WSBK Jerez

[Skub]

If it's anything like last year Redding won two and Rea bagged the sprint race,so one would suspect the usual contenders again this year.

Ducati may be strong,the Kawasaki suffers in the heat and is slower than the Duc or the Yam. I reckon JR will have his work cut out and it may be damage limitation for team KR. I'm sadly wondering which lap will see Lowes fall off.

Honda seem to be improving,Bautista and Haslam are riding well,so may be in the mix,more than I can say for BMW. Sykes took a fair old rattle and I don't know if he'll be racing. Micky VDM just looks permanently pissed off.

[wull]

I think JR is rattled so I wouldn’t be surprised if they have some issues and Toprak bags a few wins.

[weeksy]

I think JR is rattled

the 6 time world champion ? Hmmm not so sure.

As someone in commentary said. If Rea wins 6 or 7... it won't change a thing, it won't matter.

Toprak however has never won one, him winning this year will change his life.

[Skub]

Apparently Kenan Sufuoglu will be getting a ride this round. I wonder if the old dog is still up for it!

https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2021/F ... k+in+Jerez

[weeksy]

Apparently Kenan Sufuoglu will be getting a ride this round. I wonder if the old dog is still up for it!

https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2021/F ... k+in+Jerez

That's ace... i bet the old boy still gets a wiggle on !!! Is Aegeter back now ?

[KungFooBob]

He's an odd one Sofuoglu.

He did very well in WorldSSP, but was shit in everything else (yes I know I'd have been even shitterer).

I always thought him a bit stroppy/cheaty.

I much prefer Toprak in regards to the Turks.

[Skub]

Apparently Kenan Sufuoglu will be getting a ride this round. I wonder if the old dog is still up for it!

https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2021/F ... k+in+Jerez

That's ace... i bet the old boy still gets a wiggle on !!! Is Aegeter back now ?

I'd assume so.I think he just went missing to the e-bikes for the last round. He finished 12th and lost the championship by 5 points.

[Tricky]

He's an odd one Sofuoglu.

He did very well in WorldSSP, but was shit in everything else (yes I know I'd have been even shitterer).

I always thought him a bit stroppy/cheaty.

I much prefer Toprak in regards to the Turks.

Am with you on all that, I never liked Sofuoglo, I thought him a dirty/ overly angry and quite often dangerous fucker...

[wull]

I think so, he’s so used to winning now that imo he’s desperate to “not get beat” and is taking many more risks than I’ve ever seen him take. Unfortunate for him he has someone that can ride a bit better at the limit purely because of their own riding style.

Also, he’s still a twat so here’s hoping he gets pumped.

[lostboy]

He's an odd one Sofuoglu.

He did very well in WorldSSP, but was shit in everything else (yes I know I'd have been even shitterer).

I always thought him a bit stroppy/cheaty.

I much prefer Toprak in regards to the Turks.

Am with you on all that, I never liked Sofuoglo, I thought him a dirty/ overly angry and quite often dangerous fucker...

I am guilty of having seen Oncu through Red Bull Rookies and into Moto3 behaving exactly the same and pretty much stereotyped them all the same. I will have to take your word for it that Toprak is different as I don't watch too much WSBK or BSB stuff.

[McNab]

He's an odd one Sofuoglu.

He did very well in WorldSSP, but was shit in everything else (yes I know I'd have been even shitterer).

I always thought him a bit stroppy/cheaty.

I much prefer Toprak in regards to the Turks.

Am with you on all that, I never liked Sofuoglo, I thought him a dirty/ overly angry and quite often dangerous fucker...

Those are my thoughts on him too.

[Bigyin]

Some rider news

Eugene Laverty in for the injured Tom Sykes at SMR BMW.

Chad Davies announces his retirement effective from the end of this season. Always been there or there abouts in everything he has done and come across as a decent bloke

[wull]

But not a retirement as such.

[Skub]

Some rider news
Chad Davies announces his retirement effective from the end of this season. Always been there or there abouts in everything he has done and come across as a decent bloke

I wonder if he'll be employed by his brother in law (Michael Laverty) in the racing school he is founding to bring on British kids.

Or is Chad Chas Davies brother?

[Bigyin]

But not a retirement as such.

I guessed that, just no more WSB

I wonder if he'll be employed by his brother in law (Michael Laverty) in the racing school he is founding to bring on British kids.

Or is Chad Chas Davies brother?

That was my first thought as his brother in law Chaz would be a good asset to Michael Laverty. Saw a pic recently of a load of young guns in the Honda camp all aged about 15. Chaz alongside Casey Stoner, Leon Camier and a couple of Spanish past world champions as kids.

[wull]

Casey Stoners book is a good read and you get a bit of an insight into Chaz’s younger days racing alongside him and against him……….

[wull]

Kenan is riding free practise only just to promote the changes for next season and is doing the same next week.

[weeksy]

FP1 results

POS RIDER NAT TEAM TIME
1 Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR PATA Yamaha 1:40.074s
2 Michael Rinaldi ITA Aruba.it Ducati +0.086s
3 Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +0.337s
4 Alex Lowes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +0.439s
5 Leon Haslam GBR Team HRC +0.675s
6 Andrea Locatelli ITA PATA Yamaha +0.692s
7 Michael Van Der Mark NED Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team +0.699s
8 Scott Redding GBR Aruba.It Ducati +0.764s
9 Garrett Gerloff USA GRT Yamaha +0.855s
10 Axel Bassani ITA Motocorsa Ducati +0.856s
11 Loris Baz FRA GoEleven Ducati +1.017s
12 Alvaro Bautista SPA Team HRC +1.099s
13 Isaac Vinales SPA Orelac Racing Kawasaki +1.192s
14 Leandro Mercado ARG MIE Honda Racing +1.228s
15 Jonas Folger GER Benovo BMW +1.243s
16 Lucas Mahias FRA Kawasaki Puccetti +1.438s
17 Christophe Ponsson FRA Gil Yamaha +1.517s
18 Kohta Nozane JPN GRT Yamaha +1.779s
19 Marvin Fritz GER IXS-YART Yamaha +1.881s
20 Eugene Laverty IRL Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team +2.214s
21 Samuele Cavalieri SPA Barni Ducati +2.429s
22 Andrea Mantovani ITA Vince64 Racing Kawasaki +2.444s
23 Loris Cresson BEL Pedercini Kawasaki +3.409s
24 Lachlan Epis AUS Pedercini Kawasaki +5.524s

[KungFooBob]

Baz isn't doing terrible is he?

I wonder what he was doing before the call up from Ducati?

[weeksy]

Baz isn't doing terrible is he?

I wonder what he was doing before the call up from Ducati?

1s off in FP1 is certainly getting on with it considering he's not a regular....i saw his name on the list and thought "where's he been for the last 6 months"