This year, the structure of the WSBK race weekend will change with the introduction of the Women’s World Championship (WorldWCR). Fridays will now feature Superpole (qualifications), and there are changes to the durations of free practices. The changes were agreed upon in recent months between the FIM, Dorna, and the Manufacturers’ Association (MSMA).
In the World Supersport and World Supersport 300 Championships, there will be only one free practice session for each class – 40 minutes for WSSP and 25 minutes for WSSP300 – both on Friday morning. WSBK will maintain two 45-minute sessions on Friday, but FP3 on Saturday will be shortened to 20 minutes.
On Fridays, there will also be a WorldWCR practice session of 25 minutes in the morning, in addition to the Superpole sessions for WorldWCR (25 minutes), WSSP300 (25 minutes), and WSSP (40 minutes).
As for Saturdays, in addition to WSBK FP3, mornings will include warm-up sessions for WorldWCR, WSSP300, and WSSP, each lasting 10 minutes, the usual WSBK Superpole, and the first races for all categories. Sundays are reserved for 10-minute warm-up sessions in all classes, as well as for the second races. Between the warm-up sessions and the second races, as is customary, the WSBK Superpole race will be held.
Weekend format for WSBK rounds in 2024 (local times):
- Friday
- 09h00-09h25: FP WorldWCR (25 minutes)
- 09h40-10h05: FP WSSP300 (25 minutes)
- 10h20-11h05: FP1 WSSBK (45 minutes)
- 11h20-12h00: FP WSSP (40 minutes)
- 13h30-13h55: Superpole WorldWCR (25 minutes)
- 14h15-14h40: Superpole WSSP300 (25 minutes)
- 15h00-15h45: FP2 WSBK (45 minutes)
- 16h00-16h40: Superpole WSSP (40 minutes)
- Saturday
- 09h00-09h20: FP3 WSBK (20 minutes)
- 09h30-09h40: Warm-up WorldWCR (10 minutes)
- 09h50-10h00: Warm-up WSSP300 (10 minutes)
- 10h10-10h20: Warm-up WSSP (10 minutes)
- 11h00-11h15: Superpole WSBK (15 minutes)
- 11h50: Race 1 WorldWCR
- 12h45: Race 1 WSSP300
- 14h00: Race 1 WSBK
- 15h15: Race 1 WSSP
- Sunday
- 09h00-09h10: Warm-up WSBK (10 minutes)
- 09h20-09h30: Warm-up WorldWCR (10 minutes)
- 09h40-09h50: Warm-up WSSP300 (10 minutes)
- 10h00-10h10: Warm-up WSSP (10 minutes)
- 11h00: Superpole Race WSBK
- 11h50: Race 2 WorldWCR
- 12h45: Race 2 WSSP300
- 14h00: Race 2 WSBK
- 15h15: Race 2 WSSP