The Supersport 300 resumes this weekend at Portimao, and the Kawasaki rider has a chance of being titled, even if they are slim.
Ana Carrasco this Sunday will she become the first woman in history to win a World Championship? Even if her chances are slim, anything is possible for this young woman who has been breaking record after record since last year.
A year ago, almost to the day, the Spanish driver won her first World Championship victory on this same Portimao track and at the same time became the first woman to win a Grand Prix at world level. Since then, she has continued to achieve exploits: pole position and victory at Imola then at Donington this year, and thus leader of the Championship, once again records for a woman in the World Cup.
Even if she encountered difficulties in the next two races, she is statistically the best placed of her opponents to be titled on Sunday, but she will still need a little luck. Indeed, the second in the Championship, Luca Grunwald, is only sixteen points behind while Borja Sánchez, the third, has only twenty-six and Scott Deroue, in fourth position, twenty-eight. Taking this into account, Ana Carrasco will become the first woman to win a World Championship on Sunday if she (data from Official website:
– Wins the race and Grunwald finishes lower than second place.
– Finishes second, Grunwald does not finish higher than fifth, and Sánchez/Deroue do not win the race.
– Finishes third, Grunwald does not finish higher than ninth, Sánchez finishes fourth at best, and Scott Deroue, Dorren Loureiro, Galang Hendra Pratama and Mika Pérez do not win the race.
She could also be titled by finishing between fourth and seventh place, but for that, she will need fairly improbable scenarios with poor performances from her opponents. However, everything is possible because you never know what can happen in the race...
