Ducati's Alvaro Bautista's early dominant form seems a distant memory now with his main adversary Kawasaki's Jonathan Rea taking nine of the last twelve races and Bautista's appearances on the podium being few and far between.
With a championship lead of 91 points heading into this weekend's French Round, Jonathan Rea looks increasingly likely to be adding a fifth world title to his collection.
Whilst still a mathematical possibility (if Bautista were to win every remaining race, and Rea finishing no higher than fourth in all but one, and fifth in that one), realistically only a serious injury would see Bautista clawing back enough points to take the title, but there is all to play for further down the field with just over a race-win's worth of points covering third to sixth places.
In case you missed the races from Portugal, summarised below are the race results including top five finishers.
Here's how the Championship tables stand after the Portuguese Round.
WSBK Rider's Championship Table (Top 10)
|
POS
|
RIDER
|
BIKE
|
PTS
|
NEXT
|
LEADER
|
|
1
|
Jonathan Rea (GBR)
|
Kawasaki
|
490
|
-
|
-
|
|
2
|
Alvaro Bautista (SPA)
|
Ducati
|
399
|
91
|
91
|
|
3
|
Alex Lowes (GBR)
|
Yamaha
|
249
|
150
|
241
|
|
4
|
Michael Van Der Mark (NED)
|
Yamaha
|
244
|
5
|
246
|
|
5
|
Leon Haslam (GBR)
|
Kawasaki
|
229
|
15
|
261
|
|
6
|
Toprak Razgatlioglu (TUR)
|
Kawasaki
|
223
|
6
|
267
|
|
7
|
Chaz Davies (GBR)
|
Ducati
|
204
|
19
|
286
|
|
8
|
Tom Sykes (GBR)
|
BMW
|
183
|
21
|
307
|
|
9
|
Marco Melandri (ITA)
|
Yamaha
|
153
|
30
|
337
|
|
10
|
Sandro Cortese (GER)
|
Yamaha
|
116
|
37
|
374
|
WSSP Rider's Championship Table (Top 10)
|
POS
|
RIDER
|
BIKE
|
PTS
|
NEXT
|
LEADER
|
|
1
|
Randy Krummenacher (SWI)
|
Yamaha
|
193
|
-
|
-
|
|
2
|
Federico Caricasulo (ITA)
|
Yamaha
|
183
|
10
|
10
|
|
3
|
Jules Cluzel (FRA)
|
Yamaha
|
145
|
38
|
48
|
|
4
|
Lucas Mahias (FRA)
|
Kawasaki
|
98
|
47
|
95
|
|
5
|
Hikari Okubo (JPN)
|
Kawasaki
|
82
|
16
|
111
|
|
6
|
Thomas Grandinger (AUT)
|
Yamaha
|
70
|
12
|
123
|
|
7
|
Raffaele De Rosa (ITA)
|
MV Agusta
|
69
|
1
|
124
|
|
8
|
Corentin Perolari (FRA)
|
Yamaha
|
59
|
10
|
134
|
|
9
|
Isaac Vinales (SPA)
|
Yamaha
|
45
|
14
|
148
|
|
10
|
Peter Sebestyen (HUN)
|
Honda
|
43
|
2
|
150
|
WSSP300 Rider's Championship Table (Top 10)
|
POS
|
RIDER
|
BIKE
|
PTS
|
NEXT
|
LEADER
|
|
1
|
Manuel Gonzales (SPA)
|
Kawasaki
|
128
|
-
|
-
|
|
2
|
Scott Deroue (NED)
|
Kawasaki
|
90
|
38
|
38
|
|
3
|
Ana Carrasco (SPA)
|
Kawasaki
|
81
|
9
|
47
|
|
4
|
Andy Verdoia (FRA)
|
Yamaha
|
76
|
5
|
52
|
|
5
|
Marc Garcia (SPA)
|
Kawasaki
|
63
|
13
|
65
|
|
6
|
Victor Steeman (NED)
|
KTM
|
62
|
1
|
66
|
|
7
|
Jan-Ole Jahnig (GER)
|
KTM
|
61
|
1
|
67
|
|
8
|
Hugo De Cancellis (FRA)
|
Yamaha
|
47
|
14
|
81
|
|
9
|
Galang Hendra Pratam (IND)
|
Yamaha
|
44
|
3
|
84
|
|
10
|
Nick Kalinin (EST)
|
Kawasaki
|
41
|
3
|
87
|
The season continues this weekend at the Pirelli French Round at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, Central France, a 4.41KM track, comprising nine right-hand and eight left-hand corners and a 250 metre straight.
TV coverage is split between Eurosport 1 for live action, and Eurosport 2 and free-to-air ITV4 for highlights, as follows:
|
Friday 27th September 2019
|
|
Free Practice 1 – LIVE
|
13:55 – 14:55
|
Eurosport 1
|
|
Free Practice 2 – LIVE
|
14:55 – 15:55
|
Eurosport 1
|
|
FP1 and FP2 Highlights
|
17:35 – 19:00
|
Eurosport 2
|
|
Saturday 28th September 2019
|
|
Qualifying and Race 1 - LIVE
|
09:30 – 14:15
|
Eurosport 1
|
|
Highlights
|
17:00 – 18:30
21:00 – 22:00
|
Eurosport 2
|
|
Sunday 29th September 2019
|
|
Raceday - LIVE
|
09:30 – 15:15
|
Eurosport 1
|
|
Highlights
|
17:30 – 19:00
21:00 – 22:45
|
Eurosport 2
|
|
Tuesday 1st October 2019
|
|
Highlights
|
20:00 – 21:00
|
ITV 4
|
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