Portimao, Portugal

Jonathan Rea has poured cold water on rumours linking him to a potential MotoGP switch with Suzuki, saying he’s happy and settled in the World Superbike championship.

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.

Stefan Bradl will sit out race two of the Portuguese World Superbike round after being declared unfit to race with a right wrist injury.

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.

Tom Sykes has suffered a scary crash which sent his Kawasaki up in flames during his out lap at the beginning of FP3 at Portimao.

Anthony West will replace the injured Randy Krummenacher for the remainder of the 2017 World Superbike season at Puccetti Kawasaki.

Honda factory rider Takumi Takahashi will team-mate up with Stefan Bradl for two rounds of the 2017 World Superbike championship at Portimao and Jerez, switching in for Davide Giugliano as stand-in rider.

1. Luca Filippi Super Nova 1hr 01mins 55.822secs 3. Javier Villa Super Nova +8.351s 3. Dani Clos Racing Engineering +9.026s 4. Alvaro Parente Ocean +9.436s 5. Diego Nunes iSport +13.646s

1. Nico Hulkenberg ART 1hr 03mins 43.837secs 37 laps 2. Luca Filippi Super Nova +9.730s 3. Lucas di Grassi Racing Engineering +9.936s 4. Vitaly Petrov Addax +10.360s

1. Nico Hulkenberg ART 1m 50.343s 2. Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 1m 50.694s 3. Luca Filippi Super Nova 1m 50.966s 4. Lucas di Grassi Racing Engineering 1m 51.005s 5. J?r?me d'Ambrosio DAMS 1m 51.403s