World SSP: Race Two Results From Portugal

The final event of the FIM Supersport World Championship’s rollercoaster Portimao weekend jumped off the line at lights out. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse became the fourth different ace winner in four races, his first win in any championship for the #11 since his Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup win in 2015 at Misano. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) had enjoyed a dominant weekend up to this point, winning Race 1 from pole and leading Race 2 until Lap 9, when the Turkish rider crashed and opened the fight for the race win to a pack of condensed riders who had struggled to catch him prior to the crash. Tailing Bendsneyder into the podium spots, Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) and Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) for Manzi’s 13^th consecutive podium, and Booth-Amos’s fourth WorldSSP rostrum.

BENDSNEYDER’S FIRST P1: 4^th different winner from 4 different countries to start 2025

Bendsneyder was the only rider who was able to keep up with the Yamaha R9s in the podium fight in Race 1, and after dropping to P5 from his P3 start, he surged all the way up the grid, eventually taking P1 from Manzi, clinging on to win his first race in WorldSSP. Manzi, Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) and Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) spent much of the race tightly grouped as the trio tried to cut away at the lead that Oncu had carved out for himself, leading to a battle which sprung to life after the #61’s crash. Aside from Bendsneyder’s pass, pushing him down to P2, Manzi held off the rest of the pack behind him to take home his fourth podium of the 2025 season, maintaining his lead in the Riders’ Championship. Booth-Amos chipped away at the leading group from his starting position behind them in P6, eventually whittling away at the margin to pass Mahias on Lap 12.

DEBISE AND ALCOBA CLIMB UP THE GRID: Finish P5 and P6 respectively

Mahias spent the majority of the race in P3, hunting Manzi, then after Oncu’s crash, P2, narrowly missing out on what would be his first podium appearance of 2025. His P4 finish places him P4 in the Championship after Portimao. Fellow Frenchman Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) was the top performing Ducati on the day, charging up the grid from a P11 start. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki Racing Team) finished a mere 0.162s behind Debise, similarly resurgent through the grid as he started in P10. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) started in P7, and had an excellent start to the race, battling with Mahias from P4, however he ended the race where he started, in P7. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) began the race in P5, finishing in P8 only 0.049s behind Masia. Leonardo Taccini (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) enjoyed his best result of the season so far, finishing in P9. Phillip Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) in P1 after missing the Australian Round.

ONCU DNF FROM P1: Tough note to end otherwise stellar Round 2

Can Oncu started the race from pole position, tearing away from the pack similar to yesterday’s Race 1, however a Turn 1, Lap 9 crash saw him fall all the way back down the grid, retiring in the next lap. Raffaele de Rosa (QJMOTOR Factory Racing) had a tech issue after the sighting lap, ruling him out from competing. Oli Bayliss crashed in Turn 4 of Lap 4, hobbling off the track after his bike slid into the gravel

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

1. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse)
2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +2.348s
3. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +3.443s
4. Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) +3.684s
5. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +3.900s
6. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) +4.062s
Fastest lap: Can Oncu, Yamaha – 1’42.909s

Championship standings:
1. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 85 points
2. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) 72
3. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) 70
4. Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) 43
5. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 36
6. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) 34

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