Busca (Cuneo, Italy) 3 June 2026 – Following the spectacular excitement of the GP of Sardegna in Tramatza, the 2026 FIM Supermoto World Championship is gearing up for its third, highly anticipated round of the season. On the weekend of June 6 and 7, the world’s drifting elite will battle it out on the famous Piedmontese circuit of Busca, a historic and technical track that promises to deliver high-tension racing.
The world standings currently see German champion Marc Reiner Schmidt (Team Undici) leading the pack with 155 points. Schmidt has set an impressive pace so far, but behind him, the competition is fiercer than ever. His closest pursuer is Spain’s Julen Avila Cortes (KTM MTR Team) with 131 points, followed closely by Frenchman Steve Bonnal (TSV Racing) with 125 points.
The best representative of the Italian colors is the experienced Elia Sammartin (BRT Factory Team), solid in fourth position overall with 117 points and ready to exploit the home-turf advantage to step into the podium in front of the Italian fans. Provisional fifth place goes to the excellent Swiss rider Mitja Krasniqi (Honda – GAZZA Racing) with 85 points.
The Busca round will feature a top-tier international grid. Among the riders to watch for the top positions are certainly the Czech Republic’s Jonas Nedved (79 points TMS Tuning Motorsport) and the young talent Two For Two Jan Ulman on Fantic, alongside the very fast Frenchmen Raphael Payet and Gabin Pernat (Team Insane Suzuki).
Great anticipation also surrounds the other Italian riders in the race: veteran Giovanni Bussei on Ducati and Michael Vertemati Jiesute Vertemati Racing, both determined to make their mark on their home track. The Italian crowd will also be able to welcome back Frenchman Kevin Negri (Honda), who joins the battle this weekend.
With riders coming from Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia, Brazil, Portugal, and the Netherlands, the show in Busca is guaranteed.
In the S2 class, the spotlight is on the large Italian contingent and especially on the leader of the general standings: Leonardo Lapadula (team Undici) . The Italian arrives in Busca firmly in command of the championship with 90 points, but he will have to watch his back from his closest chasers. Just 7 points behind is the Ukrainian Yevsevii Kovalov (second with 83 points), closely followed by Switzerland’s Nathan Terraneo, third with 81 points.
Further back but fully in contention for the podium are Romania’s Mark Luca Iovita (69 points) and Belgium’s Noah Champagne (68 points). The Busca grid will also feature other protagonists ready to climb the standings, including Frenchmen Djamal Juste Watt (60 points) and Tao Abraham (55 points), as well as Italians Daniele Cornolti (47 points), Riccardo Andreotti (40 points), Riccardo Olivier (39 points), and Diego Colognesi (29 points). Seeking redemption instead are the Czech Republic’s Martin Bubak (16 points) and Giorgio Trovato (15 points).
The S4 class, the exciting class reserved exclusively for road sections (asphalt only), lives of a very hot confrontation on the Italy-Spain axis. Currently, the continental standings are led by the Italian Alessandro Sciarretta with 70 points. Behind him is Edoardo Bertola, second in the championship with 64 points.
The Spanish patrol is however very close and fierce: Francisco Gomez Requena occupies third position with 63 points, followed by compatriot Alejandro Barco Iglesias with 54 points and Alex Gourdon Rafael with 48 points. Also appearing in the top 10 of the general standings are Antonino Achille Navarria (6th with 45 points) and Spaniard Theo Gourdon Rafael (42 points) for all of them, the corners of Busca will represent the perfect opportunity to shake up the standings.
There is also room for the very young talents of the SM Junior, the class that showcases the future stars of world motard. The Eastern European contingent arrives in full force with Poland’s Liliana and Klemens Irzyk, Romania’s Mark Szabo and Dan Suciu, and Hungary’s David Zsolt Bereczki. There is also great anticipation for the performances of Austria’s Diego Walkner and Lukas Kraus, Great Britain’s Edward Darnton, Belgium’s Jean Rondeaux, and Germany’s Lorenz Bang. For them, Busca will represent a fundamental formative testing ground to define the values on the field.
TIME TABLE
SATURDAY
9.15 S4 Free Practice; 9.45 S1GP Free Practice 1;10.15 SM Junior Free Practice1; 10.40 S2 Free Practice1; 11.15 S4 Free Practice2; 11.45 S1GP Free Practice2; 12.15 SM Junior Free Practice 2; 12.40 S2 Free Practice2; 13.40 S4 Time Practice; 14.10 S1GP Q1; 14.40 S1GP Q2; 15.00 S1GP Superpole; 15.20 SM Junior Time Practice ; 15.50 S2 Time Practice; 16.45 S4 Race 1; 17.30 S1GP Race One
SUNDAY
10.15 SM Junior Race1;10.55 S2 Race1; 11.40 S4 Race 2; 12.25 S1GP Fast Race; 13.50 SM Junior Race 2; 14.40 S2 Race 2; 15.35 S4 Race 3 ; 16.30 S1GP Superfinal
In the photo: International Circuit of Busca view
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