WSBK Day 1 in Misano: Redding with problems – Rinaldi with the fastest time In the first free practice, Michael Ruben Rinaldi was second fastest behind Toprak Razgatlioglu, while Scott Redding had spent half the time in the pits after a technical problem. Because he didn’t stop at the track immediately afterwards, the stewards immediately […]
Misano Friday live
Live blog from WorldSBK Friday in Misano Only a few of the WorldSBK pilots have ridden here before, at least in terms of their current bikes and World Championship races, very few have ridden on the route near the Adriatic coast. In addition to the record winner and defending champion Rea, many have already shown […]
Interesting SBK numbers
Some numbers after the first 2 rounds and before Misano We were among the skeptics when it came to the late start of testing by BMW with the new BMW M-1000RR. Already in mid-November 2020 they had shone by being absent in glorious weather in Jerez de la Frontera, when the new Kawasaki ZX-10RR was […]
Most readiness
Twice as interesting news before the Czech Republic round in August The Motul FIM Superbike World Championship took place in the Czech Republic for the last time in June 2018 and since we were there at the time, we still have very good memories of it. After Brno decided not to continue the event the […]
Misano weather and voices
Slight tendency for a humid WorldSBK weekend on the Adriatic After the second day in Motorland Aragon at the start of the season had already taken place in difficult conditions, there is also a slight rain tendency for Misano this coming weekend. Currently, it only looks reasonably certain that it will stay dry for Friday […]
Misano SBK preview
The return to the Adriatic with just one event in Italy There were years when Italy hosted a total of three WorldSBK events. Started in 2002 with Monza, Misano and Imola. After that, in 2007, Vallelunga in northern Rome took the place of Imola for two years. Then the three first-mentioned routes continued until 2012. […]
Pre-Misano voices
Some WorldSBK driver voices before Championship round 3 in Misano Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) World Championship leader: „I’m really looking forward to coming back to the Adriatic coast, especially after we missed the races there due to the pandemic last year. It’s a track that I really enjoy driving. I really like the route […]
Round 7 tops and flops
Lots of light and shadow at the 7th round of MotoGP near Barcelona At the press conference on Thursday evening in Montmeló, when we heard Marc Marquez’s statements, we thought twice that we had misheard. This is not about his usual understatement with regard to arm, shoulder or any or alleged technical handicaps. We have […]
The Marquez threat
No. 93 on July 25, 2020 “I will come back stronger than ever!” His fans saw this announcement as a promise after he had given up the second race due to his arm injury in the previous year. In return, this statement by the 6-time MotoGP World Champion was of course also addressed to his […]
Catalunya GP Moto3
Second win of the season for Garcia – Acosta only in P7 After the tragic weekend in Mugello, everyone had hoped for a worthy continuation in Montmeló. But unfortunately, as in Moto2 and MotoGP at the Italian GP, it was again the FIM stewards who were again supposed to cause a lot of unnecessary trouble […]