The French round awaits its heroes In 1951, a French Grand Prix was held in Albi for the first time. It was only the third season of the then young motorcycle world championship. Unfortunately, the drivers from Germany were not yet admitted at that time, although the Second World War was already 6 years in […]
Barcelona WSBK review
Questionable scenes and reports about the incidents in Catalonia What we found most interesting on Saturday was how most journalists read about Alvaro Bautista’s victory in the first race. There was almost unanimous reporting of a lead of a good 8 seconds when he crossed the finish line. The fact that the little Spaniard crossed […]
WSBK Barcelona Sunday
Hardly any excitement on Day 2 of WorldSBK in Catalonia either After Alvaro Bautista’s solo performance, the Tissot sprint race continued on Sunday morning. Just like on Saturday, only what happened behind the Spaniard, who was alone in the lead right after the start, caused excitement. Although Toprak Razgatlioglu was racing for his life behind […]
WSBK Saturday Barcelona
The expected boredom continues Every connoisseur of the matter was already clear in advance that the speed reduction of the Ducati Panigale V4R before the third round of the WorldSBK in Catalonia will remain as good as ineffective. Although the FIM commissioners finally took this step, it was basically a pure alibi exercise. Above all, […]
An alibi exercise
Adaptation of the rev limits in the WorldSBK – too late? From the introduction of the new MotoGP Replica Panigale V4R from Ducati, the Superbike World Cup has never changed in its many years of history. For the first time, a manufacturer had exploited the applicable regulations in a form that was never intended. The […]
Unsightly world of MotoGP
Too many unnecessary annoyances in the MotoGP Pols brother Aleix Espargaró summed it up on the edge of the many ugly accidents in the first Grand Prix of the season. He and his driver colleagues had had gravel beds with finer granules for years than the giant chunks used in Portimão, for example. But listened […]