What happens to Flammini now?
I have an idea. Go talk with Honda, start a new series.
Starting a new series is fairly straightforward - decide a formula, get the FIM to manage the rules, develop an infrastructure to manage the racing, another infrastructure to manage the promotion, ticketing and media, find some racetracks willing to host, convince teams to build bikes to compete, put on races.
What isn't so straightforward is the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to do that. Then there is the spectre that it may be a flop (A1 GP anyone?).
The top racetracks have most 'good' weekends already booked, the lesser ones don't have the facilities or are logistically difficult for international competition.
Luring riders away from MotoGP, World and Domestic Superbikes, with teams of technicians, managers, support services (tyres, electronics, etc.)
The thing about WSBK and MotoGP is that they have grown over decades to be where they are now. They did that in the cradle of low-budget, media-free local and small-team racing, that grew.
Think of the cost of logistically running a race team for a year in international competition - no bike costs or team or rider wages, just the cost of moving .... around - it runs to millions.
It would require a billionaire willing to invest a lot of cash on the off-chance the competition would take off and willing to lose the lot, for a few years.
The way international racing series are built is by getting accord between national race series for common rules and technical specs and then the pressure of competition will be such that international competition could flourish.
WSBK came from Formula TT, which was itself an outgrowth of GP racing. There was nearly 40 years of racing development, promotion, investment by builders, crews, riders, managers, promoters, track owners, the FIM, the ACU, etc.
Doing all that in one go and expecting it to be competitive is unrealistic, IMO.
