WSBK @ The Cathedral this weekend

[Skub]

https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2021/C ... gn=Traffic

Can JR gain back some ground on the super on form Toprak?

Will Redding turn things around for the Aruba team?

Regardless of results,I'm looking forward to some good racing.

[Bigyin]

Laverty wont be doing much as his team wont be there for "internal reasons" ...... is that Italian speak for no money

[weeksy]

I'll go with Lowes for a win and a 3rd, rea with a win and Scotty to throw his toys out the pram so hard they land in Belgium.

[KungFooBob]

Doesn't Haslam usually go pretty well at Assen?

[weeksy]

Doesn't Haslam usually go pretty well at Assen?

I was tempted to throw him in my list yeah, bit that Honda just isn't up to the job.

[Skub]

Laverty wont be doing much as his team wont be there for "internal reasons" ...... is that Italian speak for no money

He didn't seem to be doing much anyway.

[weeksy]

Laverty wont be doing much as his team wont be there for "internal reasons" ...... is that Italian speak for no money

He didn't seem to be doing much anyway.

His commentary is ok.

Oh

The other one. Thought he'd retired

[Yorick]

Early days but Scotty is flying...

https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news ... st-session

[weeksy]

Dutch WorldSBK: Rea fastest on day-one, tyres ‘not working’ for Razgatlioglu

1 Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1:34.391s
2 Garrett Gerloff USA GRT Yamaha +0.121s
3 Alvaro Bautista SPA Team HRC +0.350s
4 Tom Sykes GBR Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team +0.362s
5 Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR PATA Yamaha +0.364s
6 Lucas Mahias FRA Kawasaki Puccetti +0.380s
7 Scott Redding GBR Aruba.It Ducati +0.526s
8 Michael Rinaldi ITA Aruba.It Ducati +0.567s
9 Alex Lowes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +0.568s
10 Michael Van Der Mark NED Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team +0.583s
11 Leon Haslam GBR Team HRC +0.585s
12 Andrea Locatelli ITA PATA Yamaha +0.690s
13 Jonas Folger GER Benovo BMW +0.952s
14 Chaz Davies GBR GoEleven Ducati +1.112s
15 Axel Bassani ITA Motocorsa Ducati +1.137s
16 Tito Rabat SPA Barni Ducati +1.208s
17 Isaac Vinales SPA Orelac Racing Kawasaki +1.554s
18 Leandro Mercardo ARG MIE Honda Racing +2.006s
19 Kohta Nozane JPN GRT Yamaha +2.014s
20 Andrea Mantovani ITA Vince64 Racing kawasaki +2.819s
21 Loris Cresson BEL Pedercini Kawasaki +4.195s

[Skub]

I hope Jonas Folger is ok.

[weeksy]

Gerloff needs a slap. Again.

[Yorick]

What a cool day. Topped off with mega race from Brands

[weeksy]

Deffo some good racing, well if we ignore Gerloff!

Rea looking good though.

[lostboy]

Rea looking good though.

He hasn't got the worry of passing his test hanging over him now!

[Skub]

He hasn't got the worry of passing his test hanging over him now!

Ha! That was a cool watch,anyone thinking JR is a miserable boyo needs to watch and reevaluate!

I love watching a racer at the very prime of their skills,the dominance of Doohan or Rossi never bothered me,just left me in awe to watch the very best of the best. He's something special and not just at Assen.

It's such a shame the planets didn't align to allow JR a Motogp ride,I think Honda played their part in that by stringing him along and he stayed faithful for too long. Given the average age of entry into GPs now,Rea is too old for a top seat and really why would he go for anything less.