The WorldSBK Thread

[bmart]

Assen is coming!

Danilo update.

Spinelli filling in.

Petrux accident.

If you don't know your Assen from your Elbow... 2015 race. This place is magical.

 

[bmart]

Some more OLD Assen fun!

 

[bmart]

AND

I'd hate to see WSBK lose him, but...

Toprak Razgatlioglu: “I would like BMW to go to MotoGP”

Toprak Razgatlioglu: 'If I win the Superbike title, I could race in MotoGP in 2026... I would like BMW to go to MotoGP.'

www.crash.net

 

[bmart]

Incredible weekend. It has been a few days, so hopefully this isn't a spoiler!

 

[domarena33]

Incredible weekend. It has been a few days, so hopefully this isn't a spoiler!

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WSBK spoiled it already for me. This is wild though. Poor danillo hasn't been able to win a race yet and then this guy shows up and...

 

[bmart]

Bimota to Replace Kawasaki in WSBK

Bimota is returning to World Superbike racing for 2025, with Kawasaki shifting its resources to its partially-owned subsidiary.

www.motorcycle.com

 

[NothingClever]

Crazy mixed conditions (50/50) during SSP R1 at Assen.

From barely hanging on in the points-paying positions to on the rostrum for P2 and P1 fired through the pack like a missile.

 

[NothingClever]

SBK R1 = testimony that intermediate tires are unstoppable when the conditions are right. However, it seems that window of conditions is narrow as evidenced by the 24s lead tumbling to 3s before the red flag came out. No doubt Nemo narrowly escaped the two apex predator sharks behind him.