Live blog from Friday – MotoGP in Barcelona It is almost certain that the current records on the converted course would have to fall this weekend. As the WorldSBK tests showed after the modification of curve 10, an improvement of about half a second per lap can be expected. At least if it stays dry […]
Barcelona MGP countdown
Voices from the press conference on the Catalonia GP Even if the drivers often don’t reveal a lot of new information, one or the other remark is usually remembered. As usual, the three world championship leaders sat at the front at the press conference for the Catalan GP. Usually three more MotoGP riders are invited […]
A lance for Maverick
The unbelievably nasty attacks on a top MotoGP rider One of our readers recently sent us an excerpt from two articles about Maverick Viñales and enclosed the comments from the readers’ forum of a relevant “motorsport portal”. Even reading the stories written about the Spaniard, we hardly believed our eyes. We have no idea what […]
The explosion in costs
Spielberg 2021: The most expensive prices in MotoGP history to date We still remember well 3 years ago when we were guests not only in Styria, but on many other routes around the world. Among other things in Barcelona, where the entrance fee for 3 days per person was 72.75 euros. Like Barcelona, Jerez was […]
Barcelona pre-noises
News & already known before the seventh MotoGP round in Barcelona On April 5th, our website announced what was only officially confirmed almost two months later: Remy Gardner has his place at Tech 3 for the next MotoGP season. The son of the 500cc world champion Wayne from 1987 is definitely following in his footsteps. […]
What does Misano bring?
Expectations for the Italy round of WorldSBK Ducati and Yamaha are under particular pressure, respectively two of their drivers in the factory team and their managers. Not only we were surprised that Chaz Davies was relegated and replaced by Michael Ruben Rinaldi in the works team. The veteran Welshman had been better than the young […]
WSBK Estoril Findings
Overpowering Rea – almost all opponents struggle with setbacks As the reigning world champion had asserted after his second victory on Sunday, he was still convinced on Friday evening to operate pure damage limitation in Estoril. After he hadn’t had a chance to catch Redding and overtake Toprak in the first race on Saturday with […]
MotoGP Italy in numbers
The Moto3 race – winners almost irrelevant The time in Q2 had already expired when the last Moto3 riders were on a fast lap on Saturday afternoon, and the fall of the number 50 at the Arrabbiata double corner actually looked almost harmless at first. But the Swiss who had already qualified for the fourth […]