Estoril replaces canceled Hungary in revised 2024 WorldSBK calendar

The 2024 WorldSBK calendar has been revised to include Estoril in October after the Hungarian Round which was scheduled for August was canceled.

Hungary’s Balaton Park will not host the World Superbike Championship as scheduled after the event was dropped from the 2024 WorldSBK calendar and replaced by Autódromo do Estoril which will host the sport on October 11 to 13.

Estoril will now host the second Portuguese round of the year after Portimao, and it will be one of five rounds held on the Iberian Peninsula this season. The round will take place a week before the season finale at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto, making for an action-packed end of the season.

Balaton Park was the big new addition for 2024, set to see WSBK race in Hungary for the first time. However, ongoing construction work at the circuit will not be completed in time for the scheduled dates (August 23 to 25). As a result, the cancellation was inevitable.

“Due to works at the Hungarian venue not being completed by the scheduled date (23 August – 25 August), Balaton Park will no longer host WorldSBK action,” WorldSBK said.

“Estoril’s round will take place a week before the season finale at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto, making for an action-packed end of the season.”

Estoril hosted WorldSBK action as recently as 2022 and provided thrilling races. In World Superbike, all three races went down to the last lap with incredible battles involving Jonathan Rea, Alvaro Bautista and Toprak Razgatlioglu.

In WorldSSP, Dominique Aegerter claimed a double victory, while in WorldSSP300, Samuel Di Sora pulled off an unbelievable comeback from 31st on the grid to claim a sensational but implausible victory. In 2020, the Portuguese venue was the scene where Rea claimed his unprecedented sixth title.

Revised 2024 WorldSBK Calendar