2024, while Ducati claimed its
second in a row Manufacturer's
Championship.
With just one round and two
full races left in Spain, at Jerez,
Huertas is now 45 points in the
lead, but from Manzi now, not
Montella. Only a maximum of 50
points are left for both race wins
at what is now truly a season
finale.
WorldWCR
A wet Superpole for the World-
WCR Championship was no
surprise
on Friday, given that the
Portuguese government was
giving out warnings on even
the visitors' mobile phones of
extreme overnight rains.
promoted Manzi to leader.
Huertas slotted into second
and stayed there to the end of
all 18 laps.
Manzi took his chance when
gifted the lead and scored yet
another win, his third of the year.
He was 2.506 seconds up on
Huertas.
With Huertas the race runner-
up, Debise was third, ahead of
his fellow Frenchman Mahias.
Surprise new WorldSSP rider Bo
Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto
Corse) was 14th in race one but
took a strong fifth in the second
race, just over seven seconds
back from the winner Manzi.
That win helped ensure that
Ten Kate Yamaha would be the
WorldSSP team's Champions in
He was 1.331 seconds down
on Montella at the flag.
Manzi was third, 5.391 sec-
onds from the win.
Lucas
Mahias (GMT94 Ya-
maha) was fourth after Valentin
Debise
(Evan Bros Yamaha) had
fallen, with the second Ten Kate
Yamaha of Glenn van Straalen in
fifth place.
In race two, Montella was out
front again looking to narrow the
lead of Huertas once again and
put at least some pressure on
his season-long rival going into
the final round.
He was doing a great job of
that, especially with Huertas
having to scrap early on to get
into third place—until Montella
fell from the lead in lap 11 and
ROUND 11 / OCTOBER 11-13, 2024
CIRCUIT ESTORIL / ESTORIL, PORTUGAL
ROAD RACE I FIM WORLDSBK CHAMPIONSHIP
P78
Bulega nipped
Razgatlioglu for the
Superpole victory.
