Questionable scenes and reports about the incidents in Catalonia What we found most interesting on Saturday was how most journalists read about Alvaro Bautista’s victory in the first race. There was almost unanimous reporting of a lead of a good 8 seconds when he crossed the finish line. The fact that the little Spaniard crossed […]
WSBK Barcelona Sunday
Hardly any excitement on Day 2 of WorldSBK in Catalonia either After Alvaro Bautista’s solo performance, the Tissot sprint race continued on Sunday morning. Just like on Saturday, only what happened behind the Spaniard, who was alone in the lead right after the start, caused excitement. Although Toprak Razgatlioglu was racing for his life behind […]
WSBK Saturday Barcelona
The expected boredom continues Every connoisseur of the matter was already clear in advance that the speed reduction of the Ducati Panigale V4R before the third round of the WorldSBK in Catalonia will remain as good as ineffective. Although the FIM commissioners finally took this step, it was basically a pure alibi exercise. Above all, […]
An alibi exercise
Adaptation of the rev limits in the WorldSBK – too late? From the introduction of the new MotoGP Replica Panigale V4R from Ducati, the Superbike World Cup has never changed in its many years of history. For the first time, a manufacturer had exploited the applicable regulations in a form that was never intended. The […]
Unsightly world of MotoGP
Too many unnecessary annoyances in the MotoGP Pols brother Aleix Espargaró summed it up on the edge of the many ugly accidents in the first Grand Prix of the season. He and his driver colleagues had had gravel beds with finer granules for years than the giant chunks used in Portimão, for example. But listened […]
MotoGP future
Thoughts on the questionable development in two-wheel sport Where to go with MotoGP after a disastrous start in a new future, many fans of two-wheeled sport are probably asking themselves at the moment. What organizer Dorna and most media like to play down is an absolute disaster for the sport and its fans. With a […]
Calendar misplanning
Suboptimal planning from WorldSBK’s FIM and Dorna For the 36th year of the near-series world championship, the season will start very early next year. The first two rounds also take place in exactly the opposite order to last year. While the Phillip Island (Australia) event forms the final after the Indonesian weekend on the island […]
Comeback of Scheib
Chilean Scheib replaces Hafizh Syahrin for Argentina’s World Cup round In addition to Leandro ‘Tati’ Mercado, another rider from South America will take the place of the injured and ill Hafizh Syahrin at the Motul FIM Superbike World Championship race in Argentina. Maximilian Scheib will start for the MIE Racing Honda Team as a returnee […]
Best SBK teams part 3
Althea Racing and their golden boy Carlos Checa Fourth in the 2008 World Championship for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda and seventh in the 2009 World Championship, this has been the likeable Spaniard’s record since he switched from MotoGP to Althea Racing. Last year, US boy Ben Spies on his Yamaha R1 was surprisingly a man […]
Just boring
The curse of a consequential misdecision in WorldSBK and its aftermath The performance difference between Alvaro Bautista’s Ducati and the rest of the field on the long straights of the Circuito de Cataluña near Barcelona and at the Autodromo do Algarve near Portimão could be seen by any layperson with the naked eye. When Jonathan […]