Some statements in the team presentations thought through to the end It’s not that we or the fans are not at all interested in what drivers and teams put on record before the season. But it often becomes funny or even questionable when you put some statements to the test. We start with Danilo Petrucci, […]
At the Corona-Hotel
Where we were in Australia a year ago – quarantine zone today! When we started back from Phillip Island, Australia after the WorldSBK event, we had decided on an airport hotel. One of the reasons for this was that our “Hotel” in Cowes had at least 2-3 stars too much. A bad joke considering what […]
Barcelona for half price
For those who decide quickly – advance sale of Barcelona tickets As we learned from the organizer from Catalonia, advance sales for MotoGP tickets to the Barcelona GP have opened. However, if you want to get one or more 3-day tickets at half price, you have to be quick. For 60 euros instead of 120 […]
Gerloff’s Winter activities
Garrett Gerloff and how he’s preparing for the 2021 season Together with Michael Ruben Rinaldi, the Texan was the absolutely positive surprise of the first Corona season. However, he had a resinous start to the season, which Sandro Cortese was not entirely innocent of. The Berkheimer had sent Gerloff to the hospital with a rather […]
Rea Test in Jerez
Rea and Kawasaki are well on course for 2021 After the official WorldSBK Jerez tests organized by Kawasaki for January literally fell through, Honda rented the track again a week later. But even in the last week of what is usually the coldest month in the northern hemisphere, conditions remained miserable. After Ducati recently went […]
Horst Fügner story – part 4
1956 with the new team mate and the 125cc IFA-MZ After countless successes in the previous year, it was clear to everyone involved that it would be difficult to top the successes of 1955. For the end of 1955 from active racing Bernhard “Petrus” Petruschke Ernst Degner was added to the team. The only 24-year-old […]
A dangerous misconception
The lack of security of Covid-19 tests Countless politicians as well as journalists have been making the same mistakes over and over again on some points for a long time. One of them is to speak or write about a so-called “return to normalcy”. This is total senseless and leads often to misunderstanding. As experts […]
Sour cucumber time
About team presentations and other supposed sensations Some journalists are not to be envied, like some viewers think when looking at their headlines. But in times of Corona, it is better to deal with your pity in a more measured way. Countless people are dying and an incalculable number of people have lost their jobs […]
The Best
No surprises at team presentations There were web portals that devoted more than five articles to the presentation of this year’s Ducati factory team. Greetings from the corona pandemic. Because nothing happens after the cancellation we predicted last year, the headlines rush to the top. But what exactly is behind it? Actually, exactly what we […]
Horst Fügner story – part 3
1955: The year after the first international successes After the first years at IFA from 1951 onwards, Horst Fügner can speak of a clear breakthrough in terms of the 1954 season. This year, for the first time, the man from Chemnitz had really competitive equipment available. The first in-house construction of the “VEB Motorradwerk Zschopau” […]