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baring some biblical intervention, but he only took one race to sort it out in his favor. It was a title win that he de- sired so much before he heads off to Moto2 in 2025, with the Italtrans team. In Superpole, Huertas had been fastest, although not with a new track best time, with Jorge Navar - ro (Ducati) the second quickest. In the Yamaha YZF-R6's last- ever WorldSSP race meeting, Ste - fano Manzi (Ten Kate Yamaha) won the first race from champi- onship nearly-man Yari Montella (Ducati) and newly crowned champion Huertas. Thus, Adrian is the youngest-ever WorldSSP Champion at only 21. In fourth place, Marcel Shroet - ter (MV Agusta Reparto Corse F3 800 RR) was over six sec- onds down, while old stager and former World Champion Lucas Mahias (Yamaha) was fifth. A fi - nal strong ride before a race two fall for Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph) saw him sixth. Race two on Sunday saw Manzi complete a fairytale double win by 0.275 of a second from Valentin Debise (Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha) and relatively new WorldSSP rider, Bo Bend - sneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse F3 800 RR). In the final points, Huertas has 439 points to Manzi's 415. Mon- tella placed third overall with 382 points and Debise was fourth with 238. WorldWCR Ana Carrasco won the 2018 WorldSSP300 championship against all the boys and men on a small Kawasaki. This year, she beat all the women to the inaugu - ral WorldWCR Championship, on a bigger Yamaha. Two world titles, each on very different machines and in different circumstances. She may have lost everything in the one-make WorldWCR stand - ings, however, but for a remarkably dramatic last lap in race two. Before that, an amazing open - ing race (again) in the most con- sistently competitive series in the paddock (for the top four or five at least) saw Carrasco's only real- istic rival Maria Herrera win, from Sarah Sanchez and Carrasco. The latter only beat Beatriz Neila across the line by a slip- streaming smidgeon. In race two, Herrera's last chance to stop Carrasco winning the cham- pionship crashed with her in the final corner, as she touched the rear tire of race winner Sanchez. Herrera's last-corner race-two crash may have been the mo- ment of the year in the most addictive class to watch. The new WorldWCR Championship provided the true finale of the last weekend, with it all going down to the last corner. It was Herrera who would have been champion, until a few yards before her no-score at least, given how far down Carrasco had been entering the final turn. Surprising for a rider so often on the podium, but it took Herrera's crash for Carrasco to make the job sure. Second in race two was Neila and third Carrasco, who made global bike sport history for the second time. Gordon Ritchie WorldSBK Race One 1. Nicolo Bulega (Duc) 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) 3. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) 4. Alex Lowes (Kaw) 5. Iker Lecuona (Hon) Superpole 1. Nicolo Bulega (Duc) 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) 3. Alex Lowes (Kaw) 4. Danilo Petrucci (Duc) 5. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) Race Two 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) 2. Nicolo Bulega (Duc) 3. Michael van der Mark (BMW) 4. Andrea Iannone Duc) 5. Alex Lowes (Kaw) WIND IN THE P46 It came down to the last corner, but Maria Herrera (6) ended up on her head, and Ana Carrasco (22) sealed the first WorldWCR title and her second World Championship victory.