The Portimao round closed the European season of the Supersport World Championship, which, before starting its final phase, continued to offer spectacle and twists. On Saturday the Portuguese flag waves on the top step of the podium, Stefano Manzi is the winner of Race 1.
The rider from Romagna brought the Triumph in front of everyone, hitting his first success in Supersport and making history, this being the first victory of the Next Generation (the new regulation in force this year).
Great Italian party in Race 1, with Lorenzo Baldassarri second at the finish line for 11 thousandths after a great sprint to the finish. Italy monopolizes the podium on Saturday in Lusitanian, with an excellent Federico Caricasulo in third position.
The Evan Bros driver tries to stop Dominique Aegerter’s run-up to the world, who can’t find the usual flicker and stays off the podium. Baldassarri thus manages to recover some points from the leader of the standings.
However, Aegerter, fresh from the announcement of his move to Superbike from next year, re-establishes the hierarchies in Race 2, going to win by force and beating the record of victories this season: for the Swiss comes the triumph number 13, which leads him to confirm the leadership with 374 points, 45 points more than Lorenzo Baldassarri, only seventh in a complicated second heat.
Italy again on the podium in Race 2, with an excellent Raffaele De Rosa in second position. Completing the podium is Can Oncu, who deprives Federico Caricasulo of repeating himself and is fourth.
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