Estoril to host penultimate WorldSBK round after Hungary cancelation

Estoril wi🐻ll host the penultimate round of the 2024 WorldSBK season following news that the inaugural Hungarian round has been dropped.

Estoril WorldSBK
Estoril WorldSBK

The Balaton Park circuit in Hungary was set to hos꧑t round eight of the 12-round WorldSBK campaign.

But due to work not being completed in time, Estoril will now take over as the penultimate round as💛 a replacement.

Estoril will host round 11 of the championship be🍰fore riders head to Jerez for the season-f▨inale.

The Balaton Park was part of two circuits set to host WorldSBK for the first time ever in 2024, the othe𝄹r being Cremona which will stage round ten of the cam𒁃paign on September 20-22.

Estoril will follow Cremona and is ജscheduled for October 11-13, one༺ week prior to the Spanish round at Jerez.

A venue that𝓀 i🌄s used to holding WorldSBK races, Estoril was last on the calendar in 2022.

Alvaro Bautista won Race 1 before Jonathan Rea completed a Sunday double with victories ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu and event𒉰ual world champi🔥on Bautista.

All three races saw the lead duo separated by less than two tenths, with the final corner providing dramatic racing in all three𒁏.

In Race 1 Bautista powered his Panigale V4 R past Razgatlioglu coming out of the final corner, while Rea managed to hold off Razgatlioglu and B🧔autista with brilliant final laps in both Sunday races.

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