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recent Aragon round to win his first WorldSSP race, but he won his second just two weeks later, after another epic fight with WorldSSP's own two Yamaha points table tearaways—Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Ya - maha) and Superpole-qualifying winner Can Oncu (Yamaha bLU cRU Evan Bros Racing). Eighteen laps of constant race-one probing, passing and barging made the aforemen - tioned riders the race-one top three. It was WorldSSP racing at its most raw and its most skillful. Early leader Alberto Surra (Ya- maha bLU cRU Evan Bros Team) would finish sixth. The second race was won by Manzi, after Debise's bike stopped near the end. But his win was nothing compared to him wrapping up the title one round early after Oncu finished ninth. race weekend left for the year, and we will try our best to end the season on a high note." As for Fong, the Californian was always going to be up against it with a new bike, the Pirelli tire after a career on Dun - lops, a new track and a series in which everyone else is well and truly up to speed. He took home a 17th and a pair of 18th-place finishes. "We knew it was going to be a big task coming here," Fong said. "We've improved each session out there. From the first session to the last race, we im - proved our lap times overall, but I'm still working on trying to find my flow here. We are having fun, and we're learning a lot." WorldSSP Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse Ducati) had to wait until the him mostly, but not exclusively, removed. It is not clear if all riders will sign it. Not those who see him disappear into the dis - tance on the length of the Estoril straight, at least. As for the Americans, Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki Racing Team) was joined by MotoAmerica's Bobby Fong (Attack Perfor - mance Yamaha), who will also compete at Jerez. For Gerloff, his weekend on the sole Kawasaki on the grid netted him 10th in race one, 12th in the Superpole race and 11th in race two. "We are just missing some - thing, but we will keep trying to find it," Gerloff said. "It seemed like things were getting better in the middle of the season, and we were getting faster, but now it just seems like it's a bit of a struggle. We have one more ROUND 11 / OCTOBER 10-12, 2025 CIRCUITO ESTORIL / ALCABIDECHE, PORTUGAL ROAD RACE I FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P68 Garrett Gerloff (31) continued the fight on the lone ZX-10RR with 10th-, 12th- and 11th-place finishes.