MotoGP planning seems more than clumsy Heute ist klar: Die Regierungen aller europäischen und vieler anderer Länder sind “in Globo” gescheitert, was bedeutet, völlig gescheitert. Um ihre Wähler und Steuerzahler nicht zu verärgern, haben sie alle einen viel zu nachlässigen Kurs in Bezug auf Beschränkungen und Sperrungen eingeschlagen. Noch bevor die gefährlichsten Mutationen auftraten, hatten […]
Bill Ivy story – part 5
Bill’s last season in 1969 with the tragic end The outcome of the 1968 season with the unfortunate loss of the 250ccworld title was the biggest disappointment in the life of the 26-year-old so far. In the previous year he had more bad luck than some racing driver never in his entire career. In the […]
Bill Ivy story – part 4
The 1968 season with the unforgettable idol of motorsports Bill Ivy had won the 125 cc world championship title last year. With a total of 8 wins in 12 races and two second places, it was a similar dominance to that of Mike “the Bike” in the 250 cc title in 1966. At that time, […]
Bill Ivy story – part 3
The successful 1967 season of the public’s favorite In his first full World Championship season as a Yamaha works rider, Bill Ivy had already impressively demonstrated his potential as vice world champion in the 125 cm³ category last year. He contributed a total of 4 of the 5 victories for Yamaha in this class. His […]
As predicted – calendar change
FIM and Dorna with the expected calendar change We remember very well when the first provisional plan for the 2021 season was published two and a half months ago. First you scratched your head in our reaction and then shortly afterwards the keys of our computers rattled. MotoGP’s first change of plan for FIM and […]
WorldSBK grid fills up
Axel Bassani with Motocorsa Ducati confirmed Another team confirms that they will remain in WorldSBK with Axel Bassani as driver. The Motocorsa Racing Team from Lurago d’Erba in the north of Monza had little success with the Argentinian Leandro Mercado last year. More than 16th place in the World Championship was not possible in the […]
Money for nothing
Jerez Test of WorldSBK finally called off due to rain As we already reported the day before, only MotoGP test driver Bradl and WSSP rookie Leonardo Taccini had been out for a few laps on the Circuito de Jerez on the first day. Maverick Viñales, who actually wanted to train a little with a Superstock […]
Sensational WorldSSP supplement
When fairy tales come true – Michel Fabrizio’s comeback Towards the end of last year we were still concerned about the meager field in the WorldSSP 600. There had certainly never been so few mentions as of December before the corona pandemic. But in addition to sad reports such as the withdrawal of Benro Racing […]
Hans Baltisberger – † in 1956
Hans Baltisberger – fast Swabian of the 50ies The son of a doctor was born on September 10, 1922 in Betzingen near Reutlingen. After the trained typesetter and book printer attended his first motorcycle race as a spectator in 1947, the virus caught him. He made his first attempts at the age of 25 on […]
Camiers new role
Leon Camier announced as Team HRC’s WorldSBK Team Manager As a very familiar face from the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship, he will be present throughout the 2021 season. The Brit was originally supposed to compete with the Barni Racing Team in 2020, but injured his shoulder again during the winter tests. Therefore, he had […]