Looking back on the day of the first WorldSBK race in Aragon Before the start, BMW’s hopes with the new M-1000RR rested almost entirely on Tom Sykes’ shoulders. Despite a handicap of only one test before the start of the season, Eugene Laverty was second-best in the Superpole with 12th place on the grid. The […]
Aragon Saturday live
Live blog for the first day of WorldSBK 2021 Originally it should have been around 30 degrees Celsius for the weekend in Alcaniz like on Friday, but the forecast has recently changed completely. Currently, the forecast is now a maximum of 23 degrees on Saturday and Sunday significantly lower and even with up to 30 […]
Aragon Friday facts
Some facts & more voices about the 1st day of WorldSBK in Aragon Regarding the falls, the first day in Aragon, except for the WorldSSP 300, went off lightly. At WorldSBK, only two riders had crashed in FP2, and both of them turned out to be relatively light. While Christophe Ponsson only slipped in Turn […]
Friday voices of Aragon
Rider voices for the first day of WorldSBK in Aragon Alvaro Bautista – HRC Honda, combined on P8: “The season has finally started, and I’m glad that I felt good physically today. In the first run we tried the new Pirelli front tire, which I was never able to test over the winter. It has […]
Aragon Friday review
Review of the first day of the WSBK season opener Shortly after the FIM trampled the rules of fairness with their unequal treatment of BMW and Kawasaki with their unequal treatment of BMW and Kawasaki when setting the new maximum revs, just two days before the first free practice session, it finally took to the […]
WSBK Friday live
Live blog for the first day of WorldSBK 2021 Even before the drivers hit the track in Motorland Aragon for the first time, the FIM had caused a lot of head shaking just two days before with an extremely questionable regulation. With BMW and Kawasaki, two manufacturers brought a completely new model, but one of […]
Aragon SBK program
Is the series Kawasaki that strong and the BMW a bad design? The tests in Jerez and Barcelona were very promising, according to team members and drivers from BMW. But just two days before the first race in Motorland Aragon, the FIM caused a lot of confusion. If we were BMW, the highest motorsport authority […]
Sad Monza anniversary
When, on May 20, 1973, two riders died completely unnecessarily There are still numerous contemporary witnesses from back then who have the tragic images in front of them. Jarno Saarinen as world champion in the 250 cm³ class was already called The Flying Finn and was well on the way to becoming one of the […]
Rossi’s future unclear
The old master is still uncertain about his future prospects As for his future in MotoGP, Valentino Rossi was rather cautious about the deadline for deciding on his further career. After all, the Italian gave the media a deadline on record in his home country when he stated “I will decide after 9 races“. The […]
One day before Aragon WSBK
Some numbers ahead of the WorldSBK season opener Perhaps the most important of all numbers at the moment is 99 and this has absolutely nothing to do with Jorge Lorenzo. It’s the number of wins for Jonathan Rea in WorldSBK. Here is a brief overview of the most important stages of the Northern Irish up […]