What an absolute way to close out a campaign. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) took the checkered flag under red-flag conditions at Jerez, securing his fourth win in the last six races and locking down third in the Riders’ Championship. This was a wild afternoon of racing that brought the curtain down on the 2026 FIM Supersport World Championship in dramatic fashion.
That red flag brought Race 2 to an early close after Jorge Navarro (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) crashed out at Turn 8 on Lap 12, leaving track conditions unfit to continue past the two-thirds race distance. Before the stoppage, Alcoba and teammate Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) put on a masterclass, slicing up from P5 and P7 grid starts respectively to lock out the front. Aegerter crossed the line just 0.482 seconds behind his teammate to claim the silver medal, securing his first podium appearance since Phillip Island in 2022 and giving Kawasaki their first 1-2 finish in the class since 2016.
Behind the green machines, Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing) brought his machine home 0.720 seconds adrift of the leader to grab the bronze, marking his third podium of the season. Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) finished right on the podium's doorstep in P4, ending up 0.936 seconds back and just two tenths shy of Ferrari before the red lights stopped the fight. That late-race stoppage cost the Turkish rider dearly, as it ultimately handed third place in the Championship standings over to Alcoba on the final day of the year.
The race had chaos written all over it right from the green lights. Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) launched brilliantly from P3 to grab the holeshot into Turn 1, but disaster struck on Lap 2 when Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) tangled on the brakes at Turn 6 and slammed into the #75, sending both bikes tumbling into the gravel. Arenas was packed off to the medical centre and later diagnosed with multiple contusions. Meanwhile, Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) charged from a back-row start in P8 to actually lead the field with ten laps to go, though he eventually crossed the line in P5 after a rough patch that included an Irresponsible Riding penalty for contact during a pass, forcing him to hand P7 back to Navarro.
Further down the order, Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) crossed the line in P6 after battling hard with the Frenchman ahead of him. French veteran Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) dragged his machine up from an 11th-place grid start to claim P7, beating Spanish teammate Roberto Garcia by a quarter of a second after the #37 fought through from P16. Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) held his grid spot to finish P9, and Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing Yamaha) rounded out the top ten in the final outing of 2026.
It wasn't a clean afternoon for everyone out on the asphalt. Eric Fernandez (Cerba Yamaha Racing Team) suffered his third crash in three races after going down at Turn 6 on Lap 8. Navarro also had a turbulent race, dropping from pole to P5 early on, getting slapped with a position-drop penalty for punting Farioli wide at Turn 6, and finally triggering the race-ending red flag with his crash at Turn 8 before being diagnosed with a mild concussion. When the dust settled, WorldSSP closed the books on a sensational 2026 season that entered the record books with 15 different riders stepping onto the podium.
