WSBK 2015 Championship - Update

Woah..what is going on here? Is no one interested in superbike racing at all? Guys we've got an all exciting new season of the WSBK starting 22nd Feb.

Details of the excitement later, here's the calendar:


The 2014 Champion (Sylvain Guintoli) on the Aprilia wasted no time in jumping ships by joining PATA Honda as Aprilia decided to take an off from wsbk to focus on their efforts in MotoGP.

This void for the champ was made by Jonny Rae who left Honda to join my fav - Kawasaki Racing Team.
About Kawasaki, Tom Sykes missed the championship last year by 6 points. Though he missed it in 2012 by half a point to lift the cup in 2013.
Talking about champion, Michael van der Mark - 2014 Supersport Champion, will be riding along side the 2014 WSBK champ. So it's all champions team for Pata Honda this year.
Coming to MotoGP, yes it's not a typo - Toni Elias (JR Racing BMW), Jordi Torres (Red Devils Roma Aprilia), Nico Terol(Althea Ducati), Randy de Puniet(Crescent Suzuki) and Niccolo Canepa (Erik Buell Racing) are former MotoGP and Moto2 riders who will be adding their twist to the tale.
The testing at Philip Island is over and this is how it stands:
1. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R10001m 30.859s
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 30.880s
3. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 30.971s
4. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R1m 31.075s
5. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV41m 31.102s
6. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R1m 31.296s
7. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 31.510s
8. Nico Terol ESP Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 31.593s
9. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR1m 31.854s
10. Niccolo Canepa ITA Team Hero EBR 1190RX 1m 32.002s
11. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR1m 32.220s
12. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR 1m 32.238s
13. Tati Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 32.239s
14. Sylvain Barrier FRA BMW Italia S1000RR 1m 32.268s
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 32.430s
16. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent SuzukiGSX-R10001m 33.137s
17. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R1m 33.349s
18. Matthew Walters AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.354s
19. Jed Metcher AUS Race Center Kawasaki ZX-10R1m 33.570s
20. Santiago Barragan ESP Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.104s
21. Larry Pegram USA Team Hero EBR 1190RX 1m 34.274s
22. Christophe Ponsson LUX Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.966s
23. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR1m 35.351s
24. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR1m 36.112s
25. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199RNo Time

Courtesy - Crash.Net | F1 & MotoGP | Motorsport News

Now here are the points to be excited about:
1)Troy Bayliss will race with his iconic #21 plate when he makes his surprise return to the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island.
The three-time world champion will make a spectacular comeback to the series at Phillip Island this weekend after putting himself forward to replace the injured Davide Giugliano on the Aruba.it Ducati Panigale R.
2)Jordi Torres - the WSBK Rookie and a former Moto2 rider is already upto the pace with 3rd fastest Lap time.
3) Tom Sykes' partner - Jonny Rae is already faster than the former Champion. Considering their exchange on track last year towards the end of the season, Kawasaki is bound to have fireworks irrespective of the results of the races.

Now if you don't want to go through the text above, feast on the WSBK machines:

Alas I couldn't find start sports telecasting this in India on Sunday. Will have to search online. But still, no discounts for the excitement :biggrin::biggrin:

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