Viñales double victory – embarrassment for Bagnaia and Binder While Maverick Viñales delivered his masterpiece at the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, there was only one defeated man who was still happy, at least on Sunday. It speaks for the best of modern times that, despite a fall in the full-distance race, he didn’t […]
Assen WSBK Preview
The third event of 2024 – hopefully with an open outcome For those familiar with the scene, after WorldSBK announced its new speed limits for this season, the first two rounds should actually have gone to Ducati. Instead of maintaining the maximum speeds that were valid at the end of the previous year’s season, the […]
Pointless comparison
Pedro Acosta – hardly comparable to Marc Marquez Although many journalists jumped on it with enthusiasm, comparing Pedro Acosta with the best Spanish MotoGP rider in history is pointless and currently completely misguided. If you do it anyway, the newcomer from Murcia will hardly be able to keep up with the 8-time world champion. There […]
Threatening tendency
About the danger of Dorna being taken over by Formula 1 What initially circulated through the media as a rumor became official surprisingly quickly over Easter. Formula 1 TV and advertising rights holder Liberty Media intends to take over Dorna by the end of 2024, assuming the announcement on April 1 was not intended as […]
MGP Portugal review
Interesting MotoGP weekend at the Autodromo do Algarve Qualifying had already been a bit of a surprise when both Aleix Espargaro and local hero Miguel Oliveira (both Aprilia) and Fabio di Giannantonio (Ducati) got stuck in Q1. Afterwards, defending champion Francesco Bagnaia didn’t make it to the front row, while his factory team colleague Enea […]
Montmelo WSBK Day 3
Thanks to Toprak, no uniformity on WorldSBK Sunday in Catalonia Without the Turk, the final day of the Barcelona weekend would have been virtually worthless from a sporting perspective, at least as far as the fight for victory is concerned. Even though BMW newcomer and exceptional expert Toprak Razgatlioglu had absolutely no chance in the […]
Montmelo WSBK Day 2
The historic first Toprak victory for BMW brought salvation While Jonathan Rea endured another bitter day, his Turkish opponent managed the almost impossible in Catalonia. For the Northern Irishman, the first race in Barcelona ended in the first corner, meaning the record world champion remained without points for the fourth time in a row. Completely […]
WSBK Europe Start
Catalan premiere for WorldSBK’s European opener After the European season took place in Motorland Aragon, with the exception of the pandemic season in 2020 with Jerez and 2023 with Assen, Montmeló near Barcelona will be the opening race of the Superbike World Championship in Europe for the first time. For neutral fans of the WSBK, […]
Confusing opening
Puzzling incidents at the MotoGP season opener in Qatar We recently reported in detail about the 1953 Motorcycle World Championship. At that time, before the fourth round of the German GP, when drivers and officials were inspecting the track together, a decision was made that was extremely regrettable for the spectators. It was raining and […]
SBK start day 3
Eventful second racing day of the 2024 season in Australia After Saturday had already been very varied, there was an increase in drama on the second day of racing and the last race of the weekend was particularly tough. It had already been decided on Friday that for safety reasons there would be no races […]