After 20 minutes, 2 Hondas were leading on the narrow Sachsenring! After the first free practice Sachsenring of MotoGP, the air is thin for countless journalists and other storytellers. After twenty minutes, Marc Marquez was leading Takaaki Nagakami. A quarter of an hour before the end, three Hondas were among the top four together with […]
Sachsenring GP 50 years before
The GDR Grand Prix 50 years ago While the preparations for a ghost race (except for a bunch of VIPs) at the Sachsenring are in full swing and sometimes even damp conditions are to be expected, we take a look back. Exactly 50 years ago, when Barry Sheene was only twenty-first and had just begun […]
The acid test
The hour of probation for Marquez and Rossi in Saxony After 10th place in Mugello and the annoying fall at the Catalan Grand Prix, according to Valentino Rossi, the only possible last hope for him to save the continuation of his career is the Grand Prix of Germany and the Netherlands. Of course, the old […]
The Baz false start
Ex-WSBK star Loris Baz threatens to fail in MotoAmerica We still remember the words about the change of the fast Frenchman before he went to the USA due to a lack of offers from WorldSBK. Baz accepted an offer from the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York team because Ten Kate had to forego their […]
What BMW is doing wrong
BMW: Strong in endurance – in WorldSBK another fall through threatens Why BMW threatens to fail in the WorldSBK with the new M-1000RR is a topic that does not leave many fans and observers indifferent. The bare registration figures alone show that there are many fans of the Munich brand around the world. But in […]
The Track-Limit-Shit
New unword track limits – also referred to as “track shit” in the paddock For us as motorsport fans for as long as we can remember, a piece of motorsport was finally buried last Sunday. So soon after Jason Dupasquier’s tragic death, we were still in shock at how brutal the sport can often be. […]
Sachsenring preview
GP of Germany with the next ghost round We had already been amazed when the ADAC, as the organizer of the German MotoGP Grand Prix, seriously looked for helpers for parking and grandstand briefing. At this point it was known for a long time that the majority of all events with a high number of […]
The Misano farce
The results of the WorldSBK and WSSP became irrelevant on Sunday It was a black Sunday for WorldSKB after questionable bankruptcies and mishaps by the FIM stewards, which will go down as another negative example in the history of motorcycle racing. At the first event with spectators along the route, there were two scandalous incidents […]
Misano Scandal Sunday
WSBK Sunday in Misano: Razgatlioglu wins scandalous race After the WorldSSP race, we did something that had already been discussed internally beforehand. Because we are fans of the series and racing, like most viewers, we want to see fair races above all. Like the majority of the people in the paddock, we are anything but […]
Misano Sunday live
Live blog WorldSBK Sunday in Misano Day one brought some expected results with the first races, especially in WorldSBK, but also various surprises. We were definitely not astonished that Redding didn’t even make a podium on Saturday. On the contrary, we even warned in our live blog yesterday that it would be anything but easy […]