Italian immediately responded at Turn 21 to maintain the inside line and the position. A crash on Lap 16 at Turn 10 dropped Mackenzie out of the fight and the race, the sole retirement from Race 2, meaning it was between Surra and Gerloff for P5. On Lap 18, Gerloff tried on the inside of Surra at Turn 1 but the rookie was able to fight back through Turns 3 and 4, while Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had joined the fight. Gerloff resisted the challenge and soon set his sights on Surra again, but, despite repeated attempts, wasn’t able to get ahead. On Lap 20, Gerloff got ahead at Turn 20, and resisted the challenge into Turn 21 to claim P5 – and this time, Surra was unable to respond, with Gerloff coming home in fifth place ahead of Surra, while Alex Lowes was forced to settle for P7.
INSIDE THE TOP TEN
Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) finished the race in eighth, two tenths behind his teammate, while also finishing three seconds clear of Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha), who finished as the lead Yamaha rider in ninth. Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates) took his best WorldSBK result in the Tissot Superpole Race on Saturday morning with P8, and he backed that up with tenth in Race 2.
SCORING POINTS IN CZECHIA
Xavi Vierge (Pata Maxus Yamaha) finished in 11th place, two seconds behind the #46, with Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) closing in on Vierge in the closing stages. The Brit finished in 12th, just 0.020s behind the Spanish rider, after eventually getting ahead of Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in an epic scrap. The Dutchman finished in 13th, ending his comeback weekend in the points, with GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team duo Remy Gardner and Stefano Manzi completing the points-paying positions.
LAST CLASSIFIED RIRDERS
Bahattin Sofuoglu (Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) was around four seconds down on Manzi as he missed out on points, but he did finish some 12 seconds clear of teammate Mattia Rato. Somkiat Chantra (Honda HRC) was 18th with teammate Yuki Kunii in 19th. Chantra received a Long Lap Penalty for shortcutting the Turn 1-2 chicane without losing the required one second.
The top six from WorldSBK Race 2, full results here:
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati)
2. Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.594s
3. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) +15.529s
4. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) +16.783s
5. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) +22.947s
6. Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) +23.177s
Fastest lap: Nicolo Bulega (Ducati), 1’30.109s
Championship standings
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 310 points
2. Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 215
3. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) 121
4. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven) 107
5. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 103
6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) 101
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Robem Engineering’s Hank Vossberg led the MotoAmerica Twins Cup warmup ahead of M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin and Karns TST Industries Racing’s Isaac Woodworth on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park.
Karns TST Industries Racing’s Kevin Olmedo finished fourth, followed by Ice Barn Racing’s Solly Mervis in fifth.
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M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott topped the MotoAmerica Supersport warmup ahead of Rahal Ducati Moto’s Josh Herrin and Rahal Ducati Moto’s Kayla Yaakov on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park.
BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes finished fourth, followed by Rahal Ducati Moto’s Alessandro Di Mario in fifth.
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Warhorse HSBK Ducati FLo4Law’s Cameron Beaubier led the MotoAmerica Superbike warmup ahead of OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly and Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park.
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante finished fourth, followed by Wrench Motorcycles’s Cameron Petersen in fifth.
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At Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday, Quarterley Racing’s Nathan Gouker led the MotoAmerica Talent Cup warmup session ahead of Team Hammer’s Jake Paige and Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane. Team Roberts’s Kensei Matsudaira finished fourth, followed by Bettencourt Racing’s Nathan Bettencourt in fifth.
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Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis topped the MotoAmerica Mission Super Hooligan warmup on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, ahead of Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio and OrangeCat Racing’s Josh Herrin. ARCH Motorcycle Racing’s Corey Alexander finished fourth, followed by BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau in fifth.
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Manuel Gonzalez won the FIM Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, in Spain. Riding his Liqui Moly Dynavolt IntactGP Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Spaniard won the 21-lap race by 0.203 second.
Celestino Vietti was the runner-up on his Beta Tools SpeedRS Boscoscuro.
Izan Guevara was third on his BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Boscoscuro.
Ivan Ortola finished fourth on his QJMOTOR Bordoy MSI Kalex.
Daniel Holgado took fifth on his CFMOTO Impulse Aspar Team Kalex.
American Joe Roberts suffered a mechanical issue on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex and did not finish the race.
Manuel Gonzalez leads the championship with 104.5 points, 18.5 ahead of Izan Guevara who has 86 points. Celestino Vietti is third with 73 points.
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Gonzalez produces the goods to beat Vietti in Barcelona. The title race leader clinches victory by 0.2s as Guevara comes back from P11 to earn a podium in Catalonia.
Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) extends his Moto2 World Championship lead after the Spaniard and Celestino Vietti (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team) treat us to a fantastic fight for the win in Barcelona. A couple of tenths split the duo over the line, while Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) produced a classy comeback from P11 on the grid to earn a rostrum on home soil.
The holeshot scrap was between Vietti and Gonzalez, and through Turn 2, it was the Italian who led as Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) slipped to P10 from second on the grid. Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – Bordoy – MSI) got a good getaway, the Le Mans podium finisher was P3, with Guevara and David Alonso (CFMOTO Impulse Aspar Team) pouncing into the top seven from outside the top 10.
Guevara eventually made a move stick on Alonso Lopez (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) for P4 in the early exchanges, with Alonso and teammate Daniel Holgado also getting the better of Lopez, with the latter one place ahead of the Colombian. Then, Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) demoted Lopez down another place to slot into P7.
An entertaining joust unfolded between Agius and Alonso for P6 on Lap 7 and 8, while at the front, Vietti was stretching his legs. On Lap 10, the polesitter was 0.7s clear of Gonzalez and Ortola, with Guevara and further 0.9s back in P4.
As the race clicked through the halfway stage, Vietti’s lead had come down by a couple of tenths. Gonzalez was still P2, with Ortola shadowing the title chase leader in P3. But with five to go, it looked like the latter’s victory hopes were fading. Ortola fell 1.5s back from second place Gonzalez, who in turn was clinging onto the coattails of Vietti.
Then, with three laps to go, Gonzalez pounced at Turn 1. Vietti had a couple of rear-end moments on the previous lap and now the question was, could the Italian respond?
Vietti wasn’t letting Gonzalez get away, as both kept lighting up the rear Pirelli rubber. Would three tenths heading onto the final lap be enough for Gonzalez? Turn 10 came around, but Vietti wasn’t close enough to make a move. Turn 14, anyone?
It would have been one hell of a lunge, because Vietti wasn’t close enough. Gonzalez fended off the #13 for a brilliant second win of the season, with just 0.2s splitting the top two. Guevara reeled in and beat Ortola in the battle for the podium, and fifth place went the way of 2025 Catalan GP winner Holgado.
Alonso completed the top six, Filip Salač (OnlyFans American Racing Team) earned a solid P7, with Lopez settling for P8 ahead of impressive rookie Luca Lunetta (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team). That’s the Italian’s best Moto2 result to date, as Agius was forced to settle for P10.
Gonzalez heads to Mugello with an 18.5 point lead in the overall standings, with Guevara remaining his chief chaser. We look forward to more of the same at the Italian GP.
