WSBK 2020 Round 8 - Estoril Oct 16-18

[Map8]

Pirelli Estoril Round
Circuito Estoril




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Championship Standings AFTER Round 4
[table="head"]Pos.|Rider|Manufacturer|Points
1 | J. REA | KAWASAKI | 340
2. | S. REDDING | DUCATI | 281
3. | C. DAVIES | DUCATI | 222
4. | M. VAN DER MARK| YAMAHA | 203
5. | A. LOWES | KAWASAKI | 179
6. | T. RAZGATLIOGLU | YAMAHA | 175
7. | M. RUBEN RINALDI | DUCATI | 166
8. | L. BAZ | YAMAHA | 135
9. | A. BAUTISTA | HONDA | 99
10. | L. HASLAM| HONDA | 91
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Pirelli Estoril Round info from WorldSBK.com

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[WorldSBK]

Sad to see Chaz without a job yet. Where could he go ?

 

[WorldSBK]

And if I am not mistaken, there's no factory seat available anymore, so Chaz would have to accept a satellite team offer ?

 

[scootergmc]

Sad to see Chaz without a job yet. Where could he go ?

Retirement.

 

[squidworth]

Maybe he can back over this way and ride in MA!

 

[kevin 714]

chaz has 4 total wins in the last 3 seasons, in that same time frame his teamates have 23 total wins.

hes super fallen off, and is on a clear downslope. he had a great run but its time to be replaced.

 

[Map8]

Chaz is third in points. He's one of seven different winners this season and has seven podiums. The only people who have done better than him are Rea and Redding. Sykes, Lowes, Haslam, and Bautista and Rinaldi all have worse results and still have rides. van der Mark has the same podiums and wins as Davies but fewer points.

Davies is still fast and taking points from Rea which is his job.

 

[Map8]

Finally getting a chance to watch FP1. I had forgotten much of this track. Well, the chicane and one left hander stick out in my memory from the...uh...mid-2000s. Other than the massive straight it seems pretty tight. Hope those long hairpins allow for some different lines so the passing isn't limited to turn one and the approach to the chicane.

Looking forward to the weekend. A lot of riders wanting to end the season on a high note to show their worth to new teams or, even better, say fuck you to old teams. LOL.

 

[budman]

Retirement.

MotoAmerica!!

On a factory Duc. :cool.

 

[Map8]

Dramatic qualifying leads to a decent race 1. Congratulations to Johnny Rea on title #6. This wasn't an easy season to keep focused.

Commanding win by Toprak at a track he says he doesn't like. Impressive 2nd for Davies and locking up third in the championship. Grab all those bonus $$$, Chaz. Excellent third place for Gerloff battling with the best in WSBK. Bummed for Redding. He'll turn it around tomorrow.

 

[budman]

Good fun today.

Congrats on 6 in a row Mr. Rea. ort

Much respect to him.

Gerloff did well.. the American is showing well and that is sweet!

Toprak ROCKED.!!!

Chaz... needs a ride for 2021.

Honda's did well. BMW's not so much.

6 in a row... holy shit.

 

[Lucky Jones]

Good fun today.

6 in a row... holy shit.

He's in pretty rare company.

https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/20..._content=Oct17_clubimage&utm_campaign=Traffic

Ago, Rossi, Marquez, Schumacher, Hamilton, etc.

 

[WorldSBK]

Yeah !!! Gerloff on 2nd spot of the podium !

 

[WorldSBK]

wow what another SBK race !!!

Well done Chaz !

Manufacturer's championship win by only one point. Watch out Kawi, life won't be easy anymore next year.

 

[budman]

Bummed Gerloff went down.

Chaz out of his seat with style. :thumbup

Can't even remember what he rode before the factory Duc. :laughing

Glad they got the season in.