WSBK/BSB 2013

paddy147

Yeah......BSB battle today between Lowes and Shakey today was deadly....last lap was a cracker indeed.:D

h3000

Two red flags later a great finish to race 1 in WSBK. Awesome pass by Laverty on Melandri at the corkscrew on the last lap.

Grim.

Eugene you feckin beauty

WHAT A RACE!!!

h3000

Great win by Laverty

Ghost Train

Nice race to win and hear the national anthem at

frostie500

Nice to land back into Dublin and see good news like that!

Max Headroom

Fantastic racing from Eugene....like he had it planned..another lap and i think he'd been 2nd tho.....:).....felt sorry for Tom , think he deserved a podium....:(

CJhaughey

Max Headroom wrote: »

Fantastic racing from Eugene....like he had it planned..another lap and i think he'd been 2nd tho.....:).....felt sorry for Tom , think he deserved a podium....:(

What was the reason for the Kawasaki dropping back like that? Tyre wear again?

CJhaughey

Rea and Haslam confirmed for Pata Honda 2014.
Poor bastards if they are using the same old tired CBR1000s again is all I can say.

Max Headroom

CJhaughey wrote: »

Rea and Haslam confirmed for Pata Honda 2014.
Poor bastards if they are using the same old tired CBR1000s again is all I can say.

God help them.........Theyll end up in wheelchairs because of those hondas...cant understand why the bikes so off the pace.....maybe all the money's in the motogp garages...;)

CJhaughey

Max Headroom wrote: »

God help them.........Theyll end up in wheelchairs because of those hondas...cant understand why the bikes so off the pace.....maybe all the money's in the motogp garages...;)

Overriding does no rider any good, that said maybe the new rules might change the playing field a small bit.

CJhaughey

The Magny Cours round was crazy, Sykes's is completely at home on that Kawasaki. Lucky for Eugene and Guintoli that the red came out when it did, or they would be way back on points.
Elias had some raceface on when he knocked Phillipe off!

CJhaughey

According to Biaggi, Gigi Dall'igna is heading over to Ducati from Aprilia.
If true this could be very bad for Aprilia, and likewise the recently signed Marco Melandri and Guintoli.

Grim.

CJhaughey wrote: »

According to Biaggi, Gigi Dall'igna is heading over to Ducati from Aprilia.
If true this could be very bad for Aprilia, and likewise the recently signed Marco Melandri and Guintoli.

very interesting if true

h3000

Great double by Laverty today with an amazing overtake on Melandri on the last corner if race 1.

Congrats to Sykes on the 2013 championship.

CJhaughey

Its great news for Kawasaki, they haven't won anything for a long time.
Great for Sykes too, he really deserved it. I have to admit I would have loved to see Eugene on the top step but the crashes and mechanical/electrical problems at the beginning of the season really put him in a chasing position.
I hope he has a competitive package next year in whatever series he ends up competing in.

frostie500

CJhaughey wrote: »

I hope he has a competitive package next year in whatever series he ends up competing in.

Been told a usually very reliable source close to Pramac that Eugene will be at Pramac most likely liding a production Ducati. I would imagine he'd be signing a two year contract with the rookie season to learn. Dovi has one year left on his contract so that could open a spot on the factory team which is being run by Gigi who obvioulsy knows Eugene very well from Aprilia and is a big fan of

h3000

Sounds like Eugene will be riding for Crescent Suzuki in WSBK next year. I'm sure he is looking at a Suzuki MotoGP bike for 2015 too. Here's hoping it all works out.

doublejj

word has it he has contract signed one year in wsbk..and next year in moto on factory bike,at first i was not happy but now looking at it could be great move the suzuki prototype is quick and by 2015 i belive will be top six bike..lowes also moves to fixi they will surely have better bike next year...they have the money and team now

CJhaughey

Camier left high and dry by that signing.
No doubt that Eugene is much faster than Camier although the Ape is a much better bike than the old GSXR.