Overview
- The WorldSBK medical team declared Danilo Petrucci unfit after reassessment following FP1, ruling him out of all three Estoril races.
- He sustained the right-hand injury in a gym incident when a resistance band slipped and he hit a metal wall, fracturing the fourth metacarpal on a hand with existing screws and plates.
- Petrucci finished FP1 ninth before being sidelined, later saying the metacarpal finished breaking and that he returned to Italy for treatment.
- Surgery is scheduled for Monday as he targets a return at the Jerez finale, though his participation remains uncertain.
- He arrived at Estoril on 284 points, 30 ahead of Andrea Locatelli and 31 ahead of Alvaro Bautista, giving his rivals a chance to close the gap for third overall.