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Post by mekon on Oct 20, 2020 9:39:23 GMT
Coming to a biker cafe near you soon with chicken strips and middle aged owner.
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Post by neilf on Oct 20, 2020 9:48:21 GMT
If I had money to burn, that middle aged owner would be me... less the chicken strips of course!
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Oct 20, 2020 16:19:21 GMT
Who cares what the road version is like (or who owns one!) I just hope BMW actually build a race winning bike for once....
All this talk about Kawasaki not being in MotoGP, but at least they're a force in Superbikes.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Nov 30, 2020 11:32:44 GMT
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Nov 30, 2020 13:16:39 GMT
That's a good deal for Chaz. I hope his team don't get pissed about because of concerns they will make the big nobs look silly.
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Post by mekon on Nov 30, 2020 13:37:25 GMT
If was Ducati I'd be more bothered about the new Kwak and maybe Gerloff.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Nov 30, 2020 14:04:38 GMT
Donington WSBK only, no WSS or STK386.4 or whatever it is. I did wonder if it was joining BSB for a round ala Laguna/AMA did, but it isnt. Why have WSBK on its own? www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2021/Provisional+2021+WorldSBK+calendar+unveiledSame trouble as ever, event spacing. In our beautiful European summers we get 1 round in June, 1 in July and nothing in August. Then 3 in September plus 1 the 1st weekend in October. |
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Nov 30, 2020 14:07:05 GMT
Donington WSBK only? Fears about no deal Brexit and long queues at the ports?
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Post by Droog on Nov 30, 2020 18:18:17 GMT
Half the season will be spent racing on the Iberian Peninsula. Not good for a proper world championship. Should be at least two rounds in Britain. A proper world championship has to visit Britain, USA, Australia, Japan and Europe in my book.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Dec 1, 2020 20:31:14 GMT
Its looking quite a good lineup for 2021. 12 previous race winners (not on their current bike though) plus 4 rookies + Folger who has done a couple. www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2020/2021+WorldSBK+grid+rumours+gossip+and+signings+so+farFactory teams: Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK #1 Jonathan Rea, #22 Alex LowesARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati #45 Scott Redding, #21 Michael Ruben RinaldiPATA YAMAHA WorldSBK Official Team #54 Toprak Razgatlioglu, #55 Andrea Locatelli Team HRC #19 Alvaro Bautista, #91 Leon HaslamBMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team #66 Tom Sykes, #60 Michael van der Mark
Independent teams: GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team #31 Garrett Gerloff, #3 Kohta Nozane Ten Kate Racing Yamaha No rider(s) confirmed Team GOELEVEN (Ducati) #7 Chaz DaviesBarni Racing Team No rider(s) confirmed Puccetti Kawasaki Racing #44 Lucas Mahias OUTDO Kawasaki TPR No rider(s) confirmed ORELAC Racing VerdNatura (Kawasaki) #32 Isaac Viñales MIE Racing HONDA Team No rider(s) confirmed Motocorsa Racing No rider(s) confirmed Brixx Performance No rider(s) confirmed RC Squadra Corse (BMW) #60 Eugene Laverty
Bonovo Action (BMW) #94 Jonas Folger |
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Dec 1, 2020 20:41:27 GMT
Half the season will be spent racing on the Iberian Peninsula. Not good for a proper world championship. Should be at least two rounds in Britain. A proper world championship has to visit Britain, USA, Australia, Japan and Europe in my book. It looks like we are off to the new due to be competed by mid 2021 circuit in Indonesia. They could have dropped a Spanish round and kept Thailand. No Qatar? Good. Round 13 TBA |
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Dec 19, 2020 0:15:15 GMT
Rabat confirmed at Barni.
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Post by mekon on Dec 19, 2020 11:00:38 GMT
Aren't there rumours that Poochie wants to get Bradl off the bike in races if MM isn't up to it and put Bautista on? Apparently he's not happy with Bradl 'testing' in races as HRC look shit.
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Post by spentcase on Jan 8, 2021 8:16:08 GMT
Aren't there rumours that Poochie wants to get Bradl off the bike in races if MM isn't up to it and put Bautista on? Apparently he's not happy with Bradl 'testing' in races as HRC look shit. As much as I dislike Puig, he does have a point. The results both in race and qualifying are not good for the brand and I am pretty sure that Repsol didn't like seeing both of their bikes on the back row of the grid last year. I did read that Alvaro wants to see through the WSBK project though. But if that is the case, he needs to keep it rubber side down. I like Alavaro, but his crashing is a frustration. |
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Jan 8, 2021 13:10:15 GMT
From what I read, it was HRC giving the order to get Bradl off the bike in 21, but not really giving Puig a solution...
Bautista says he'd do some tests for them if they want, but not race. Bautista knows he's got a better chance in SBK. I like that as it show's he's not only doing it for the money.
I think we need to cut him some slack with his crashing too, first year in a series on unknown tyres for him, and on a new bike in 2019, he was bound to crash a bit. And last year he was taking that CBR to the limits to try to dial it in / give HRC the feedback they need. Maybe he should start to reap the rewards this year though if he's done a good job.
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