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A brief rain shower didn't spook anyone before the start of the race and warm weather let the eighteen lap race start dry.

Race two is Toprak Razgatlioglu's chance to take the title, and a 25ºC day removed the weather from the equation.

A 20ºC morning's racing would be missing Remy Gardner as he fractured his wrist in yesterday's race, likely ending his season. The championship could be decided today, but the chances of this happening are very unlikely. The sky was blue, the track was dry and ten laps of Estoril were on the cards.

World Supersport started eighteen laps of a 22ºC dry track. Three riders were in contention for the championship.

Twenty one laps of an inclement Estoril circuit, the track had some damp patches but the start was a dry 21ºC. Toprak Razgatlioglu cannot secure the 2024 title today, but he can make it possible for tomorrow.

Saturday morning was windy and the Superpole was declared a wet session for fifteen minutes of qualifying with the bikes' red lights on. A championship could be decided this weekend and the weather will almost certainly play its part. Without falling rain, the track should dry out over the session.

Rain once again played havoc with qualifying, in spite of a brief, hopeful dry start top the session. 

Yari Montella took advantage of the dry start and set a quick time to take pole position ahead of Adrian Huertas and Stefano Manzi. 

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The rain continued to disrupt the day's qualifying, but in a brief dry spell, Toprak Razgatlioglu was able to improve on his morning's time by fifteen seconds and head Danilo Petrucci and Alex Lowes once again.

Results:

In a wet session of two halves, Raffaele De Rosa took the Chinese QJMotor SRK 800 RR to the top of the leaderboard in the tricky conditions. The more familiar names of Yari Montella and Valentin Debise rounded out the top thre.

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