The Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship took to the track for their final race of the Hungarian Round at Balaton Park Circuit.

NEILA COUNTERS: The title fight rivals trade P1 and P3 across the weekend’s pair of races

Herrera leapt forward from P3 for the holeshot, Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) and Jessica Howden (Team Trasimeno) also gaining positions. As the race continued, Jones and Nelia floated back to the podium battle with Herrera, separated by a margin of around a second from the rest of the group for most of the race. Neila rounded the outside of Herrera to pass her, leaving a window behind her just big enough for Jones to sneak by to shuffle Herrera to P3. Neila led the race into the final lap, the pair having separated themselves from Herrera, who was behind them. Jones pushed hard; however, she lacked the track position to make a move on Neila, landing the #36 her third career WorldWCR Race win. Jones finished in P2, for her third podium in four races. Championship leader Herrea earned her eighth consecutive podium; however, her P3 means her title lead was cut down to nine points.

P4 head-to-head duel: Sanchez and Ponziani laid it on the line for fourth

After braking late and running wide to lose several positions to the pack behind her on the entry to the first corner of the race, Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) was unable to catch back up to the trio at the front. From P4, she led Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) and Pakita Ruiz. Winding down to the final laps, Sanchez and Ponziani pulled away from Ruiz, Ponziani finishing P4 thanks to an overtake with two laps remaining, moving Sanchez to P5. While her pace declined from being able to fight for P4, she finished five seconds ahead of the pack behind her.

TOP 10 CONSISTENCY: Boudesseul continues to land in the top 10 in her rookie season.

Avalon Lewis (Carl Cox Motorsports) finished her Hungarian Round in P7, an improvement from her Race 1 P8. In eighth place, Howden can hang her hat on the fact that she had a very strong start to the race, running up in P3 at one point. Lucie Boudesseul (GMT94-YAMAHA) earned her second ninth-place of the weekend, continuing her streak of top 10 finishes in races she finished. Mexican rider Astrid Madrigal (Pons Italika Racing FIMLA) earned the final spot in the top 10. The #83 has only missed the top 10 once so far this season.

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

1. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha)
 2. Chloe Jones (GR Motosport) +0.220s
 3. Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) +0.862s
 4. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) +4.615s
 5. Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) +4.997s
 6. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) +10.967s
 Fastest lap: Chloe Jones – 1’53.089s
Championship standings
1. Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) 172 points
 2. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) 163
 3. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) 112
 4. Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) 111
 5. Chloe Jones (GR Motosport) 93
 6. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) 70

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