Takahira Seals FIM R3 BLU CRU World Cup Title as Takemoto and Okada Finish in Season’s Top 10

Takahira Seals FIM R3 BLU CRU World Cup Title as Takemoto and Okada Finish in Season’s Top 10

Riichi Takahira secured the 2026 FIM R3 BLU CRU World Cup title as Round 6 brought the season to a close at Estoril. Takahira finished the finale with a P4 in Race 1 and P7 in Race 2, ending the championship on 173 points. Rintaro Takemoto and Hinata Okada also completed the season inside the top…

Takahira qualified eighth in Superpole and delivered his best result of the weekend in Race 1, finishing fourth. He followed that with seventh in Race 2, securing enough points across the weekend to finish at the top of the final standings.

Takemoto started 12th in Superpole and improved to eighth in Race 1 before making further progress in Race 2. He crossed the line fifth, but a one-place penalty for irresponsible riding on the main straight dropped him to sixth in the final classification. He ended the season eighth overall with 116 points.

Okada maintained a top-10 finish across all three sessions, qualifying sixth before finishing P9 in Race 1 and P8 in Race 2. The results left him tenth in the final standings on 78 points.

Tubtim, competing in his only event of the season, improved from 24th in Superpole to 12th in Race 1 before producing his strongest result in Race 2 with P5. As a single-event entrant, he did not score championship points.

Image: Riichi Takahira