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WSBK: Czech Brno 2012

its just saturday.

why even bring rossi up here?

also,no wonder theres little going on here if most members leave for whatever reasons.



guigliano is really growing on me, he looks just like a young ruben xaus

sykes as always impressive qualifying pace, i hope he can keep the pace to actually race for the win or at least a good podium position



given how good the aprilia and especially biaggi are around this track i'm expecting a PI like performance from him.

at the same time with biaggi so far behind this is the perfect chance for checa and melandri to cut back on his points lead.

bit disappointed by haslam, he needs to be on that podium if he wants a shot at the 2,possibly 3 bmw seats next year.



as always disappointed by aoyama, i know his style is maybe not the best for superbikes and that that fireblade isn't a great bike but still...hes the last 250 cc champion and beat simoncelli on a full factory ape to the title.that means a lot IMO.

really shows what a talent rea is, put him on a factory ape/duc/bmw and he wins the title, I'd love to see him have a shot on a good bike or even better gps.same goes for hopkins btw
 
Good to see Sykesy is still on top of his one lap game, just wish he could turn it into a full race game,



WTF is happening with this series too?

Yam fcuked off last year, BMW at the end of this,

Things don't bode good for our sport if the manufacturers are leaving the 2nd tier of racing. and with just the 3 in motogp?

Sad times ahead.

So far there ain't gonna be enough good rides for the good riders already in WSBK so what the guys supposed to be coming from gp gonna ride?



Soz to say this but things don't look good for Haslam with Melandri already having one of the goldbet BMW's for next year because of his current 2 year contract with BMW.

Gutted for Guinters too WTF!! Effenberg didn't even have the decency to tell the guy he didn't have a ride.

Turned up expecting to race to find no bike or crew there, only then they tell him!?

....... disgraceful IMO!
 
agreed, even though I've never made a secret of my ...lets call it mild dislike...for guintoli that is shameful.



i wonder how the bmw pull out will work out in the end though, given how much time and money has been dumped into the project and no new bike to come in the forseeable future it could make perfect sense for them to do an altea kind of thing.

the chassis is good by now, so are the electronics (which can be marellis anyway if its not an official factory effort).the engine should be good too but thats being prepared by bmw anyways so no worries there.i'm not too pessimistic about bmws chances in 2013.agree its looking bad for haslam.

if there are 2, maximum 3 seats at bmw italia next year those will most likely be taken by melandri and either checa and/or rea / dovi. i've heard all 3 are in talks with bmw.



i blame the current lack of good rides for some riders entirely on the direction wsbk has been headed the past couple of years.

in contrast to motogp where theres always the (in my opinion lame ,but thats just my opinion) excuse its prototyping this is supposed to be a series with good racing that promotes bikes.nothing more.

i'm looking forward to the next years where the bikes should be a little closer to superstock rules, from what i've heard there are even discussions to adopt bsb style rules for 2014,no tc, stock wheels etc.

theres simply no room for 2 expensive series at the moment,and neither am i interested to see 2 forms of gp racing.

its a real eye opener when you see a "naked" world superbike. that thing has got nothing to do with a road bike.and i mean really nothing, not just different fairings or forks and all sorts of stuff that make sense from a rider safety standpoint but even moving fuel tanks and all that stuff.
 
Biaggi - he's starting from the back of the grid. How many laps will it take him to move toward the front?

Melandri - Certainly a podium is possible - can he win race 1?

Checa - he's podiumed here but never won. He'll be looking to claim points on Melandri and Biaggi. Will he go for blood or ride for points?

Rea - he'll be out for blood.

What are your predictions out there?
 
Predictions: i will enjoy the race and general competitiveness more than GP, Hopkins will continue to waste his career on .... Suzuki, Sykes will be lucky to finish in 4th, Biaggi on podium, Rea & Melandri will torpedo somebody are at least attempt it. At the start of race they will show Melandris garage and chick. Guliano will challenge for podium, Checa may win.
 
Jumkie will be ecstatic, KARMA FOR REA!!!



Just saw the incident again...yep he dived up the inside like he's been doing to a lot of riders, and this time he's the one who came off!!
 
Awesome race one,

Fantastic ride from Melandri after dropping back from the shunt from Checa, good to see the apology straight after.

Gutted for Sykes sooo wanted him to win.

Rea tried to reopen a closing door again and this time it bit him on the ..., Karma strikes again
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Good to see him get up so soon though that was a nasty highside and slide under the bike, Maximum respect to Checa for missing him too it really could have been a lot worse.



Bring on the supersport loons!!!
 
Bit of a hard move on haslam but melandri was class this weekend!



Shame for mr pole position sykes but needs more consistancy during the race!
 
Great to see Kawasaki has finally got the bike to where the tires last the whole race. Race 1 crazy. Race 2 amazing last 6 laps. Gutted to see Sykes not on the top of the podium. That kid Baz was really impressive. Jonathan Green's voice is still like nails on a chalkboard.
 
Rea doing what he does best!! Another giant .... up from him!



Please, no more mention of Rea and him deserving a GP ride! That guy is a clown, always has been...he's outright dangerous and foolish.



Other than that, race 1 was epic! I love SBK!
 
Fantastic Race 1.



Concerning Rea.....Are the announcers fingerpopping Rea's ....... off camera?!! A "racing incident" my ...; I have never heard them say Rea does anything but walk on ....... water.



Was whooping and hollering to see that little prick fly over the front of his bike (glad he's okay though) after trying to torpedo his way into that corner. Karma for sure.
 
Quality weekend for WSBK And BSB Nuff said

How do you link this thread to Dorna. ?
 
i wish rea had curly hair and spoke funny english

then we'd all be talking about his phenomenal talent and how exciting he is to watch.



melandri on course to fight with biaggi for the title,2 horse race



sykes and kawa are getting better and better, not only is he a man for just superpole but hes becoming a regular threat for the win.

kawa look good for 2013.



guigliano and baz look real good.....baz is a really big dude, who says you can't be a racer when you're over 1.80m?

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geez cliche' that picture almost looks photoshopped....damn Baz is a big dude...props to him for getting on the podium. props to Kawasaki as well, hopefully Brno wasn't a fluke and they're starting to make progress...could be why Checa is talking with them about next year, could be the bike to have in 2013.
 
GatorDuc said:
Fantastic Race 1.



Concerning Rea.....Are the announcers fingerpopping Rea's ....... off camera?!! A "racing incident" my ...; I have never heard them say Rea does anything but walk on ....... water.



Was whooping and hollering to see that little prick fly over the front of his bike (glad he's okay though) after trying to torpedo his way into that corner. Karma for sure.
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WTF, are my eyes playing tricks? Cool to read a post from you dude! I should admit here what I've said privately to CK, this is the least motivated I've ever been going into a Laguna Seca weekend. Last year may have ruined it for all the future years. hahaha Seriously though.



Yeah, we can alway count on Wsbk's good races. I may bee paying much more attention to Wsbk next year given this year's silly GP season.
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Somewhat controversially and against the grain - regarding the Rea/Sykes incident - I don't see much difference between the Marquez/Esargaro incident at Catalunya for which the former was destroyed on this forum and almost summarily docked a minute off his time before appeal. Marquez was unsighted as was Sykes - neither were culpable. Rea meantime attempted an admittedly optimistic pass which would have been immortalised and recalled fondly had it have been Sic - like Simoncelli Rea has a reputation for hard racing without endearing the fans that Marco did. At one time WSS became renowned and even loved for far worse moves than this and you can count similar incidents with both hands during practically every Moto 2 race since its inception. Rea is fast becoming the villain of choice for the series. I'm no great fan, and he often does himself no favours - it all seemed to start with his coming together with Haga at Nurburgring in, from memory, 2009.



The outrage on here could be better vented and should continue to be directed at Sofluoglu's appalling antics at Aragon given the lack of a fitting penalty/reprimand.
 

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