World Superbikes: Federico Caricasulo beats Randy Krummenacher in red-flagged 18-lap Portimao race

Federico Caricasulo beat Randy Krummenacher in 18 laps after a red flag was raised in Portimao to move within ten points of the championship lead.

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Before the race had even started in the Algarve, ESS champion-elect Kyle Smith (Team Pedercini Racing) was forced to start at the back of the grid for going over his engine allocation.

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With six laps to go, Lucas Mahias and Raffaele De Rosa were locked in a battle for the podium. But at the exit of Turn 1, somehow the Italian prevented a seemingly certain crash before retiring a lap later.

And with more than two-thirds of the race already completed, 23-year-old Caricasulo retook the lead - ahead of Krummenacher - with what proved to be a winning move as a red flag was raised for De Rosa's technical issue.

The championship race now comes down to ten points entering the final three rounds of the season.