While the Riders’, Manufacturers’ and Teams’ Championships have all been won in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship, there are still titles up for grabs at the Circuito Estoril. The fight to be crowned the top Independent Rider could be wrapped up in Portugal, while it’s likely the WorldSSP title will be decided.
MONTELLA VS SAM LOWES FOR TOP INDEPENDENT
Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) holds the cards against Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) to be crowned this year’s top Independent rider. The #5 is 50 points clear of the British rider, and Montella can win the title in Race 2 if he outscores his rival by 13 points across the weekend, while also losing up to 13 points to Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven).
WORLD SUPERSPORT TITLES
Plenty of titles can be won in WorldSSP. Starting with the Riders’ Championship, Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) will secure the title if he loses at most 10 points to Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) in Race 1. A podium finish for the #75 will secure the title regardless of Debise’s results. If he is not Champion on Saturday, to win it in Race 2, he will need a 51-point advantage over Debise. The Manufacturers’ Championship will go the way of Yamaha in Race 1 if the Japanese manufacturer loses at most 16 points to Ducati. In the Teams’ Championship, AS BLU CRU Racing Team will be crowned in Race 1 if Arenas and Aldi Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) lose less than 28 points to Debise and Federico Caricasulo (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory). In the WorldSSP Challenge, Corentin Perolari (Honda Racing World Supersport) can secure it in Race 2 if he outscores Raffaele De Rosa (QJMOTOR Factory Racing) by 26 points across the weekend and the other WorldSSP Challenge riders by 21 points.
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