Bit of a random question, but looking at Masia's Instagram to see if he's okay or not after the crash on Sunday, it was full of Chinese fans asking how he was, this seems strange as he's moving to a Japanese manufacturer next year and afaik he has no big ties to china.

Also any info on his injury? Some sites say it's not going to race next week

After running 3 different riders wide in the first corner of every lap, Oncu drove over the leg of Roberto García and went off for the fourth time in that same corner. Is he OK? I've not seen any info on him or if he has an injury

What do people think the Ssp and Sportbike grids will look like next year

I remember last year consequent Balance of Performance changes were made, limiting Ducati and BMW's fuel flow or something to even out the field on account of Ducati and BMW having too powerful bikes compared to the rest of the field.

This year it seems much worse, it's almost always every race Ducati 1-2-3 and Nicolo Bulega won almost every race. The only other race winner has been his teammate Iker Lecuona if I remember correctly.

I am asking because I don't know. Has there been balance of performance nerfs aimed at Ducati this year too or is that only a thing when Toprak was winning?

I don't have anything against Bulega, he's an amazing rider and deserves the championship 100% but if BoP were applied this year, it doesn't look like it was effective at all. I've been watching World SBK and World SSP for some 7 years I think and this was the least contested championship with the fewest different brands showing any sign of competitiveness I've seen.

The Portuguese national anthem was performed ahead of the World Superbike race by Miguel Gameiro of Pólo Norte with a brace of jets flying overhead. After a smattering of rain in the World Supersport race earlier, a hint of unpredictability hung over the grid, and the wind was still present, at 15kmh for the twenty-one lap race.

The recorded attendance was 36,257 over the weekend.

After spots of rain this morning, light clouds gathered over a windy Estoril in advance of the morning's ten lap Superpole race with the temperature down to 19ºC.

The World Superbike grid lined up behind the Talaíde Philharmonic Band, a century-old local organisation, who performed the Portuguese national anthem ahead of the twenty-one lap race.

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Not that there's anything wrong with that. Not long ago, we had some absolute bonkers seasons while MotoGP was a Ducati cup, and in the late '90s/early '00s, I remember vividly WSBK being the first thing you'd think of when it came to motor racing, while 500cc was somewhat of a borefest.

This year however I'd be surprised to find a single person who enjoys WSBK and rates it over MotoGP.

Also it's hard to ignore the fact that the talent pool in SBK is relatively poorer compared to MotoGP, and the fact that MotoGP journeymen tend to thrive over here makes you think it's somewhat of a lower league.

So I was genuinely wondering: those who stick with WSBK through thick and thin and prefer it over MotoGP to this day, what's your reason for it?