Race 2 of the 2025 Yamaha R7 European Cup SuperFinale, held at the final round of the FIM Endurance World Championship, the Bol d’Or, saw Marco Diaz Monteagudo pull off a sensational last-gasp move at the final corner to take the victory ahead of Devis Bergamini and Ioannis Peristeras, ensuring he was crowned the overall winner by just one point.
The Yamaha R7 European Cup SuperFinale competitors were once again greeted by glorious sunshine and track temperatures of 40° Celsius on Saturday at Circuit Paul Ricard for Race 2, following on from Friday’s enthralling Race 1. Leading the way on points heading into the second race were former FIM R3 BLU CRU World Cup riders Peristeras and Bergamini, with Diaz Monteagudo from Spain in third.
All was still to play for on Sunday, with the combined points from both races counting towards the overall result, and once again, the tens of thousands of fans at the Bol d’Or, as well as the global audience watching live via the Yamaha Racing YouTube channel, were treated to a spectacular race.
Right from the start, there was an incredible battle at the front as a group of ten riders managed to break away after the first few laps. The lead was changing hands at almost every corner, and with the slipstream down the Mistral Straight, even though the Yamaha R7 European Cup SuperFinale uses the chicane, any one of the leading bunch was in with a shot of winning.
It looked like the overall victory would come down to a battle between Greek rider Peristeras and Italian Bergamini, with the duo trading places at the front and leading across the line with two laps to go, but then a mistake by Peristeras saw him drop down to seventh. The final lap produced some breathtaking bar-to-bar racing, as the riders gave it everything to try and win.
Bergamini led out of the Mistral Straight chicane, and was favourite to be crowned the champion, but just like in Race 1, it all came down to the final corner. Diaz Monteagudo timed his move to perfection to hit the front and win the sprint to the line, taking the Race 2 victory ahead of Bergamini and Konstantinos Mavropoulos from Greece.
The 25 points he got for the win, when added to the 16 he picked up for finishing third in Race 1, meant that Diaz Monteagudo on 40 points took the overall victory by the narrowest of margins, with Bergamini securing his second second place-finish of the weekend to finish on 40 points, and Peristeras crossing the line in fifth to secure third with 36 points.
In doing so, Diaz Monteagudo, who also set the fastest lap of the race, collected the ultimate prize on offer, a brand new R7, with Bergamini and Peristeras receiving GYTR performance parts vouchers, courtesy of Yamaha’s GYTR PRO SHOP network. On top of this, Diaz Monteagudo was also awarded a new set of Pirelli race tyres, while Bergamini received a rear tyre, and Peristeras a front.
The three riders were presented with their prizes by Eric De Seynes (Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Yamaha Motor Europe), Andrea Dosoli (Division Manager, Motorsport Division, Yamaha Motor Europe), and Niccolò Canepa (Road Racing Sporting Manager, Motorsport Division, Yamaha Motor Europe), on the podium in front of thousands of cheering fans, a fitting conclusion to an epic the 2025 Yamaha R7 European Cup SuperFinale.
Posted on September 21, 2025 by Michael Le Pard
