WSBK 2020 Round 3 - Portimão Aug 7-9

[Map8]

Motul Portuguese Round
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Championship Standings
[table="head"]Pos.|Rider|Manufacturer|Points
1 | S. REDDING | DUCATI | 98
2. | J. REA | KAWASAKI | 74
3. | A. LOWES | KAWASAKI | 72
4. | T. RAZGATLIOGLU | YAMAHA | 66
5. | C. DAVIES| DUCATI | 57
6. | M. VAN DER MARK | YAMAHA | 47
7. | L. BAZ | YAMAHA | 37
8. | A. BAUTISTA | HONDA | 37
9. | M. RUBEN RINALDI | DUCATI | 30
10. | L. HASLAM| HONDA | 28
[/table]



Motul Portuguese Round info from WorldSBK.com

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[scootergmc]

Those Ducs have some stank.

 

[peterhively]

Enjoyed attending WSBK Portimao in 2018. The place in amazing, big ups and downs and blind corners.

 

[WorldSBK]

Looking forward to watching the races !!
Go go Gerloff !!!!

 

[R3DS!X]

Luv me some Portimao! Hoping F1 rescheduled to here this year. would be cool if MotoGP signed on too since their overseas events are cancelled.

 

[scootergmc]

would be cool if MotoGP signed on too since their overseas events are cancelled.

It's unofficially set for the last race of the season.

 

[budman]

Looking forward to watching the races !!
Go go Gerloff !!!!

+1

Gerloff...! Rock it man!

 

[Map8]

Yamahas top both sessions with Razgatlioglu fastest in FP1 and Baz fastest in FP2.

 

[R3DS!X]

:teeth:teeth:teeth:teeth

It's unofficially set for the last race of the season.

 

[scootergmc]

Yamahas top both sessions with Razgatlioglu fastest in FP1 and Baz fastest in FP2.

SBK practice is soooo boring. The intrigue of MotoGP just isn't there, but the track looks so fun. Having Brno and Portimao on the same weekend makes up for something something corona something.

 

[WorldSBK]

Van der Mark put on a good show in Race 1 !

 

[Lucky Jones]

The last 5 laps or so were TOTALLY worth the price of admission!

:laughing

Fun racing from 4th on back - top 3, not so much. :teeth

 

[scootergmc]

That was a good midpack battle, but nobody had anything for Rea. He just goes well. Redding's Duc just got stuck not turning and he became a sitting duck there at the end. Looked like the tires were done.

 

[Map8]

Needed win for Rea. The Ducatis worked well here last year so its a surprise to see the factory bikes struggling and getting passed by Rinaldi.

This championship go could go down to the wire. Toprak is super consistent with only the DNFs holding him back. If Rea and Redding keep trading bad races and Toprak keeps racking up podiums, could be a three way battle.

Anyone hear about Sandro Cortese's condition. They said he was conscious but it seems he got a helicopter ride to the hospital.

WSS race was better than expected. SSP300 had potential to epic. Probably will be tomorrow.

 

[scootergmc]

Cortese: heard nothing other than the fractured vert and tibia.

 

[Map8]

Thanks.

 

[WorldSBK]

Anyone hear about Sandro Cortese's condition. They said he was conscious but it seems he got a helicopter ride to the hospital.

T7 vertebra and right tibia fractures.

Source:

https://www.gpone.com/en/2020/08/08/sbk/breaking-sandro-cortese-t7-vertebra-and-right-tibia-fracture.html

 

[Map8]

Sounds like Cortese will recover fully but its still scary to have those injuries.



This is one wild track.

 

[firstbuell]

GO Gerloff !!

 

[Johndicezx9]

This is one wild track.

Good thing he's going in the opposite direction of the giant windmill...

Solid weekend from Rea and KRT.