2024 World Superbike - Round 4 (Finally) - Misano
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Remy seems to need a year to get going in a new class, Aegerter was mainly beating him last year. Good way to be one and done on a KTM in the premier class.
World Superbike is finally back in action at Misano this weekend. Ducati are the team to beat, but Remy is having a good showing, and Toprak close enough to maybe work some magic. Let's hope for good racing!
I have been watching WSBK again because of Toprak though. I still wonder how he would go in motogp.
Remy spent the first year coming down off a GP bike, tyres, brakes, and learning the circuits that he had never ridden before. This year he has the bike set-up to suit him, knows the tracts and is showing his form. I think he will do well this year.
Toprak well what can you say, the bloke is phenomenal, his style of riding is just outrages if they had given him the MOTOGP Yamaha ride last year after they trialed him, Yamaha would be winning now.
Toprak well what can you say, the bloke is phenomenal, his style of riding is just outrages if they had given him the MOTOGP Yamaha ride last year after they trialed him, Yamaha would be winning now.
Remy made things interesting at the beginning of Race 1, but it looked like his bike was setup to go fast in the wrong places. Fast through the first few turns, but slow in the high speed sweepers. Toprak was awesome. Focused on his race pace throughout practice and it paid off in race 1. The race might have been more interesting if Bulega had cleared Bautista early, but Alvaro put up a fight. We rode well to 3rd place, but it seems like the ballast might be causing him issues at Misano. Solid rides from Locatelli and A Lowes to round out the top-5.
Feel badly for Rabat crashing in the last lap after putting in 260 laps during testing. Gerloff did his usual late charge, but so did Redding. Not sure what the future holds for either of them. Depending on what Beaubier does in AMA, Gerloff might be swapped for Cam. Scott might be headed back to BSB or the retirement home.
Let’s hope for more action tomorrow.
Feel badly for Rabat crashing in the last lap after putting in 260 laps during testing. Gerloff did his usual late charge, but so did Redding. Not sure what the future holds for either of them. Depending on what Beaubier does in AMA, Gerloff might be swapped for Cam. Scott might be headed back to BSB or the retirement home.
Let’s hope for more action tomorrow.
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The Bonovo team is supposedly finished, and will not be racing in 2025. That might mean that the guys heading home to the UK and the US.
Great ride by Toprak again. If Bautista can't find back his grip and turning, Razgatlioglu will be clearing off during the hectic summer period.
Great ride by Toprak again. If Bautista can't find back his grip and turning, Razgatlioglu will be clearing off during the hectic summer period.
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Is the BMW a better bike than results have previously shown or is Raz a bit like Stoner in being able to ride around the limitations?
Reminded me of another Aussie racer but a good start to the weekend for him nonetheless. Took Locatelli a bit to get by him. Lecuona's pass on Bassani was a gem. Bulega looking feisty. Bautista certainly was off but still takes 3rd. Toprak's day for sure. Perhaps the BMW has been a better bike but needed the right rider to reach its potential? I really hope Rea can turn things around. I don't want him to go out this way.
I think it's been a better bike but the likes of Redding, Gerloff, and van der Mark were never going to show it.
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I'm of the opinion that since neither the Yamaha nor the BMW is a threat in anyone else's hands, it's probably the rider who is special.
The feedback from the other riders says as much.
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Another brilliant race from Toprak. He makes it look so easy.
Good races also from both Bulega and Green Lowes. My rider of the weekend though is Petrucci. Give that lad a wildcard on a MotoGP bike again!
Watched today's WCR race and must say, that was the best of the lot, racingwise for me. The single brand series makes the rider's skills so important, and to have a top four swapping places throughout is very good to watch. Happy for the lasses, they're putting on a great show!
Good races also from both Bulega and Green Lowes. My rider of the weekend though is Petrucci. Give that lad a wildcard on a MotoGP bike again!
Watched today's WCR race and must say, that was the best of the lot, racingwise for me. The single brand series makes the rider's skills so important, and to have a top four swapping places throughout is very good to watch. Happy for the lasses, they're putting on a great show!
I would say a combination of both, but leaning more towards the latter.
Gerloff said he can see from Toprak’s data exactly how he’s riding, but he (Gerloff) just isn’t able to do it.
It came out that there’s a clause in Toprak’s contract that if he wins the title this year, he is free to do whatever he wants next year and he’s made it clear that his goal is still MotoGP. If that happens, I just hope he doesn’t end up in one of the backmarker teams. He needs to be on competitive machinery.
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While Toprak is phenomenal, let's not forget that he has been groomed to become a WSBK champion.
The prototype racing of MotoGP is a different beast. He's tried the Yamaha and was found missing. The bikes, with the aeros and buttons, the tires and the level of competition would make a switch a hard task.
Someone would need to invest at least two seasons in him. When he's already 30. Makes no sense in switching before the big change, rather when that happens, when it's new for everyone.
According to the commentators, he's been tapped up by HRC already.
The prototype racing of MotoGP is a different beast. He's tried the Yamaha and was found missing. The bikes, with the aeros and buttons, the tires and the level of competition would make a switch a hard task.
Someone would need to invest at least two seasons in him. When he's already 30. Makes no sense in switching before the big change, rather when that happens, when it's new for everyone.
According to the commentators, he's been tapped up by HRC already.
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From a BMW viewpoint Raz would be a good rider to get on the 2027 MotoGP bike if it happens to get its development progress. Whether Raz wants to do that we shall see, he could be thinking about money as he gets closer to retirement
Is this weekends racing a predictor that Raz will win the world championship?
Is this weekends racing a predictor that Raz will win the world championship?
I take your point, but a desultory test on a type of bike with which he is unfamiliar on a circuit with which he is unfamiliar when the Yamaha MotoGP bike has been horrible for the actual riders of the bike including an acknowledged major talent and former world champion in FQ may not make for the fairest assessment either. Ben Spies was reasonably good on a GP bike, admittedly before the aero era, and Petrucci an ex motogp race winner is in the current WSBK field. Toprak now seems to have been able to win on 2 different bikes on which nobody else is particularly competitive, so he is definitely highly elite as a super bike rider.
Who has NOT been found missing on Yamahas in recent years? You are making a judgement based on a one off test on a crap bike which he was not at all familiar with. Of course the results were not going to be great?
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Out of the current WSBK field, you have plenty of riders who've been in the MotoGP class, and none that has gone the other way. That could mean the best riders are not in this series, so the level of competition would be higher.
What Yamaha was looking at was both a comparison to their riders, and some form of development throughout the sessions. They were hampered by the weather at some point as I recall. The noises coming out of Yamaha however was that they were underwhelmed by Toprak's performance.
I do believe that he will be able to score points on a regular basis, out of the blocks. I can't see him being a race winner though. Not with the level MotoGP is at the moment, and with the difference between the machines. Even if you factor in the rule changes coming for 27, he'll be up against a Marquez, Bagnaia, Martin, Acosta and more. All that, after a decade in the non-prototype series.
I hope he stays and creates a legacy in WSBK. He is a brilliant draw for the series.
What Yamaha was looking at was both a comparison to their riders, and some form of development throughout the sessions. They were hampered by the weather at some point as I recall. The noises coming out of Yamaha however was that they were underwhelmed by Toprak's performance.
I do believe that he will be able to score points on a regular basis, out of the blocks. I can't see him being a race winner though. Not with the level MotoGP is at the moment, and with the difference between the machines. Even if you factor in the rule changes coming for 27, he'll be up against a Marquez, Bagnaia, Martin, Acosta and more. All that, after a decade in the non-prototype series.
I hope he stays and creates a legacy in WSBK. He is a brilliant draw for the series.
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