■ Though this news hit us on April Fool’s Day, sadly it’s true. WSB’s Monza round will not be happening this year, the late July date still not late enough for the legendary circuit to meet FIM safety standards. WSB organisers did have a Plan B, to hold the race at Vallelunga near Rome, but that track also needs the builders in so the date is still up for grabs as we go to press. The hot rumour is a trip to Estoril, in the hope that the people of Lisbon will be more interested in the racing than their countrymen in the south where the poorly attended Portimao round was held…