The 2nd half of 1988 – the 1st year of the Superbike World Championship After Sugo’s race in Japan, the second half and 2 European rounds continued in Europe before the final in Australia and New Zealand was approaching. Davide Tardozzi (Bimota) was ahead of US boy Fred Merkel (Honda), Fabrizio Pirovano (Yamaha), Marco Lucchinelli […]
Just the wrong thing
Ezpeleta’s visit to Doha is involuntarily ironic Even the first calendar from FIM and Dorna seemed alienating to most viewers in view of the anything but passed corona pandemic. We stayed decent at the time and cautiously called the first edition of November 6th, 2020 a “fair weather program”. But in the editorial office and […]
Krummi’s big sayings
The Krummi comeback – many empty promises? We were in Australia when the reigning WorldSSP World Champion made a mistake in the first corner that cost him the race. Actually, we would have liked to have photographed the man with hist number 1 in turn 4, called Honda Corner, as part of the leading group. […]
Cortese and his desires
Sandro and the hope of returning to racing “I am finally free of pain,” Cortese stated. “I had a tough end to last year with many months in recovery and rehabilitation and also at the beginning of this year. I couldn’t do a lot of sports, but now I can always exercise more. I have […]
WSBK history – part 1
1988 – the first year of the Superbike World Championship In the United States of America, the Superbike category has long been a cult. The 200 miles of Daytona owed its revival to this class after the two-stroke engine was over with the introduction of the superbike category in 1985. This class had become extremely […]
Horst Fügner story – part 7
The last chapter on the career of the MZ factory pilot In order to compare the performance of drivers from the 1950s with those of today, one has to keep a few important parameters in mind. Let’s take Sandro Cortese’s rookie season in Motul WorldSBK 2019 as an example. The Man from Berkheim drove a […]
Yamaha – the agony of choice
VR46 or Petronas SRT – who gets Yamahas? Almost more than the question of whether Valentino Rossi will have another season on, the fans are concerned with the question of which bikes his team should compete with in the future. Since it has been clear that there will be a VR46 team in MotoGP after […]
Assen postponed
Calendar variant 2 also officially for WorldSBK – Assen in July It was clear early on that starting the season in Assen in April would pose a risk. With regard to any doubts after the publication of the first provisional WSBK calendar by FIM and Dorna, the focus was not initially on the corona pandemic. […]
Horst Fügner story – part 6
1958 – the first full World Cup season for Fügner and MZ In addition to Horst and Ernst Degner, Walter Brehme and Werner Musiol from MZ were also involved in international races this season. The two had already recommended themselves with good performances at numerous events in the years before. The people in Zschopau were […]
Horst Fügner story – part 5
Fügner’s first World Championship points in the 1957 season The IFA 125cc machine, now called MZ, had grown stronger and stronger since it was born in February 1953. Despite the most modest means of the small troop from Zschopau, they improvised what they could and always looked for new solutions for improvement. The main part […]