With the conclusion of Sunday afternoon’s FIM Supersport World Championship race action, the race weekend at Cremona Circuit’s Acerbis Italian Round comes to a close. Manzi’s race win broke the all-time record for the longest streak of podium finishes in WorldSSP with 17 podiums in a row!

MASIA’S MAIDEN PODIUM; MANZI’s 3^rd RACE WIN THIS YEAR

Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) grabbed P1 early with an overtake on the Italian veteran Manzi, and while Manzi held with him early on, as laps piled up, the Spanish rookie pulled farther away. Manzi looked perfectly comfortable to bide his time in P2 up until the last 2 laps when he found another gear, trading overtakes with Masia until he overtook him to claim his second race win in two races at Cremona. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) was put under heavy pressure by Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) as the Frenchman was chasing his first podium of the year. Booth-Amos withstood the pressure until Debise crashed out of the race on Turn 11 of Lap 17, insulating the podium for the trio, and he was opportunistic in following Manzi past Masia to claim P2 from the jaws of the Spaniard. Masia’s P3 earned the rookie his first WorldSSP podium, and for Booth-Amos, his second podium on the weekend at Cremona following his Race 1 P2.

MAHIAS CONSISTENT: A third P4 for Mahias on the season

Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) found himself cruising across the finish line in P4 after pulling more than five seconds ahead of the rest of the pack yet couldn’t keep up with the pack at the front ahead of him. In P5, Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) will be disappointed to drop points to Manzi, however the Dutchman did well to recover positions after falling to P12 due to a poor jump at lights out. Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was applied an irresponsible riding Long Lap Penalty after his collision with Simon Jespersen (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team), however, the Italian rookie managed to take a P6 from Race 2.

CARDELUS P7: Second-strongest result of the season for the Andorran

Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) finished in P7, landing his second-best result of the season. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) finished in P8, a mere 0.148s ahead of Friday polesitter Federico Caricasulo (Motozoo ME Air Racing) who finished behind Alcoba in P9 in Race 2. In P10, Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) landed another top 10 finish, another step forward for the Indonesian rookie rider.

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

1 Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing)

2. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +0.396s

3. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +0.721s

4. Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) +6.304s

5. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) +9.290s

6. Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) +14.306s

Fastest lap: Lucas Mahias (Yamaha) 1’32.001s

Championship standings:
1 Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 175 points

2. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) 131 points

3. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) 124 points

4. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) 81 points

5. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 77 points

6. Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) 74 points

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