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Video: Valencia could also be the last race of the Superbike World Championship if the coronavirus knocks Argentina and Indonesia down
2024 Author: Nicholas Abramson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-10 16:34
The Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia could be in 2021 more decisive than ever in the world of motorcycling. In addition to hosting, as is tradition, the last Grand Prix of the MotoGP calendar, it has many options to also appear as last date of the Superbikes in a new review.
Argentina and Indonesia are scheduled to host Superbike events in October and November, but the pandemic situation seems to make it very difficult for these races to take place. So Dorna has already prepared an alternative calendar with Valencia as a final round, and the presence of Estoril again.
Estoril would have another round if both Argentina and Indonesia fall
Gregorio Lavilla, the sporting director of the World Cup, has recently assured that the WSBK will do everything possible to respect the original calendar, but what is happening around leads us to think that it will be very difficult to race in Argentina and, above all, in Indonesia.
You just have to do a little memory to remember how the Asian MotoGP tour has collapsed like a house of cards. Australia and Japan were first, then Thailand, and finally Malaysia.. Although the Superbike event is scheduled for November, it seems difficult for Indonesia to back down.
As for Argentina, American races are currently in doubt in all categories, although they are still on the calendar. MotoGP still plans to go to AustinAlthough it is not at all clear that it will take place, and Formula 1 also intends to go to Austin, in addition to Brazil and Mexico. In the three championships it will be necessary to decide in the next days.
Dorna's alternative draft to complete the Superbike World Championship would consist of an Iberian triplet to finish. In addition to the Portimao round, which is already planned, WSBK would like to add one more in Estoril, which already had its event at the beginning of the year, and the last one in Cheste. A finish in Valencia, a la MotoGP.
The last time the Superbike World Championship visited the Cheste circuit in the 2010 season, more than a decade ago, with victory for Leon Haslam in the first race and Noriyuki Haga in the second. The MotoGP race is scheduled for November 14, so the series derived bikes would probably go a week or two early.
The options of Valencia being there are high, because although the organization still hopes to rescue the Argentine roundWhat seems impossible is to go to Indonesia. If they only need a substitute, it is foreseeable that they will opt for Cheste rather than repeat a round in Estoril.
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