The New Zealander, already a four-times world champion with Kawasaki between 2019 and 2023, had already impressed with a third-placed finish in Saturday afternoon's opening moto of the weekend and she shot out of the gate in Sunday morning's second moto to be narrowly edged out at the holeshot line. She was still comfortable in second until she slipped off in a long left-hander on lap two but was soon charging again from seventh to sixth before a second fall at half-distance put her back to eleventh. The gritty Kiwi dug deep to the end of the moto to take tenth on the final lap; the move could not quite salvage the weekend podium as she claimed fifth overall, one point from third, but it was sufficient to secure third in the series points-standings heading to round three at the British GP in July, by which time she should have had sufficient time to regain her full race-speed.
 
Courtney Duncan: "The first moto was already a huge improvement from last week. I made a mistake on the first lap yesterday and someone took my front wheel but I made a good comeback with quick passes so I was pretty stoked with third but there's still plenty of room for improvement. We were first up this morning so of course they had watered the track pretty heavy and there weren't so many lines but I got a really good start and felt good running in second until I made two silly mistakes. There are plenty of positives to take away from this weekend; I just need some more races under my butt to get my speed and race rhythm back. You're never sure where you are after a long break; I need to get more loose on the bike again and of course I'm inevitably still lacking a little fitness. I'm not really looking at the championship but we'll get there!"