The 1963 season – a perfect start for Anscheidt In the international race for the “Price of the Saarland” in April in Sankt Wendel, Anscheidt came second behind Degner. And after the victorious start at the Grand Prix season opener in Montjuic Park for the Barcelona GP, he won hist homerace on the Eifelrace at […]
Anscheidt story part 1
Part 1 of the story of the 3-time world champion Germany’s most successful racing driver for almost two decadesIt was to take almost two decades until Toni Mang, a Bavarian, replaced the Prussian Hans Georg Anscheidt as three-time world champion and most successful German Grand Prix driver. Anscheidt was an idol of his time. He […]
Baz goes USA
Loris Baz and his move to MotoAmerica The Frenchman announced on February 3rd, 2021: “There will be a lot of new tasks to be tackled. On the one hand, I’ll ride a bike that I haven’t seen before, but I can rely on the support of Ducati. The Italians want to go with them to […]
Carlo Ubbiali story – part 7
1960 – Carlo Ubbiali’s last World Championship season In the course of his career, Carlo was nicknamed Chinese, probably because of his almond-shaped eyes. With 7 world championship titles, Ubbiali was already the most successful driver since the world championship was held. The 1960 season was to be his last and of course he wanted […]
Carlo Ubbiali story – part 6
The 1958 season of Carlo Ubbiali Less than a month after the 1957 season finale, bad news shook the motorsport world. On September 26th, the three Italian brands Gilera, FB-Mondial and Moto-Guzzi announced their withdrawal from the motorcycle world championship. The reasons for this were varied, as announced in the communiqué. On the one hand, […]
Ducati testing in Jerez
After the expected Sepang cancellation, Ducati is now testing privately As our readers have known since November, neither overseas races in April nor tests in Sepang in February were to be expected. We were the only portal to declare the planning of FIM and Dorna untenable, immediately after the official announcement on November 5, 2020. […]
Scotty is training alone
Ducati rider Redding’s private tests in Murcia After Scott Redding couldn’t drive at all in Jerez in January due to the bad weather, he continues with private tests in Spain. Official test drives are not planned again until March at the Autodromo do Algarve in Portugal. The Englishman doesn’t want to wait that long, so […]
Carlo Ubbiali story – part 5
The 1956 season of Carlo Ubbiali After his 250cc victory at the season finale in Monza in 1955, it was clear to the Italian and his team that he should now attack in both smaller classes. The 125 Bialbero was his new weapon to defend his title in the smallest category and an improved 250 […]
Carlo Ubbiali story – part 4
The 1954 season of Carlo Ubbiali The Italian had a changeable season behind him. Carlo had won the German GP at the Schottenring last year, but lost the runner-up world title by 2 points to Cecil Sandford. He had already stood in front of the sun in 1952 when he won the world title with […]
No return
About the pointless hope after the return of normalcy We remember very well when we came back from the WorlSBK season opener in Australia via Singapore. Countless hotels and trips for a complete 2020 season had been firmly booked for months, including the flight to Doha. Most of the Europe trips were planned as in […]