First WorldSBK race from Most with continuation of Toprak dominance As we announced in the preliminary report for the Czech round, the Turkish world championship leader had no opponent on the first day of racing who could have challenged him for victory. With Sunday as the final point of the first half of the season, […]
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WorldSBK starting position after round 5 at Donington Park After Ducati had been favored by the FIM for over five years from 2019 with a significantly higher permitted maximum speed than its competitors, the last two in particular were characterized by a one-sidedness never seen before. Racing dwarf Alvaro Bautista had had an immense advantage […]
Donington review
Open words of the World Cup leader after his eighth victory After his outstanding victory in the sprint race, Toprak Razgatlioglu gave a memorable interview to two-time WSBK world champion James Toseland (2004 on Ducati and 2007 for Honda) on Sunday morning. When the Englishman asked the Turk about the large gap to the second-placed […]
Donington Sunday
Sprint with redemption at the home race for the best of all time It was probably more like rocks than stones that fell from the hearts of Yamaha newcomer Jonathan Rea and his team when the 6-time record world champion crossed the finish line in third place with a wheelie after the sprint race. For […]
Donington Saturday
BMW celebration day to kick off in England While last year the current reigning world champion Alvaro Bautista was able to mercilessly exploit the advantages in acceleration and top speed on his Aruba.it Ducati to dominate the competition at will, a new pecking order is emerging after Toprak’s move to BMW. After the two most […]
Donington Friday
Bad start for Rea in the home weekend Yamaha newcomer Jonathan Rea spent most of the first free practice session in his box while work was being done on his Yamaha R1. It is now understandable why many WSBK fans and observers are firmly convinced that the Northern Irishman and the factory team in blue […]
Sachsenring review 2024
Dramatic ninth round before the second MotoGP summer break When the new calendar was announced last year, we had already expressed our doubts about the highly questionable planning by FIM and Dorna for 2024. Originally, the Kazakhstan GP was supposed to take place in mid-June after Mugello and before Assen. After the German Grand Prix […]
Sports fiasco
Catastrophic decisions in Mugello and Assen A clear majority of critical observers and paddock members have long agreed that those responsible at Dorna are only interested in maximum profit. Fans of two-wheel racing have also been aware for some time that the FIM has not had enough of demonstrations of power for generations. After Mugello, […]
Misano SBK review
Toprak humiliated Ducati at their home race Of the total of 75,688 visitors who turned up over the whole weekend (previously there were 34,703 in Barcelona and 56,734 in Assen), the clear majority were probably so-called Tifosi. The majority of them were probably the group of Ducatisti, who were hoping for the success of their […]
SBK Misano preview
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli with round 4 of the WSBK Near Rimini and just a few kilometers from the Adriatic coast, the fourth round of the WorldSBK will take place after a long break in what is expected to be perfect early summer weather. The track, which opened in 1972 near Santamonica, was named […]