Sensationally strong Rea wins 1st race ahead of Redding and Toprak Jonathan Rea had already scored over 400 points in the “Cathedral of Speed” when he was on the hunt for his thirteenth victory in Assen on the afternoon of July 25, 2021. He was still missing one thing to be the sole record winner […]
SBK Superpole in Assen
Rea, Toprak and Redding in row 1 – Sykes starts at the back An outstanding Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) set the fastest time early on, and this was followed by a lap in which he finally set a mark at which all of his competitors should fail. Despite his early crash, Toprak made it to P2 […]
Assen SBK Friday
After FP2: Rea, Redding and Gerloff convincing – Toprak with difficulties After Scott Redding had set the third-best time of the day in FP1 in the morning, the reigning world champion, Garrett Gerloff and Alvaro Bautista, impressed in the second free practice. As a double winner in 2019, at that time still on Ducati, the […]
WSBK kick-off Assen
The optimism for an unlimited audience was too early Some portals claimed much too early a while ago that WorldSBK would be hosting a full house on the penultimate weekend in July, like in the Netherlands. However, the premature euphoria regarding unlimited audience numbers was absolutely out of place. A few weeks before the WSBK […]
Second Portimão GP
Next shift in the calendar puzzle from FIM & Dorna Now the race at Phillip Island has been finally cancelled and, as a consequence, the Malaysian Grand Prix has been postponed a week compared to the original plan. Because before that the World Cup run in BuriRam in neighbouring Thailand is on the program, a […]
Czech usury
WorldSBK in Most – greed for money obviously knows no bounds We had been regular visitors to the Czech Grand Prix for almost two decades, and over the years we had been amazed at how little was done there for the visitors. At some point, the organizers were cheeky to charge a surcharge for the […]
WSBK Assen preview
Will the revenge for Rea come in the “Cathedral of Speed”? It has been three years since the best Superbike rider of all time won the last time in Assen. One season later, the last edition so far took place and Alvaro Bautista was vastly superior with the MotoGP replica from Ducati. Despite the newly […]
Rea’s setback
Big setback for Jonathan Rea – will he already strike back in Assen? Just like the rest of the visitors, we almost caught our breath when the world championship leader hit a bump in turn 8 of all places and his front wheel lost traction as a result. A lap before that, he had recaptured […]
Premature BMW euphoria?
The good Donington result requires confirmation The joy of the BMW works team over the good result in Donington Park is understandable. But despite all the euphoria, one should consider some aspects that had clearly favoured this success. Above all, Jonathan Rea’s unexpected crash in the second race on Sunday, without which Tom Sykes would […]
WSBK Donington look back
Rea, only fourth best, lost the World Championship lead in England You can of course say and think what you want about the reigning world champion. Only one thing is still a fact for him and remains irrefutable. This is the fact that the best superbike rider of all time never gives up and extremely […]