A radical shake-up of the World Superbike weekend timings will benefit MCE British Superbike television scheduling when the two championships clash.

Under new times issued yesterday, both WSBK legs and sandwiched World Supersport race will be finished by 12.45pm, 15 minutes before the opening BSB round is usually slated to start on a typical weekend which facilitates an uninterruped broacast from Britain.

The WSBK times have been shaken up so they no longer clash with other sporting events, such as Formula One, which commence at 2pm CET - a move by Dorna to encourage more terrestrial channels to broadcast the meetings in full.

Below is the new WSBK schedule (GMT+1):

Friday

10.00 – 10.45 45’ SUPERSPORT FREE PRACTICE 1

11.00 - 11.30 30’ SUPERSTOCK 1000 FREE PRACTICE 1

11.45 – 12.30 45’ SUPERBIKE FREE PRACTICE 1

TIMED FOR QUALIFYING (SUPERPOLE)

13.45 – 14.30 45’ SUPERSPORT FREE PRACTICE 2

14.45 – 15.15 30’ SUPERSTOCK 1000 FREE PRACTICE 2

15.30 – 16.15 45’ SUPERBIKE FREE PRACTICE 2

TIMED FOR QUALIFYING (SUPERPOLE)

Saturday

09.00 - 09.30 30’ SUPERSTOCK 1000 FREE PRACTICE 3

09.45 – 10.30 45’ SUPERBIKE FREE PRACTICE 3

TIMED FOR QUALIFYING (SUPERPOLE)

10.45 – 11.30 45’ SUPERSPORT FREE PRACTICE 3

12.30 – 13.00 30’ SUPERBIKE FREE PRACTICE 4

NOT TIMED FOR QUALIFYING (SUPERPOLE)

15.00 – 15.15 15’ SUPERBIKE SUPERPOLE 1

15.25- 15.40 15’ SUPERBIKE SUPERPOLE 2

15.55 – 16.40 45’ SUPERSPORT QUALIFYING PRACTICE

16.55 - 17.25 30’ SUPERSTOCK 1000 QUALIFYING PRACTICE

Sunday

08.40 – 08.55 15’ SUPERBIKE WARM UP

09.05 – 09.20 15’ SUPERSPORT WARM UP

09.30 – 09.40 10’ SUPERSTOCK 1000 WARM UP

10.30 SUPERBIKE RACE 1

11.40 SUPERSPORT RACE

13.10 SUPERBIKE RACE 2

14.15 SUPERSTOCK 1000 RACE