This weekend, the eleventh round of the FIM Supersport World Championship will be held at the Circuito Estoril. It is the second race weekend of the season to take place in Portugal and it is the first time since 2022 that this circuit is back on the WorldSBK calendar.

The 2024 season is heading towards its end with two more rounds to go, starting this weekend at the Circuito Estoril with the season finale at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto the week after. The Portuguese circuit has entered the calendar as a replacement for the cancelled Hungarian round. The Circuito Estoril is 4.182 kilometres long and has 13 right turns and nine left turns. The combination of a fast last corner before the long straight has often made for exciting races.

With 46 points behind the world championship leader, and a maximum of 100 points left to earn in the final four races of the season, Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing still has a chance of winning the world title with Stefano Manzi. It will certainly not be an easy challenge but there is no lack of commitment and motivation from both the Dutch team and the Italian rider to make it happen. Glenn van Straalen will also do everything possible in the last race weekends to end the season well and possibly gain some more places in the championship.

Stefano Manzi: “We continue this exciting part of the season with another race weekend. I have only been in Estoril once before, which was in my first year of World Supersport. I feel confident that we can do a good job this weekend, so let’s see what will happen. I look forward to start working again on Friday.”

Glenn van Straalen: “I am happy that Estoril made it onto the calendar, a good replacement for Hungary as far as I am concerned. It has been a good circuit for me in the past so I am really looking forward to ride there again. It remains to be seen what the weather conditions will be but anyway I’m looking forward to starting the race weekend.”

Kervin Bos – Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing team manager: “We face the second ‘double’ of this season, starting this weekend at Estoril. We have good memories of that circuit with good results in the past, the Yamaha YZF-R6 performs well here. Our riders are in very good form, as we have seen in the past races. It will be four important races in this final part of the season that we are looking forward to immensely with the whole team.”

The race weekend at Circuito Estoril begins with free practice on Friday morning, followed by the Superpole session at 16:00h local time, 17:00h Central European Time in the afternoon. After a warm-up session on Saturday morning, Race 1 will start at 15:15h local time (16:15h CET) in the afternoon. The same goes for Sunday with a warm-up session in the morning and Race 2 at 15:15h (16:15h CET).