After Saturday’s Race 1 saw Valentin Debise earn his first win in the FIM Supersport World Championship, the WorldSSP field took to the track for the last time for the final race of their Tissot Aragon Round at Motorland Aragon. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) emerged victorious on Sunday afternoon, winning his 6^th race of the season and the 7th race of his career. Joining him on the podium were riders Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse), who enjoyed their 16^th and 4^th podium appearances of the season, respectively.

TITLE RIVALS GO DOWN TO THE WIRE: Oncu gets his nose in front to win his first race since Donington

Manzi leapt forward from P2, overtaking polesitter Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team,) who by T3 was back to P3. Oncu snapped off the line from P7 to take the race lead by the second sector. Manzi saw himself back in fifth by Lap 5, overtaken by Oettl, Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse).  Manzi, however, showcased his trademark composure and made a late climb back up to P1, battling with Oncu in the last five laps for the race lead as the pair had put roughly a quarter of a second between them and Debise in P3 by Lap 13. By the final lap, Debise closed the gap between the pair, and in the back straight, the trio went three wide as they sprinted towards the final loop. Oncu cut across the nose of Manzi in P2 from the inside towards the outside, leading the trio out of Turn 17 towards the finish line. The two Yamaha rivals opened up the throttle and pipped the title leader Manzi by 0.027s in P2 and Valentin Debise as top Ducati in P3.

OETTL BACK IN PODIUM FIGHT: Back to back P4s at Aragon

Oettl’s return to the podium fight will put wind in the sails of the Feel Racing camp as they hope to close their season strong. The German finished in P4. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) by Lap 3 had carved seven positions forward to P4 from his P11 start position, finishing just a position behind that as the Spanish rookie finished P5. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) had a strong Race 2 to close out Aragon, tying his best result in the category of P6. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) started back in P12, but with a strong race pace, he improved that to a P7 finish.

SURRA’S RECOVERY RUN: Climbs back into points from P20 start

After starting P3, Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) suffered a slow jump off the line, which he positionally wasn’t able to recover from, logging a P8 finish. Having started back in P20, Alberto Surra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) had his work cut out for him, but after stacking up overtake after overtake to crack the top eight by Lap 8. The Italian finished P9 for his third top 10 in his four races so far in WorldSSP. Federico Caricasulo (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) closed off the top ten positions as he rode well to land in the points from his P18 grid start.

TOUGH BREAKS FOR CASADEI AND MAHIAS: The pair suffered crashes which hampered their Race 2 hopes

Mattia Casadei (Motozoo ME Air Racing) looked like he would tie his season’s best result of P7 as the race wound down; however, a crash in the last lap saw him record a DNF instead. Lucas Mahias's (GMT94-YAMAHA) bike slid out from under him early in the contest in Turn 1, a spill he recovered from, but it cost him valuable Championship points as he finished P20. Joining them in the gravel were Wildcard rider Kadir Erbay (I+Dent Racing Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), who each returned to the garages early.

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

1 Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 1’53.310s

2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.027s

3. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +0.146s

4. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) +0.499s

5. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +2.846s

6. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +3.731s

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