Today’s final race of the 2025 FIM R3 BLU CRU World Cup delivered a debut victory timed to perfection for Brazilian rider Aymon Bocanegra (Yamaha AD78 FIM Latinoamerica), who crossed the line just 0.010 seconds ahead of 2025 champion  Alessandro Di Persio (ARCO MotoR University Team) in second and Jene Turner (Izumi Colour) in third.

The closing race of the 2025 season didn’t disappoint, delivering more of the same nail-biting action from start to finish. After ten laps of battle, it all came down to an eight-rider fight for the win on the final lap of the race.

R3 rider Bocanegra held firm from second on the grid, remaining amongst the heat of battle to find himself running in fifth at the start of the final lap. Taking advantage of slipstream on approach to the line, the youngster propelled himself into the lead to round the year off in perfect style ahead of podium finishers Di Persio and Turner.

Kakeru Okunuki (BLU CRU Yamaha Racing Asia Pacifc) and Alessandro Binder (BGR Smrz Racing) produced outstanding efforts throughout today’s ten lap race. Going from eighth and ninth on the grid respectively, the pair fought forwards to cross the line in fourth and fifth.

The battle for second in the overall standings went down to the final lap of the race, with front-runners Arai Agaska (BLU CRU Yamaha Racing Indonesia) and Mario Salles (Yamaha AD78 FIM Latinoamerica) going toe-to-toe until the chequered flag.

It was the Indonesian rider of Agaska who clinched second overall in the R3 BLU CRU World Cup standings, with Salles just behind to round out the top three. After 12 races this year, the pair end their respective campaigns just three points apart.

A slip-off for top three hopeful, Teppei Kugawa (BLU CRU Yamaha Racing Japan) saw the #26 rider cap off the year in fourth overall. Race 2 hard-charger, Chris Clark (BGR Smrz Racing) delivered an exceptional performance for much of the race, progressing towards the leading group from eighteenth on the grid.

An unfortunate off on the final lap prevented the American from seeing the chequered flag, consequently finishing fifth in the 2025 standings.

Aymon Bocanegra, Yamaha AD78 FIM Latinoamerica, said: “I’m so happy to have ended the year with a victory. It was a really difficult race in a close leading group, but the race played into our hands on the final lap. At the moment, I don’t have any words to describe how I’m feeling. I just want to say a big thank you to my team, Yamaha AD78 FIM Latinoamerica for all of their work this weekend and throughout the season, and thanks to my family for their support too – this is an incredible feeling.”