The 2026 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship campaign is building up to its crescendo as riders arrive in style to the penultimate round of this season. This time, it’s a return to Portugal for the Tissot Estoril Round at the Circuito Estoril. The opening day gets rolling on Friday, October 9th with World Superbike as they ride in their Free Practice session at 10:20 (all times Local Time UTC +1), followed by WorldSSP with their FP1 at 11:20. In the afternoon, WorldSBK returns for their FP2, followed by WorldSSP’s Tissot Superpole session to close the day at 16:00.
On Saturday, WorldSBK starts off a bit earlier, taking to the track at 09:40 with their FP3 session, and return to the track just over an hour later at 11:15 for their Superpole session. After lunch, the first points of the round are up for grabs with WorldSSP’s Race 1 at 14:00, and WorldSBK as the day’s final event at 15:30.
Sunday gets rolling with WorldSBK Warm Ups at 09:15 ahead of racing action at 11:10 for the 10-lap Tissot Superpole Race, with the decisive final races of the round taking place later that afternoon; WorldSSP’s Race 2 at 14:00, and WorldSBK’s Race 2 at 15:30.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th (Local Time, UTC+1)
09:40–10:05 – FIM Yamaha R3 BLU CRU World Cup Free Practice
10:20–11:05 – WorldSBK Free Practice 1
11:20–12:00 – WorldSSP Free Practice
14:15–14:40 – FIM Yamaha R3 BLU CRU World Cup Superpole
15:00–15:45 – WorldSBK Free Practice 2
16:00–16:40 – WorldSSP Tissot Superpole
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th
09:20–09:30 – WorldSSP Warm Up
09:40–10:00 – WorldSBK Free Practice 3
11:15 –11:30 WorldSBK Tissot Superpole
13:00– FIM Yamaha R3 BLU CRU World Cup (10 Laps)
14:00– WorldSSP Race 1 (18 Laps)
15:30– WorldSBK Race 1 (21 Laps)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th
09:15–09:25 – WorldSBK Warm Up
09:35–09:45 – WorldSSP Warm Up
11:10 – WorldSBK Tissot Superpole Race (10 Laps)
13:00 – FIM Yamaha R3 BLU CRU World Cup Race 2 (10 Laps)
14:00 – WorldSBK Race 2 (18 Laps)
15:30 – WorldSBK Race 2 (21 Laps)
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