Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) is now a FIM Supersport World Championship race winner after taking Triumph to the top step of the rostrum at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. The #69 took the British manufacturer’s second win in the Championship as he secured his second podium of the weekend during the Australian Round.

FIRST-TIME WINNER: Booth-Amos claims his first ever victory, Manzi P2

Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) etched his name into the list of FIM Supersport World Championship race winners as he tops the podium for his first-ever WorldSSP win at Race 2 in Australia. With his win, Booth-Amos becomes the fourth-ever rider to win a race in both World Supersport and World Supersport 300. He and Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) traded places from Race 1’s podium, as Manzi led the race for long stretches but was outpaced in the Gardner Straight by Booth-Amos to give up P1. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) avoided much of the chaos at the front of the grid by nature of his poor start to the race. Having started the race in pole position, Bendsneyder fell to P13 only a few turns into Lap 1. He gritted his teeth and climbed back up the timesheet to round out the rostrum in P3.

RINALDI BACK IN THE MIX: Michael Rinaldi P4, teammate Mahias P6

Atop the new Yamaha R9, GMT94 Yamaha teammates Michael Rinaldi and Lucas Mahias had a strong showing in Race 2, especially in the case of Rinaldi, who had not shown the same pace as Mahias in prior races this weekend. Splitting the two Yamaha teammates, in P5, Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki Racing Team) crossed the finish line in P3, however after applying his 6.78s Pit Lane Intervention time penalty, he was sent down the grid into P6.

HOMEGROWN TALENT P7: Bayliss, Cardelus, Toba, Vostatek round out top 10

Oli Bayliss represented for the home crowd and claimed a P7, making it a very successful day for the PTR Triumph Factory Racing Team. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) recovered well from running off the track to avoid the Debise/Masia crash, climbing back up the track to P8. Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) finished in P9, the fastest Honda on the day. Ondrej Vostatek (WRP Racing) was assessed a 0.765s penalty for an early departure from pit lane, however still managed to crack the top 10, more than 2.5s ahead of Luke Power (Motozoo Me air Racing)

WOULD-BE PODIUM WOES: Debise, Masia, Schroetter crash out of race from podium positions

Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) and Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) were in the heat of battle for the podium positions throughput the first half of the race and upon the exit of the Pit Intervention. Their podium dreams were dashed however as upon their Turn 1 entry, Masia clipped his rear tyre, sending the pair of them sliding into the gravel at high speed. Both bikes were badly damaged after the collision, and both riders were sent to the medical centre after they were each slow to get up. Masia was diagnosed with minor scrapes and contusions, but Debise was diagnosed with a more serious lateral malleolus fracture on his right ankle. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) found himself in P1 after passing the crash site, a position he wasn’t able to capitalise on as at Turn 11 of the same lap, Schroetter low-sided out of the race, and caused Xavi Cardelus to fall to P14 in the as he took avoiding action. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Racing) competed well, hanging around the top five including an impressive battle with Manzi, however, his race result betrayed this effort as a late low-side crash knocked him down the results list to P16, outside scoring positions.

The top six from the WorldSSP Tissot Race 2, full results here:

1. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing)

2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.671s

3. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) +1.125s

4. Michael Rinaldi (GMT94 Yamaha) +3.373s

5. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) +9.467s

6. Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) +10.864s

Championship standings:

1. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) 45 points

2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 45

3. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) 29

4. Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) 18

5. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) 17

6. Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) 17

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