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2022 Superbike World Championship
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Author:  Alonsomania [ Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:33 pm ]
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Melandri DNF in race 1, Biaggi down in first lap of race 2, wow
Author:  Alonsomania [ Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:48 pm ]
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and Melandri's off!

Davies leads
Author:  kals [ Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:59 pm ]
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Great podium for race 2, can't wait to download and watch both races later.
Author:  ChiliFan [ Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:37 pm ]
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Laguna Seca is back on the calendar for 2013, which is just fantastic.

Also Jerez is back for the first time since 1990 (struck off the calendar in '94) but that is boring compared to the above news.
Author:  Metzo [ Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:39 pm ]
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ChiliFan wrote:
Laguna Seca is back on the calendar for 2013, which is just fantastic.

8)
Author:  kals [ Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:21 pm ]
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Great news.
Author:  ChiliFan [ Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:26 pm ]
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Now even out the rules between the world championship and national series and bring back wildcard entries, then we get back to real superbike racing.
Author:  fede999 [ Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:36 am ]
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Heavy rain over Portimao, some parts of the track flooded. STK 1000 race has been postponed.
Author:  ChiliFan [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:05 pm ]
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More potential changes for the 2013 calendar:

    Laguna Seca is back but Miller still has one year left in their contract
    India will be hosting the second round of the championship
    Jerez is the final round, in October
    Monza's event is still subject to various agreements and FIM circuit homologation after this year's debacle
    Sentul agreed a three-year deal starting in 2013 but this looks likely to be delayed for a year until the circuit meets FIM standards

This is the provisional calendar published by MCN which was supposedly meant to be confirmed last Friday:

Code:
Round 1       24 Feb      Australia       Phillip Island
Round 2       10 Mar      India           Buddh
Round 3       24 Mar      Spain           Aragon
Round 4       7 Apr       Netherlands     Assen
Round 5       12 May      Italy           Imola
Round 6       26 May      Europe          Donington
Round 7       9 Jun       San Marino      Misano
Round 8       16 Jun      Portugal        Portimao
Round 9       30 Jun      Czech Republic  Brno
Round 10      14 Jul      Russia          Moscow
Round 11      4 Aug       Great Britain   Silverstone
Round 12      1 Sep       Germany         Nurburgring
Round 13      29 Sep      USA             Laguna Seca
Round 14      6 Oct       France          Magny-Cours
Round 15      20 Oct      Spain           Jerez


That's almost certainly going to change before next season.
Author:  Metzo [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:28 pm ]
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such a disappointing calendar :C
Author:  kals [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:00 pm ]
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Why is that disappointing?
Author:  Metzo [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:09 pm ]
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having two rounds in spain and one in india sucks
Author:  kals [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:16 pm ]
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Aragon is a good circuit, Jerez is so so. In most WSBK seasons there has always been one or two tracks which have been poor, Sentul sprung to mind when I saw India (and that was before noticing Sentul is supposed to be returning!!), Miller Motorsports Park being another.

At least Donny is still there and Laguna Seca is coming back.

What would you like to see?
Author:  Metzo [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:21 pm ]
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aragon is boring, jerez is the only track in spain that should have a race.

i'd rather see them race at kyalami or sepang than india.

a round in japan would be great, but thats unlikely i guess.
Author:  kals [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:46 pm ]
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Going back to Sugo would be good. India I'll give the benefit of the doubt until race day. With races at Miller and Sentul in the past then why not India?
Author:  Metzo [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:52 pm ]
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why should they (or any other series) race in india ?

sentul is a nice track, miller is a bad track but it was good to have a race in the usa.
Author:  ChiliFan [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:19 pm ]
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As long as there is a control tyre in WSB there won't be a Japanese round; it was one of the changes that the Japanese manufacturers refused to support in 2004 and considering the MFJ Superbike series still has a choice of tyres I don't see a Japanese race any time soon.

As for India, I don't like the fact that they are expanding to countries that don't have an interest in Superbikes. Indian motorcycle racing is based around 165cc machines and their only higher capacity class is the 600cc Supersport. From that point of view I can see the appeal, and I hope we'll see some wildcards in the Supersport race, but I'd much rather have another European round that more riders are likely to travel to.
Author:  kals [ Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:42 am ]
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Metzo wrote:
why should they (or any other series) race in india ?


I know India doesn't have the same racing heritage of a lot of other countries but I'll give it go once and then judge. India is huge for sponsors let's remember.
Author:  RtN [ Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:08 pm ]
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WSBK now under the authority of Dorna.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103016
Author:  ChiliFan [ Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:19 pm ]
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Potentially a good thing for the organisation and exposure of the series, but also likely bring in pointless ideas and rules and ruin things entirely.
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