WSBK Testing...

[Yorick]

Woo hoo, summat to get excited about

https://bikesportnews.com/world-superbi ... gins-pics/

[Flux]

Sylvan Guintoli is out there, that's news to me.

[weeksy]

Pos Rider Nat Team Motorcycle Lap Time
1 Nicolo Bulega Aruba Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 1m 38.292
2 Alex Lowes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 39.474
3 Toprak Razgatlioglu ROKiT BMW Motorrad BMW M 1000 RR 1m 39.521
4 Michael van der Mark ROKiT BMW Motorrad BMW M 1000 RR 1m 39.531
5 Remy Gardner GYTR GRT Yamaha R1 1m 39.679
6 Jonathan Rea Pata PROMETEON Yamaha R1 1m 39,682
7 Andrea Iannone Team Go Eleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 1m 39.684
8 Garrett Gerloff Bonovo Action Racing BMW M 1000 RR 1m 39.763
9 Danilo Petrucci Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 1m 39.773
10 Alvaro Bautista Aruba Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 1m 39.847
11 Andrea Locatelli Pata PROMETEON Yamaha R1 1m 39.917
12 Philipp Oettl GMT 94 Yamaha R1 1m 40.003
13 Scott Redding Bonovo Action Racing BMW M 1000 RR 1m 40.042
14 Axel Bassani Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 40.059
15 Sam Lowes Elf Marc VDS Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 1m 40.133
16 Iker Lecuona Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 1m 40.379
17 Tito Rabat Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 40.549
18 Xavi Vierge Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 1m 40.676
19 Florian Marino Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 41.435
20 Bradley Smith ROKiT BMW Motorrad BMW M 1000 RR 1m 41.862
21 Sylvain Guintoli ROKiT BMW Motorrad BMW M 1000 RR 1m 41.898

[weeksy]

Sylvan Guintoli is out there, that's news to me.

You must have missed in the other thread, they signed both Bradley and Sylvain to the BMW squads as tester/whatevers.

[wull]

Bulega on qualifiers, he was 4 tenths faster than anyone on like for like tyres before going out on qualifiers.

[Skub]

I'd forgotten all about Bulega,maybe he's gonna blitz them all this year!

[Yorick]

Hmm, just been searching and can't see why Bradley Ray and Taz Mckenzie are missing ??

[Couchy]

So what is Reddings excuse now ? The BMW seems quicker in Topraks hands....

[Yorick]

So what is Reddings excuse now ? The BMW seems quicker in Topraks hands....

I'm hoping he improves. Always been one of my favourite riders.

[Yorick]

Just compared with last year's qualifying..

Bulega was 0.4 faster than Bautista's 2023 pole.
Redding is a whole second slower than his time last year.

[wull]

So what is Reddings excuse now ? The BMW seems quicker in Topraks hands....

Because it’s Toprak, that’ll be his excuse. Toprak is unreal, he’s barely ridden the bike, the two days he got before were cut short because of the weather, fingers crossed he gets even better on it and does the business.

[Yorick]

Blimey

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[Yorick]

Oops. That wasn't the final times. Scotty found a bit extra

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[wull]

[Skub]

That'll keep you happy.

[wull]

Absolutely, well impressed with how he’s going on the beemer. Here’s hoping this season will be a belter with lots of close racing, I really hope Bulega doesn’t run away with it like Alvaro did these last two seasons.

Alvaro seems to be struggling with the extra weight, he wasn’t 100% at Jerez and but was doing better this time, he just seems to be lacking something and it’s more than likely the extra weight, having to get used to the bike and how it is reacting to his inputs.

[weeksy]

yeah i doubt it's the actual weight as such, but the positioning/location of it... that'll be the key. Obviously when it's rider based it's 'moving' rather than static weight so you just kind of go with it... but with it on the bike that's going to change different aspects of things in handling. Unless they can do it and fit it in his suit or something ? But that then may increase fatigue for him... dunno.

[wull]

Get in.

https://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/1043902 ... ults-final

[Skub]

Top 10 covered by a second,roughly.

Looks like Taz is on another donkey.

[Yorick]

Top 10 covered by a second,roughly.

Looks like Taz is on another donkey.

Behind Marini on a stock Fireblade.