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The 20-year-old Spaniard claimed victory with a lead of 0.053 seconds, registering a historic win at Portugal

The 2017 Supersport 300 World Championship in Portugal witnessed history being made when a woman rider left world championship candidates Marc Garcia and Alfonso Coppola behind. This unprecedented event took place when Ana Carrasco, on her Kawasaki Ninja 300, used the classic slipstream technique to cut past Alfonso, who was leading until the very end.It was a dramatic climax where both Garcia and Carrasco tried to use the draft against Coppola, and Carrasco claimed the lead at the very last second to win. One can even gauge how close the racing action was as Ana won by a slender margin of just 0.053 seconds while Coppola finished just 0.009 seconds ahead of Garcia. The race has lifted Carrasco to the seventh position, with only two races to go until the end of the season. It has also pulled down Garcia to the second position while Coppola is now at the top. Ana Carrasco joined the Moto2 series in 2016 but has been racing at the international stage since the age of 16. It was at the age of 16 too that she became the first woman to score points in a world championship race since Katja Poensgen in 2001.The World Supersport 300 is a novice category series formed this season to... read more »

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