The Superbike World Championships return to Spain this weekend, for the MotorLand Aragón round. It is the antepenultimate of the season for WSBK and WSSP, while for WSSP300 it is the penultimate.
In WSBK, the top category, Álvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Ducati) competes at home. The Spaniard seeks to defend and extend a 57-point margin over Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha). Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) is in third place, 177 points behind, and will hardly stay mathematically in the title race after Aragón – 124 points will still be up for grabs after this round.
Nicolò Bulega (Aruba.it Ducati) leads the WSSP comfortably and could even clinch the title if he repeats what he has done several times this year and wins both races. Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) is close behind, trailing by 60 points. If this difference exceeds 100 points, Bulega will already be champion. Marcel Schrötter (MV Agusta) is also still in the fight.
It’s all open in the WSSP300 with two races to go. Jeffrey Buis (MTM Kawasaki) currently leads, just five points ahead of José Luis Pérez González (Accolade Smrž Racing BGR/Kawasaki). The top five are within just 32 points, showing the balance in a championship where everything can change in just one round.
Next, here are the schedules (in the time of Continental Portugal) for the Aragon stage of WSBK, WSSP, and WSSP300.
Friday, September 22
08h45-09h15: FP1 WSSP300
09h30-10h15: FP1 WSBK
10h25-11h10: FP1 WSSP
13h15-13h45: FP2 WSSP300
14h00-14h45: FP2 WSBK
15h00-15h45: FP2 WSSP
Saturday, September 23
08h00-08h30: FP3 WSBK
08h45-09h05: Superpole WSSP300
09h25-09h45: Superpole WSSP
10h10-10h25: Superpole WSBK
11h40: Race 1 WSSP300
13h00: Race 1 WSBK
14h15: Race 1 WSSP
Sunday, September 24
08h00-08h15: Warm-up WSBK
08h25-08h40: Warm-up WSSP
08h50-09h05: Warm-up WSSP300
10h00: Superpole Race WSBK
11h30: Race 2 WSSP
13h00: Race 2 WSBK
14h15: Race 2 WSSP300
