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Full WorldSBK FP3 results from Portimao

Full WorldSBK FP2 results at Portimao

Full free practice one results for the ninth round of the 2018 World Supersport championship at Portimao, Portugal. 1. Federico Caricasulo ITA GRT Yamaha YZF-R6 1m 45.325s 2. Lucas Mahias FRA GRT Yamaha YZF-R6 1m 45.502s

Full WorldSBK FP1 results from Portimao

Tom Sykes is confident of returning to World Superbike action without any lasting issues despite suffering an ankle injury just over three weeks ago.

Chaz Davies is eager for a ‘step by step’ mentality to the Portimao World Superbike round on his return from a collarbone fracture sustained last month in a training off.

World Superbike organisers have shaken-up the Portimao round schedule with Sunday’s race two moved by over three hours.

Jonathan Rea has topped the timesheet on both days of the Portimao test for Kawasaki but saw Red Bull Honda’s Leon Camier and Pata Yamaha’s Alex Lowes close the deficit.

Full testing results from the first day of pre-season testing at Portimao ahead of the 2018 World Superbike Championship.   1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 1m 41.475s

The World Superbike paddock is gearing up for 2018 with a number of teams beginning testing on next year’s machines which will also give series organisers the opportunity to assess any technical regulation rule changes.

Tom Sykes says he would have attempted to race at Portimao had it not been for the medication he was given immediately after sustaining a dislocated fractured finger in a nasty crash in FP3 which ruled him out on medical grounds.