Finally caught up with it on tv and loved it. Superb racing and 3xactly like I thought it could be yam, kwacker, honda, ducati all right up there. Jonny going to have to work really hard for his title this year. Bautista did a great ride in 2nd race and Scott redding debut was very strong. I'm sure BMW will get sorted and then we just need suzuki back. Those on new bikes were always going to struggle a little as very little dry testing got done. I followed redding on YouTube during the preseason tests and it felt like every session was wet so not ideal. Anyway I'm sure honda learnt a lot from that opening round and the bike development can start in ernest now
Eurosport have an offer on their player where you can get a year's access for £19.99. Good offer for me as I am dumping Sky and means I can still watch WSBK (and BSB). Offer ends sometime tomorrow though so if you want it you will have to move quick
Can you believe Marco Melandri has come out of retirement to race for Barni Ducati this season replacing Leon Camier?! There must be some up coming riders in the Italian championship who they could have approached before Melandri! I bet they're all well pissed off Not that I dislike Melandri......quite the opposite, great guy and his Mrs ok too
I saw this post and thought "I'm alright Jack" I get Eurosport with my BT package. But apparently NOT. I looked for it today after seeing an Instagram post from WSBK and Eurosport is no longer on my BT box. I have just renewed my BT broadband package, at no point was I told I'd be losing Eurosport. Bastards.
Well its starting to happen. Slowly but surely the big H new 2020 blade is starting to upset the applecart. I said it was good start after round 1 and a few bumps later they are on the podium. Given the crappy wet pre season testing they were on the back foot but that bike is showing amazing promise. Its already an easy match to the yamaha, as fast as the kawasaki and clawing up against the ducati. Each of the other bikes have several seasons of development under their belts and the Honda hasn't. Honestly if things continue like this they could be easily be fighting for wins by season end and that puts next year into a really exciting proposition. For a brand new bike faced with such a compromised pres season test programme they are doing exceptionally well. Let's just hope this continues
I didn't watch a single WSB race this year. I don't feel that I missed anything. A bit like not watching F1.
There was some good racing this year and next year is set to be even better! Worth a watch for any one who is remotely interested in bike racing !
Updated 2021 WorldSBK schedule 21-23 May Spain MotorLand Aragón 28-30 May Portugal Circuito Estoril 11-13 June Italy Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” 02-04 July United Kingdom Donington Park 23-25 July The Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 06-08 August Czech Republic Autodrom Most 20–22 August Spain Circuito de Navarra 03-05 September France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 17-19 September Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 24-26 September Spain Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto 01-03 October Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 15–17 October Argentina Circuito San Juan Villicum 12–14 November Indonesia Mandalika International Street Circuit
