The 2nd day of testing for Ducati, Yamaha and Puccetti Kawasaki At just over 10 degrees Celsius, a whole series of teams have been testing the newly asphalted track in Misano since Monday, March 15. Ducati organized the two-day test before moving on to Barcelona in just over two weeks. With the two Yamaha teams […]
Egoism as a role model
Marquez als Impf-Tourist und das falsche Bild der Dorna By now, some of those who have remained sane should have understood: Vaccinations against Covid-19 can be risky. Several countries, except for Austria, which has been abandoned by all good spirits, have already reacted and stopped their vaccination campaigns. A police officer recently died in Italy […]
Max Neukirchner’s review
An interview with Max Neukirchner about his WSBK career As we studied the history of WorldSBK since its first season, it was clear to us early on that we wanted to interview some of the most important drivers about their careers. This is how the interview with Gregorio Lavilla came about, see on this site […]
WSBK Misano test day 1
The 1st day of testing for Ducati, Yamaha and Puccetti Kawasaki At well below 15 degrees Celsius, a two-day test organized by Ducati has been taking place in Misano since Monday, March 15th. As stipulated by the regulations, all other teams had to be allowed to participate under acceptable conditions. So it was clear to […]
WSBK mid-March status
Rea with motocross training & Davies in quarantine In Misano, a private test with all Ducati Superbike teams, as well as the two Yamaha teams and Puccetti Kawasaki, is currently taking place in unfavorable conditions. Chaz Davies, on the other hand, is out for a short time due to a positive Covid-19 test. Meanwhile, Jonathan […]
WSBK-History part 17
1996: The first half of the 9th WorldSBK Championship season This time the season started in mid-April on the Adriatic coast at the Autodromo di Santamonica near Misano. There were no new routes in the calendar, all of which had been the venue for the WorldSBK in previous years. Once again, two events each took […]
MotoGP favorites
To background noises and the question of the World Cup favorites With most of the drivers now at home between tests and the first race in Losail, very few of them stayed in Qatar. Including the extremely sensible Suzuki driver Alex Rins. Just like Takaaki Nakagami, the Spaniard did not allow himself to be persuaded […]
Losail-Test conclusion
The Worst pre-season preparation ever in MotoGP Normally there were 12 test days in the last few years before the new season started. Sepang and Qatar were originally planned and in the end there were only 4 real days for the established drivers. Because there was too much wind, and it was blowing sand onto […]
Test breakdown in Losail
Dorna’s risky plan didn’t work out Except for the fact that the Dorna apparently made a lot of money with the choice of Losail for tests and first races, the start of the season began with a bankruptcy. At first, they really wanted to test it in Sepang and when many material containers had allegedly […]
Losail test day 5
No last day of testing in Losail – 2 weeks before the 1st Grand Prix With Alex Marquez of all people, there is already the first injured driver with a broken bone. While his brother Marc was also at the doctor yesterday, it finally became clear that returning prematurely was out of the question. As […]