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MotoGP: David Emmett – What I’m interested in for Austria
Throughout the 2020 season David Emmett, editor of Motomatters.com, will be providing Racing Lowdown with some exclusive analysis of what he sees in MotoGP. This will take the form of the topics that David is most interested in before and after every Grand Prix. Who...
Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 157: Reviewing MotoGP At Brno And WorldSBK At Portimao
This week's episode of the Paddock Pass Podcast is something of a bumper episode, with racing happening both in the Czech Republic and in Portugal, but fortunately, the Paddock Pass Podcast crew have both MotoGP and WorldSBK covered. Neil Morrison and David...
WorldSBK: Rea reasserts himself in Portugal
Jonathan Rea joked before the start of the weekend that he’d sprint naked down the streets of Portimao if he won all three races. After dominating the weekend in Portugal it would have been more surprising if he hadn’t left with a perfect weekend. The Northern...
WorldSBK: Highs and lows with Ten Kate
Motorcycle racing is filled with highs and lows. When a rider is winning races everything is easy. When the tide turns, it can become hard to see signs of encouragement. For the Ten Kate Racing Yamaha squad, this was certainly the case in late 2018 when their world...
WorldSBK: Portimao – A happy hunting ground for Rea
Sunday November 2nd 2008, was a landmark date in WorldSBK history. It was on this day that the FIM Superbike World Championship first raced at the thrilling Algarve circuit. It was also the debut for a rider that would go on to rewrite the record books. Jonathan Rea...
WorldSBK: A lap of Portimao with Eugene Laverty
Portimao is one of the most exciting laps of the year for a WorldSBK rider. It is loved almost universally by riders and with the Portuguese circuit used extensively for winter testing it's also a favourite of teams. The circuit, nestled in the hills of the Algarve...
WorldSBK: Redding – A career revitalised
Throughout the winter, it was inevitable that Scott Redding (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati) would clock up a win in the early rounds of WorldSBK. From the moment he stepped into the WorldSBK paddock, his confidence has been sky high. An opening round with a trio of third...
WorldSBK: Weekend turnaround for Lowes
In racing there are certain days when the world just throws everything back at you. You struggle to see where progress can be made. It’s easy to get in a hole and stay there. Wait for it to pass and move onto the next round. Saturday certainly had all the hall marks...
WorldSBK: Redding is a very different rival for Rea compared to Bautista
It’s very easy to rewrite the narrative of 2020 along the same lines as what we saw for the first half of last season. A MotoGP exile coming to the WorldSBK paddock who instantly feels at home and is winning races. One man set to dominate and resurrect their career....
WorldSBK: Quick hits from Saturday – Redding claims his first win
Four races, four winners and four close battles at the front. WorldSBK in 2020 is certainly shaping up to be a very different campaign to twelve months ago but opening race of the Jerez weekend showed that some riders have a slightly bigger knife at the disposal. Race...
