Misano, Race 2: Start-finish victory for Arenas - Aegerter and Öttl in the top 15

The second Supersport race concluded the Superbike meeting at the Misano World Circuit. With the race starting at 15:15, the riders faced a heat battle over 18 laps at 33 degrees Celsius in the shade.

The starting grid for the second race was based on the fastest lap time from race 1 for the top nine, with the order of the Superpole being used from 10th onwards. The biggest loser of this rule for Sunday's race in Misano was Can Öncü, who dropped back from pole to 9th on the grid.

Race 1 winner Valentin Debise (ZX Moto) and world championship leader Albert Arenas (Yamaha) took the first two positions. Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph) completed the front row of the grid. Philipp Öttl (Ducati), who crashed in the first race through no fault of his own, lost two positions and started the second race in sixth place. Dominique Aegerter (Kawasaki) and Andreas Kofler (Ducati) took up their original starting positions of 18th and 28th.

Arenas turned into the first corner ahead of Debise and lightning starter Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha). Philipp Öttl did not get away well and initially finished eleventh. Arenas tried to escape and came out of the first lap 0.8 seconds ahead of Mahendra, Debise and Booth-Amos. In fifth place, Öncü had gained many positions. Öttl was still 11th, Aegerter 17th and Kofler 33rd.

Arenas kept up the pace in the first laps, but the Spaniard was unable to shake off his pursuers. Mahendra had caught up with his team-mate and Debise, Booth-Amos and Öncü were also only 1.4 seconds behind after three laps. In the meantime, Öttl had recovered and was ninth.

Debise had to let Booth-Amos go on lap 5. The Triumph rider immediately pulled away from the Frenchman by a second. At this stage, the ZX Moto package was not competitive.

At the halfway point, Arenas' tactics seemed to be working. The world championship leader had pulled away from Mahendra and Booth-Amos by 2.4 seconds and continued to set the faster lap times. The chasing group with Öttl (8th) was led by Öncü (4th) and reached up to Alessandro Zaccone (Ducati) in 11th place, with Aegerter in the second group up to 12th position.

At the start of the final third of the race, Booth-Amos had prevailed over Mahendra in second place. Behind them, Jaume Masià (Ducati), Öncü, Matteo Ferrari (Ducati) and Mattia Casadei battled for fourth position. With a slight gap, Debise in eighth kept a whole pack at bay - including Öttl (11th) and Aegerter (13th).

In the battle for position with Aegerter, Öttl had to take the emergency exit four laps before the end and dropped back to 15th position. The Bavarian had been struggling to keep up with the pace of his opponents for a while.

Arenas' victory was never in danger and the former Moto2 rider had enough of a cushion to take it a little slower in the last two laps. It was the AS Racing rider's third win of the season, with which he further extended his lead in the world championship. In second place, Booth-Amos prevailed against Mahendra.

Masia crossed the line in a lonely fourth place. Jeremy Alcoba completed the top five, giving Kawasaki its best finish of the season so far. Team-mate Aegerter also did very well in 13th place - the two Puccetti riders were separated by just 2.8 seconds.

Race 1 winner Valentin Debise was unable to repeat his performance from Saturday and finished a distant ninth. Philipp Öttl salvaged a world championship point in 15th place.