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Roberto Rolfo has claimed a dramatic maiden World Supersport race win by a photo finish against Lucas Mahias in a race which was initially red๊ flagged and saw a number of front runners clash.

Rolfo carved his way to the front over the fꩲinal two laps to set up a scrap against Mahias, with the pair sprinting to the line barging elbows and handlebars at the cheque💧red flag.

Mahias had initially been given the race w▨in on the timing screen, a prospective m♍aiden race win for the new Yamaha R6, but the race decision was immediately under review for a photo finish.

The result handed Rolfo his first World Supersport victory by the narrowest of margins with🥃 GRT Yamaha's Mahias in second place.

Mahias was handed a post-race one-second time penalty for barging Rolfo off track down the finish straight but remains second overall/

Away fr🍰om the drama at the chequered flag the race was incident-paꩵcked throughout with a number of race winner contenders involved in flashpoints.

Fighting for roඣstrum places Federico Caricasulo on the sister GRT Yamaha was involved in a last-lap clash with Jules Cluzel, who led the initial laps before being reeled in by the chasing pack, to se🍸e both riders fail to finish.

Their off enabled Anthony West to storm to a surprise Worl♏d Supersport rostrum despite a nightmare race weekend with broken engines as he held off Puccetti Kawasaki's Kyle Ryde by one-tenth of a second at the finish line.

2016'꧅s wildcard superstar Niki Tuuli claimed fifth with a number of fallers ahead of him for Kallio Racing Yamaha but more drama unfolded behind🧔 him with PJ Jacobsen recovering from an off-track excursion to climb from last to sixth in the closing laps.

The initial 𝓰race was red-flagged after Gino Rea and Robin Maulhauser were involved in a nasty collision during the opening laps in which debris a💃nd gravel was scattered on to the track to force the stoppage.

With a number of front runners failing to finish it saw unfamiliar names climb the fina🍌l classification with Team Lorini Honda's Ai🦋den Wagner claim seventh place ahead of Kazuki Watanabe, Nacho Calero and Lachlan Epis to round out the top ten finishers.