Planning madness for WorldSBK Round 7 Holding a race for the Superbike World Championship in the middle of summer on the edge of the Po plain in Emilia Romagna is absolute nonsense, to put it mildly. However, we have long been used to this from FIM and Dorna, see as an example their cancellation of […]
WorldSBK halftime
WSBK 2023 – a uniquely one-sided season We have reviewed and documented the history of WorldSBK in great detail from its beginnings to the present day. We dare say that nowhere else is there such comprehensive and richly illustrated research into the history of the Superbike World Championship as on this site. Every viewer can […]
Terrible tendencies
Increasingly dramatic series of injuries in MotoGP To anticipate one thing, we and many fans are looking forward to the newly introduced Tissot Sprintrace on Saturday morning. This short race, which has been known from WorldSBK since 2019 and will also be adopted for the MotoGP for the 2023 season, definitely brought a breath of […]
Donington Sunday
Tissot Sprint Race – Victory for Toprak Jonathan Rea on the Kawasaki ZX-10RR was leading until just before the end of the penultimate lap, after passing championship leader Bautista again in the second turn, who had only led briefly in turn 1. While Toprak Razgatlioglu managed to pass the record world champion with a lot […]
Donington Saturday
Rea wins Superpole with surprising front row After not risking much on day one, Alvaro Bautista set the best time in FP3 on Saturday morning as the track dried out. However, the Spaniard on his Ducati was a bit slower than Kawasaki ace Jonathan Rea the day before. With Toprak Razgatlioglu completing his final season […]
Donington Friday
July – month of hope for the real Superbikes While Bautista was able to dominate at will for the first 5 rounds of the season on Ducati’s MotoGP Replica, the weekend at Donington Park kicks off the month of hope for his real Superbike competitors. Here and of course two weeks later in Imola, as […]
Donington WSBK preview
Where it all began – Round 6 of WorldSBK at Donington Park It was 1988 when, on April 3rd, the first of nine rounds of the newly introduced Superbike World Championship started here. You can find out more about this in our richly illustrated history, with all the results and lots of additional information, as […]
Fake numbers
How sprint races and recent Ducati successes are distorting and jeopardizing WorldSBK Of course, the discussions since 2019 about two serious innovations in the Superbike World Championship that started this year have not stopped. One of them was the introduction of the Tissot Sprintrace, which was very interesting and attractive for fans and visitors. We […]
Assen MGP Sunday flashback
Grand Prix without Marquez and with ridiculous rules After his disaster at the Sachsenring and the day before, Marc Marquez, the statistically most successful driver in the field, decided not to start a GP in the Netherlands. However, the FIM commissioners shot the bird off on Sunday morning. In all seriousness, they announced a change […]
Assen MGP Saturday
Chaotic weekend opener at MotoGP Round 8 in the Netherlands We have the FIM and their officials to thank for when a race is flagged down and there is prolonged confusion about the composition of the podium. For drivers, teams and fans, the so-called track limits are an absolute horror. The functionaries of the FIM, […]