Cork-based Team #109 Retro Traffic Kove become first ever Irish motorcycle team to win World Title

Spanish teenager Benat Fernandez races with the Cork based Team #109 Retro Traffic Kove team. Picture: Vaclav Duska Jr.
The Irish and Basque flags flew proudly on a pole attached to the Cork based Team #109 Retro Traffic Kove motorbike of seventeen year Spanish rookie Banat Fernandez after they won the last-ever World SuperSport 300 Championship title in dramatic circumstances at Jerez.
A four way title decider went right down to the last race of the season as Fernandez took the chequered flag to seal the series in emotional circumstances.