Brega wins first match in Jerez and puts pressure on Razgatlioglu

italian pilot Niccolo Brega (Ducati won this Saturday’s race) Jerez Angel Nieto Circuit First race of the weekend in this category super bike He will now put the pressure on Turkey’s Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) ahead of Sunday’s final day of competition for the specialty world championship.

In the final qualifying event for the Production Motorcycle World Championship, which runs until Sunday in Jerez, Brega dominated the race from start to finish, getting off to a strong start and using precise driving to pull away from his rivals and take the win.

Turkish leaders maintain the following advantages: He is 34 points behind the Italian in second place, with 37 points at stake this Sunday. Two more races will be held, with the shortest number of laps, followed by a third and final race of the same length as today’s race.

Razgatlioglu adds 600 points to Brega’s 566 pointswants to give the decisive blow as soon as possible to certify his third world title, which he achieved in 2021 and 2024.

In the first race, Spaniard Alvaro Bautista (Ducati), who won the world championship twice in 2022 and 2023, came in third place after winner Brega and second place Razgatlioglu, making a comeback from 8th place on the starting grid to reach the podium.

in super sport 300the world title race is in the balance after the leader of the competition, the Spaniard. Benato Fernandez (Kobe) went out on the final lap but did not score, allowing fellow Spaniard David Salvador (Kawasaki) and Australian Carter Thompson (Kawasaki) to cut his advantage to just three points.

In the first race of the weekend, Salvador finished second and Thompson eighth, both scoring 203 points, while Fernandez scored 206 points.

The winner of Saturday’s heat was Italian Matteo Vanucci (Yamaha), who also has a slight chance of winning the world championship with 184 points.

among them women’s world championshipspanish Maria Herrera (Yamaha) won the first race over Briton Chloe Jones (Yamaha), and in second place was Beatriz Neira (Yamaha) from Madrid, Toledo’s main opponent in the race for the women’s world title, who led the race until the final lap before taking third place.

Herrera remains in the lead with 235 points, increasing his advantage over Neira (220 points) to 15 points, but while both still have a chance of winning the title in Sunday’s race, the former has the bigger option.

The final round of the World Championship concludes the Pirelli Spain program in the World Supersport category, with Italy’s Stefano Manzi (Yamaha) already declared world champion last week.