WSB 2021 : Pre season fun and games begins

[weeksy]

Misano WorldSBK test day one times

1 Toprak Razgatlioglu (PATA Yamaha WorldSBK Team) 1’34.265s, 71 laps
2 Scott Redding (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) 1’34.478s, 77 laps
3 Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) 1’34.609s, 61 laps
4 Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) 1’35.076s, 68 laps
5 Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) 1’35.264s, 34 laps
6 Andrea Locatelli (PATA Yamaha WorldSBK Team) 1’35.605, 76 laps
7 Tito Rabat (Barni Racing Team) 1’35.680s, 93 laps
8 Lucas Mahias (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing), 1’35.849s, 46 laps
9 Kohta Nozane (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) 1’36.523s, 57 laps
10 Christophe Ponsson (Gil Motor Sport – Yamaha) 1’36.978s, 57 laps
11 Michele Pirro (Team GoEleven), 1’37.162s, 11 laps

https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news ... on-day-one

[KungFooBob]

I haven't heard of half of them. Bring back Foggy, Slight and Chili!

[weeksy]

The only one i don't know is Bassani.

[KungFooBob]

I'm going to make an effort to watch the WSBK this year. I've even bought an online subscription to Eurosplurt.

[weeksy]

It has it's moments, but has suffered at times from both lack of personalities along with small grids and spread out fields.

Sometimes you can get a decent 4-5 rider battle, but often it's a bit spaced out at times.

[Supermofo]

As Weeksy say's at times there is some very decent racing in WSB, but I find it hard to get into it. I think most of it is due to watching Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and then having had my bike fix so don't have the time to watch WSB.

[Bigyin]

Could be some good racing this year with Redding having a point to prove, Rea defending yet again and riders like Toprak and Gerloff having a year under their belt on the Yamahas. Rabat is a fast rider on competative machinery so the Barni Ducati could punt him among the sharp end as well as Chaz with his own point to prove after getting the flick from the factory Ducati squad.

Watching some of the twitter feeds today it appears Toprak has been continuing his massive pit lane stoppie games at the current test



Heres an earlier one in case the twitter one doesnt work

[weeksy]

[weeksy]

https://www.crash.net/wsbk/results/9742 ... sday-final

1 Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1'40.264
2 Scott Redding GBR Aruba.It Ducati +0.179s
3 Garrett Gerloff USA GRT Yamaha +0.233s
4 Jonas Folger GER Benovo BMW +0.435s
5 Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.It Ducati +0.492s
6 Tom Sykes GBR Motorrad BMW +0.650s
7 Alex Lowes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +0.931s
8 Andrea Locatelli ITA PATA Yamaha +0.994s
9 Chaz Davies GBR GoEleven Ducati +1.053s
10 Leon Haslam GBR HRC +1.086s
11 Kohta Nozane JPN GRT Yamaha +1.364s
12 Axel Bassani ITA Motocorsa Ducati +1.492s
13 Tito Rabat SPA Barni Ducati +1.678s
14 Michael Van Der Mark NED Motorrad BMW +1.681s
15 Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR PATA Yamaha +2.034s
16 Isaac Vinales SPA Orelac Kawasaki +2.106s
17 Christophe Ponsson FRA Gil Yamaha +2.159s
18 Alvaro Bautista GBR HRC +2.280s
19 Leandro Mercardo ARG MIE Honda Racing +3.550s
20 Samuele Cavalieri ITA Pedercini Kawasaki +4.886s


What the heck is happening there, Toprak 2s off and Bautista 2.2 off.....

[Skub]

Ya never know what they are testing,so the lap times aren't the whole story.

Probably.

[weeksy]

[Couchy]

Is that the new Japanese rider Kozane ?

[weeksy]

Is that the new Japanese rider Kozane ?

I believe so yes

[Yorick]

Is that the new Japanese rider Kozane ?

Bless you.

[weeksy]

https://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/974985/ ... ing-aragon

1 Scott Redding GBR Aruba.It Ducati 1'48.780s
2 Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.It Ducati 1'49.205s
3 Garrett Gerloff USA GRT Yamaha 1'49.439s
4 Chaz Davies GBR GoEleven Ducati 1'49.755s
5 Andrea Locatelli ITA PATA Yamaha 1'50.257s
6 Axel Bassani ITA Motocorsa Ducati 1'51.146s
7 Tito Rabat SPA Barni Ducati 1'51.225s
8 Kohta Nozane JPN GRT Yamaha 1'51.277s
9 Christophe Ponsson FRA Alstare Yamaha 1'52.762s

[formula400]

looking forward to this season, hoping Jonny can keep breaking records and Redding pushing him along the way, I can see Toprak and Lowes all up in there faces, TBH as long as either Scoot/Jonny/Alex wins ill be happy.

[weeksy]

Just under 2 weeks to go now...

https://www.worldsbk.com/

[Skub]

It seems a very long time since the end of last season. I'm looking forward to having too much racing to watch!

[weeksy]

It seems a very long time since the end of last season. I'm looking forward to having too much racing to watch!

I'm hoping for a classic season in honesty, it really should be close, with the Honda more in the game now, the Yamaha hopefully finding form under Toprak and the Ducatis giving Rea a run for his money, we should be seeing some close and tight racing !

[weeksy]

https://www.worldsbk.com/

So it's Aragon this weekend, first of the WSBK season.... Prediction time Poll coming in new thread