Portugal season start canceled – another racetrack in Spain This further calendar change of the WorldSBK was expected and the season opener in Portugal was canceled. Since the official term postponed would have to include a new date, we intentionally use the unambiguous formulation. As a reminder: Numerous MotoGP races were “postponed” in 2020, but […]
Test conclusion Qatar
What did the first MotoGP tests reveal? We had already pointed out before the two days of testing in Losail that its informative value would only be of limited nature. Nevertheless, it is of course clear that initial conclusions can be drawn, for example, about the power of the bikes in Qatar. It was also […]
WSBK-History part 14
The second half of the 1994 season – the 7th year of WorldSBK After the 6th lap on the new Sentul track in Malaysia, it went on to Japan. The duel for the title between the reigning world champion Scott Russell and Carl Fogarty had meanwhile turned into a three-way battle. In contrast to Russell […]
Losail Test – day 1
First MotoGP test day of the year on March 6th in Losail After the Shakedown Test was definitely not a time hunt, hardly anything will change on the first day with all the stars of the premier class. After all, there have already been time improvements compared to the first day and at the end […]
WSBK-History part 13
Part 13 of 1994 – the 7th year of the WorldSBK Last year, the world championship was only decided in the penultimate race. Despite 11 wins this season by Carl Fogarty versus 5 by Scott Russell, the American became world champion. Foggy failed to cross the finish line five times, while the Kawasaki rider only […]
A high price
Screens blank at the Qatar test – the fans are excluded By choosing Losail as the start of the season and after deleting Argentina and Texas even as a double race, the Dorna did the fans no favors. Because the country has an entry ban due to the pandemic, even the well-heeled are excluded from […]
Hungary plans of the Dorna
A new Dorna plan for a race in Hungary from 2023 Mr. Ezpeleta is a very busy man in his mid-seventies. The Dorna boss also seems to have a weakness for contractual partners from corrupt countries that are in a bad light in public. Therefore, the almost 75-year-old goes his way undeterred and in principle […]
MotoGP sham
Is Dorna fooling its customers for the second time after 2020? Last year, the corona pandemic not only put teams, drivers and fans to a tough test, but almost all of humanity. In addition, there was the problem with Red Bull Media for TV consumers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Instead of Sport1 and Eurosport […]
Rea wants to know
Kawasaki goes to Portugal on 4th & 5th March on the track According to Kawasaki’s preliminary report on the Portimão Test in early March, Alex Lowes is still protecting his shoulder, while the reigning world champion wants to know exactly. This year the teams were largely unlucky with the previous conditions. January was cold and […]
Australia 1 year ago
When we witnessed the WSBK kick-off on site in Phillip Island It should be the start of a World Championship season that was memorable in many ways. We flew to Melbourne via Singapore and treated ourselves to a night in the Asian city-state on the way there and back. Never before had we already booked […]