Sunday was the day when the world's three most important road racing series, MotoGP, WSBK  and BSB, crowned their champions - Marc Marquez, Jonathan Rea (almost) and Shane Byrne.

But there was a difference. There are still three races to go in MotoGP - three races which count for nothing - and Jonathan Rea leads World Superbikes by 48 points with one round to go - only two points required in Qatar. Won't be going there!

After race two on Sunday at Jerez, Chaz Davies admitted that a six-second win probably wasn’t the best thing for the spectators or TV audiences.

British Superbikes, on the other hand, staged a grand finale at Brands Hatch where everything was up for grabs. And although not quite of the calibre of the famous Tommy Hill/John Hopkins duel of 2013, decided by a wheel, there was enough in it to make Shakey Byrne's fifth championship far from certain.

He didn't win any of his three races  and had nearest rival Leon Haslam not suffered from a  toxic mixture of bad luck, a broken handlebar in qualifying would you believe; a bike which in one race he described as "unrideable" plus a degree of over exuberance, then the championship might have gone his way. As it was, it was settled with one leg of Sunday's two races to go. So, not down to the wire but almost.

The Showdown, designed to stop what has happened in MotoGP and WSB, has its critics. Much derided when it was introduced as being "unfair" in that any rider running away with the championship at the three quarter stage gets hauled back in and has only a limited advantage, depending on his  number of podiums, in a sort of premier league of six. But, just like the playoffs in football, it works.

Now why don't Dorna do it? Answers: a) It's unfair; b) It's somebody else's idea; c) It demeans the importance of the World Championships. That they don't consider it for the premier title in road racing is kind of understandable - with Messrs Rossi, Marquez and Lorenzo at each other's throats perhaps they don't need it - but it is surely something they should consider for World Superbikes. Along with several other changes.

World Superbikes continues to decline, which is sad for a once great championship. The crowd at Jerez was the lowest of the year and half the number who turned up at Brands. No lack of enthusiasm from the small team who run it, lead by director Daniel Carrera, but it faces a difficult future.

Carrera recognises this and is all for change. Spreading the two races across Saturday and Sunday, the idea being that Saturday's TV coverage would drive attendance on Sunday, does not appear to have worked. In fact probably the reverse because the racing, completely dominated by Kawasaki, has been dull despite the best efforts of Messrs Rea and Sykes.

Talks about further change are already in process, and will be continued with teams in Qatar. The proposals are radical if not revolutionary but getting them past the manufacturers and other forces of conservatism will be difficult if not impossible. The trouble is they need to be revolutionary to have any chance of saving a championship which has difficulty finding circuits to host races.

Revolutionary? Owners Dorna have nothing to lose. And having a version of the Showdown is only one change they should make. How about this? It is a production-based series so why not introduce tyre changes. The Saturday race could be a 15-lap sprint. Sunday would host the big one, say 30 laps, which would involve a tyre change. Yes, you'd need to carry more fuel but if you want to add entertainment for viewers and spectators then this does it. And adds an element of chance.

Why do those fastest in qualifying start at the front?  Shouldn't the order be reversed, at least for the first three rows?  But that's not fair I hear you cry. No, but it would be more fun.

There aren't enough bikes on the grid? Why limit teams to two bikes? And on that subject why is there a one bike per rider rule? Seems like false economy because there is a second bike, it just happens be in bits at the back of the garage.

Mr Carrera and his team recognise that they are in the entertainment business. And having eight riders battling for the lead, rather than a couple from the same team, is the very least they are aiming to provide.

The odd mechanical tweak proposed by FIM technical guru Scott Smart, the resurgence of Ducati and the new Fireblade from Honda plus more competitive teams should help.

But evolution is not enough. Revolution is required. Bring back the gladiators. Bring back the heroes and villains.