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 […]
Calendar misplanning
Suboptimal planning from WorldSBK’s FIM and Dorna For the 36th year of the near-series world championship, the season will start very early next year. The first two rounds also take place in exactly the opposite order to last year. While the Phillip Island (Australia) event forms the final after the Indonesian weekend on the island […]
Comeback of Scheib
Chilean Scheib replaces Hafizh Syahrin for Argentina’s World Cup round In addition to Leandro ‘Tati’ Mercado, another rider from South America will take the place of the injured and ill Hafizh Syahrin at the Motul FIM Superbike World Championship race in Argentina. Maximilian Scheib will start for the MIE Racing Honda Team as a returnee […]
Best SBK teams part 3
Althea Racing and their golden boy Carlos Checa Fourth in the 2008 World Championship for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda and seventh in the 2009 World Championship, this has been the likeable Spaniard’s record since he switched from MotoGP to Althea Racing. Last year, US boy Ben Spies on his Yamaha R1 was surprisingly a man […]
To the death of a young hero
Insert on the tragic accidental death of the only 22-year old After a long creative break of almost a year, we visited a race again when it came to the Circuito de Cataluña near the Catalan metropolis Barcelona. It was a very mixed weekend with many ups and downs, which we would like to come […]
Best SBK teams part 2
Rumi Honda – a perfect example for today’s factory teams What is completely normal for Japanese motorcycle manufacturers in MotoGP and WorldSBK today was rather untypical in the year the Superbike World Championship was born. After Suzuki had established a new type of thoroughbred sports motorcycle with the legendary GSX-R750, the world’s largest manufacturer was […]
Best SBK teams part 1
Alstare Suzuki – a WorldSBK success story In the 1999 season, the team led by Belgian bon vivant Francis Batta competed in the Superbike World Championship for the first time as the official Suzuki works team. Last year, of all places, Sugo won the first run at Sugo with the Japanese Keiichi Kitagawa. So the […]