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How do you find World Superbike Series this year :?:
I must admit this year is a vast improvement to past years, last year was pretty boring to watch with Hodgeson winning most races with little effort.
Where the year before it was the battle of Edwards (Honda SP2) and Bayliss (Ducati 998) which went right down to the wire, last race thriller
but that too was a two man race to the title, no one else was in the running.
Where as this year new rule changers and the controversial control tyre rule with Pirelli has closed the field right up.
The Factory Ducati Fila Team has not run away as they have done in the past, and you would not say the riders are second rate! Laconi has GP experience and has won 500GP races were as Toseland is a bright young rider from the UK and will also be looking at pinching a ride off Troy Bayliss.
The biggest threat to the Fila Ducati boys will come from Chris Velmeulin (Ten kate Honda) and Haga on a Satilite Ducati team. The Ten Kate Honda team have developed the bike from scratch with no help from Honda (Factory support is not available due to protest) and is set to challange strongly for the championship and with the last 3 wins under his belt it is looking good for a strong finish. But don't right of Haga he will finish strong and fight it out to the end.
Franki Chili is the dark horse, with a small budget and on the old 998 bike he has surprised a lot of people by leading the championship early on in the season with some great riding. It would also be fair to say that he would most likely still be right up there if it was not for some bad luck with engine failures costing him 2 x DNF's in one round!
With all this in mind there is no clear outright favorite to win this years World Superbike Championship, which makes it good watching :twisted: 8)
How do you see it :?:
I must admit this year is a vast improvement to past years, last year was pretty boring to watch with Hodgeson winning most races with little effort.
Where the year before it was the battle of Edwards (Honda SP2) and Bayliss (Ducati 998) which went right down to the wire, last race thriller
but that too was a two man race to the title, no one else was in the running.Where as this year new rule changers and the controversial control tyre rule with Pirelli has closed the field right up.
The Factory Ducati Fila Team has not run away as they have done in the past, and you would not say the riders are second rate! Laconi has GP experience and has won 500GP races were as Toseland is a bright young rider from the UK and will also be looking at pinching a ride off Troy Bayliss.
The biggest threat to the Fila Ducati boys will come from Chris Velmeulin (Ten kate Honda) and Haga on a Satilite Ducati team. The Ten Kate Honda team have developed the bike from scratch with no help from Honda (Factory support is not available due to protest) and is set to challange strongly for the championship and with the last 3 wins under his belt it is looking good for a strong finish. But don't right of Haga he will finish strong and fight it out to the end.
Franki Chili is the dark horse, with a small budget and on the old 998 bike he has surprised a lot of people by leading the championship early on in the season with some great riding. It would also be fair to say that he would most likely still be right up there if it was not for some bad luck with engine failures costing him 2 x DNF's in one round!
With all this in mind there is no clear outright favorite to win this years World Superbike Championship, which makes it good watching :twisted: 8)
How do you see it :?:
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