Yari Montella claims victory over Championship leader, Adrian Huertas, in the opening World Supersport race at Portimao.
After Adrian Huertas qualified on pole yesterday it appeared that his World Supersport Championship lead was set to extend. However, the Spaniard did not get it all his way.
It was not the Aruba.it Ducati Supersport machine that won, but rather the Barni Spark Supersport Ducati that took the chequered flag. Yari Montella won the opening Supersport race of the weekend by three seconds.
Huertas may not have won the race but it was damage limitation from the Championship leader. The Spaniard only lost five points today as he finished second.
Stefano Manzi completed the podium as he took his Yamaha R6 to third place. The Italian was racing Huertas at one point but ended up being 7 seconds behind at the chequered flag.
Taking fourth place was Jorge Navarro on the Orelac Racing Ducati. Two seconds further back was the first MV Agusta of Federico Caricasulo in fifth place.
French rider, Valentin Debise, finished just outside the top five as he finished in sixth. Marcel Schroetter took his MV Agusta to a seventh-place finish, with Lucas Mahias in eighth.
Rounding out the top ten was Ten Kate rider, Glenn van Straalen, in ninth place and Niki Tuuli in tenth.
John McPhee managed to collect one point as he finished 15th. However, Tom Booth-Amos crashed early on and only finished in 23rd.
Portimao WorldSSP, Race One Full Results |
| 2024 Portuguese WorldSSP | Portimao Circuit | Race One Results | Rd. 7 of 12 | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Motorcycle | Gap |
| 1 | Yari Montella | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V2 | |
| 2 | Adrian Huertas | ESP | Aruba.it Racing WSSP Team | Ducati Panigale V2 | +3.241 |
| 3 | Stefano Manzi | ITA | Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing | Yamaha R6 | +10.598 |
| 4 | Jorge Navarro | ESP | Orelac Racing Verdnatura | Ducati Panigale V2 | +12.169 |
| 5 | Federico Caricasulo | ITA | Motozoo ME AIR Racing | MV Agusta F3 800 RR | +14.868 |
| 6 | Valentin Debise | FRA | Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team | Yamaha R6 | +15.811 |
| 7 | Marcel Schroetter | GER | MV Agusta Reparto Corse | MV Agusta F3 800 RR | +16.082 |
| 8 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | GMT94 Yamaha | Yamaha R6 | +20.754 |
| 9 | Glenn van Straalen | NED | Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing | Yamaha R6 | +22.578 |
| 10 | Niki Tuuli | FIN | EAB Racing | Ducati Panigale V2 | +25.088 |
| 11 | Can Oncu | TUR | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-6R | +28.995 |
| 12 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | ITA | WRP by SKM Triumph | Triumph STR 765 RS | +33.112 |
| 13 | Simone Corsi | ITA | Renzi Corse | Ducati Panigale V2 | +33.308 |
| 14 | Kaito Toba | JPN | Petronas MIE Racing Honda | Honda CBR600RR | +33.336 |
| 15 | John McPhee | GBR | WRP by SKM Triumph | Triumph STR 765 RS | +33.362 |
| 16 | Piotr Biesiekirski | POL | Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V2 | +36.611 |
| 17 | Anupab Sarmoon | THA | Yamaha Thailand Racing | Yamaha R6 | +41.052 |
| 18 | Luke Power | AUS | Motozoo ME AIR Racing | MV Agusta F3 800 RR | +41.673 |
| 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | VFT Racing Yamaha | Yamaha R6 | +44.150 |
| 20 | Federico Fuligni | ITA | Orelac Racing Verdnatura | Ducati Panigale V2 | +44.360 |
| 21 | Marcel Brenner | SUI | VIAMO Racing by MTM | Kawasaki ZX-6R | +45.581 |
| 22 | Ondrej Vostatek | CZE | PTR Triumph | Triumph STR 765 RS | +46.032 |
| 23 | Tom Booth-Amos | GBR | PTR Triumph | Triumph STR 765 RS | +1 Minute |
| 24 | Soichiro Minamimoto | JPN | Yamaha Thailand Racing | Yamaha R6 | +1 Minute |
| DNF | Oliver Bayliss | AUS | D34G Racing WorldSSP Team | Ducati Panigale V2 | |
| DNF | Tom Edwards | AUS | D34G Racing WorldSSP Team | Ducati Panigale V2 | |
| DNF | Niccolo Antonelli | ITA | Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V2 | |
| DNF | Khairul Idham Bin Pawi | MAS | Petronas MIE Racing Honda | Honda CBR600RR | |
| DNF | Raffaele De Rosa | ITA | QJMOTOR Factory Racing | QJMOTOR SRK 800 RR | |
