After a warm-up dominated by the Ducati of Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) ahead of Roberto Garcia (GMT94 Yamaha) and Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), in which the two Frenchmen Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) and Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) remained somewhat behind in 10th and 11th places, Motorland Aragon hosted the first race of the Supersport.
15 laps on the program, under a blazing sun with 28° in the air and 45° on the ground.
Can Öncü was eventually relegated to the back of the grid for an infraction under yellow flags. Last year, he won race 2. Valentin Debise race 1.
When the red lights went out, the pole sitter and championship leader Albert Arenas retains the advantage while Roberto Garcia manages to gain the upper hand over Valentine Debise.
At the end of the first round, we find Albert Arenas, Roberto Garcia, Valentin Debise, Alessandro Zaccone, Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team), Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing), Jaume Masia, Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team), Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) and Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) in the top 10.
Curiously, there aren't many overtakes, and the peloton is starting to take on the appearance of a small train, even if Alessandro Zaccone takes advantage of the straightaway to overtake Valentine Debise by achieving the fastest lap in the race.
With a difference of 4/10, Albert Arenas does not really manage to escape, and behind him everyone remains grouped together.
When Valentine Debise said that his motorcycle was among the slowest, and we have a striking illustration of this on the return straight, where the attack of Tom Booth-Amos It caused him to lose three positions.
As a result, a slight gap opens up between the first three and the rest of the pack. Alessandro Zaccone takes advantage of this to seize second position and try to catch up with the leader.
In the fifth round, Bayliss oils fall, while Lucas Mahias returned to 12th place, Can Öncü at the 14th.
On your mind, Alessandro Zaccone continues to set the fastest laps in the race and is closing the gap centimeter by centimeter on Albert Arenas.
Valentine Debise seems to be in trouble and losing ground, now under pressure from Philipp Oettl.
A little before halfway, Albert Arenas tries to control operations but now only has a tenth of a lead over Alessandro Zaccone, while Can Öncü continues its climb, now 11th ahead Lucas Mahias.
The two leaders joined forces six laps from the finish, but barring a mistake by the leader, taking the lead seems difficult for the Ducati rider.
Once again, the balance of performance seems well balanced in this category, with a Yamaha, a Ducati and a Triumph in the top three positions, only the ZXMOTO seeming to be lagging behind today (we are not talking about Kawasaki, Honda, QJMOTOR and MV Agusta).
With two laps to go, after a thrilling battle, Valentine Debise still concedes a place to Matteo Ferrari.
At the start of the last round, Alessandro Zaccone nevertheless manages to seize command, before Albert Arenas regained his position a few corners later. But it takes more to discourage the Italian who regained the lead on the downhill straight before winning by 0,174 seconds.
In the championship, Albert Arenas begins to escape and increases care advance to 31 points on Valentin Debise, 45 on James Masia and 54 on Can Öncü.
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