With very small gaps between the poleman Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing), Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) and Valentine Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory), the first race of the Supersport Misano promised a great fight, and the promises were kept!
Initially, when the sun heated the air to 29°C and the asphalt to 52°C, Can Oncu was quick to react, whileAlbert Arenas lost a profit position Valentine Debise.
The Yamaha Blu Cru rider quickly recovered and then took the lead while Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) and Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing), two serious contenders, crashed out as early as the second lap.
The leading trio quickly broke away from the peloton, taking Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) right behind him.
Can Oncu then resumed command in front Valentine DebiseThen the Albi native took the lead before ultimately bowing out. Albert Arenas No one managed to escape until the halfway point where Can Oncu began to disconnect, leaving Albert Arenas et Valentin Debise to explain the victory.
The battle lasted 8 laps, with the Spaniard in the lead, observed by the Frenchman whose strategic qualities are well known…
Everything therefore came down to the final round, in which Valentine Debise took the lead at turn 11, beforeAlbert Arenas He attempts a final attack in the last corner. The championship leader arrived too fast and Debise was able to regain the advantage on the re-acceleration to win the sprint to the checkered flag with only 0,107 seconds ahead.
Can Oncu
finished more than five seconds behind the winner but completed the podium. The Turk resisted attacks from several drivers, while Tom Booth-Amos, who started from the third row on the grid, finished fourth for PTR Triumph Factory Racing.
Winner of the previous round, Alessandro Zaccone was the best Italian at the finish, in fifth position.
Author of the fastest lap in the race, Valentin Debise will start tomorrow from pole position ahead
Albert Arenas et Tom Booth-Amos.
James Masia, who crashed on the final corner, will start from the second row, accompanied by Philipp Oettl, credited with his best lap after restarting the race following his crash at the beginning of the event.
P1 – Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory): “It was a good race today! I didn’t expect to be so fast at the start, because I had to push really hard to stay with Can and Albert. I managed to follow them, but when Albert took the lead, he started putting in some very fast laps. I struggled to stay with him, but with three laps to go, I realized I had a bit more pace. I didn’t want to risk him overtaking me on the last lap, so I waited for an opportunity. I’m very happy to have managed to secure this victory.”
Supersport Misano Valentin Debise
