Aldi Satya Mahendra is the new Supersport 300 World Champion, becoming the first Indonesian to secure a world speed title. His sixth-place finish in the second race at Jerez was enough to clinch the championship, and the race winner also made history—Julián García González gave Kove their first-ever victory.
As is common in the highly competitive WSSP300, the lead changed hands multiple times throughout the race, with González and David Salvador (MS Racing/Yamaha) frequently battling for the top spot. Antonio Torres (ProDina Kawasaki) also led briefly on the first lap.
Heading into the final lap, Salvador was in the lead and looked set to repeat his victory from the previous day. Mahendra (Team BrCorse/Yamaha) was in sixth place, while Loris Veneman (MTM Kawasaki) was running second. However, unless Veneman won the race, Mahendra’s title was not in jeopardy.
In an epic final-lap battle, González took the lead and narrowly defeated Torres by just 28 thousandths of a second to secure Kove’s first-ever win in the championship. Marc García, the other Kove rider, completed the podium in third, ahead of Salvador and Veneman. Mahendra crossed the line in sixth place, more than enough to celebrate his championship victory.
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Julio Garcia Gonzalez takes the top step of the podium👏#SpanishWorldSBK 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/0Y6Ii8p4fN
