HOME DOUBLE: Booth-Amos makes it two from two at Donington Park, Arenas P2 as Masia snatches late P3

The FIM Supersport World Championship is packing up from Donington Park after a glowing final race at the British venue. Tom Booth-Amos claimed his second victory of the weekend in Race 2 of the Prosecco DOC UK Round. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) was clinical as ever, finishing with a clean P2 for the second time in the round while Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) earned third place, taking his sixth podium of the season after crashing out of Race 1.

THREE-WAY BATTLE FOR THE RACE WIN

Aldi Mahendra shot up from P9 to claim the holeshot, again showing tremendous pace at lights out. Oncu chased him into Redgate from his P6 start, ahead of polesitter Booth-Amos. Oncu led the pack throughout the first five laps, backing up the pack as the #69 and others nipped at his heels. With 11 laps left, the Englishman made his way past the #61 at the Old Hairpin. Arenas paced himself across the first half of the race, riding in third place until Oncu and Booth-Amos made contact at the Melbourne Hairpin on Lap 9. The Spaniard seized the opportunity, holding the lead until the Turk made his way past on the next lap. By Lap 15, Booth-Amos had recovered from the contact with the Turk, leading the race by more than a second at the outset of Lap 16. He sailed clear from there on his way to his third-ever WorldSSP race win. Arenas took another great result for his title hopes, banking 20 points from P2 and building his lead to 82 points with four rounds left. Masia fell as far back as P8 by Lap 2 after starting from P5, turning on the afterburners to climb back into fifth position ahead of Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) as the race passed the two-thirds mark. With two laps to go, Masia passed the #61 for P4, before making a late move into Goddards in the last corner before the chequered flag, closing a rollercoaster Race 2 with an 11th career WorldSSP podium.

MAHIAS RIGHTS THE SHIP

Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) started the contest from fourth place; he rode in P3 late on, but a desperate final sector play from Masia shuffled him off the podium and back to P4 for his third fourth place in the last two rounds. After struggling over the last two rounds, Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) 1’29.082s lap in Race 1 sent him to a P2 start in Race 2, and the Frenchman did well to convert it to a P5 finish to stabilise his season. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) closes Kawasaki’s best weekend in WorldSSP of this season as he finished Race 2 in P6.

Mahendra slipped out of podium contention after dropping to fifth by the end of the opening lap, dropping two more positions over the race from there to finish P7. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) fell all the way down to eighth by the end of the race, a tough break for the Turk who led for nearly a third of the race. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) did well late on to make his way past Debise for P9 on the final lap to complement his Race 1 P6 finish. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) started from P8 and climbed as high as P6, but finished P10. The Chinese manufacturer has been untouchable on their day in their rookie season; however, similar to Debise’s pair of P8s from Aragon, the #53 and ZXMOTO couldn’t quite put it all together at Donington Park.

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

1. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing)
2. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) +1.537s
3. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +2.244s
4. Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) +2.436s
5. Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) +3.090s
6. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) +3.787s

Fastest lap: Valentin Debise (ZXMOTO), 1’28.850s

Championship standings

1. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) 291 points
2. Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) 209
3. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) 195
4. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 178
5. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) 165
6. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) 139

That’s a wrap from Donington Park! WorldSSP racing returns at Magny-Cours, kicking off on September 4th! Watch the action live and rewatch all the action up to this point with the WorldSBK VideoPass! Now 50% off!