Results after 1st qualifying as follows, 1, Troy corser 2, Yukio kagayama 3, Regis laconi 15, James toseland 7 out if the top 10 are aussies!! me thinks its a bit of a homer track
Originally posted by yeti Corser will walk this one. Be surprised if any of the 999's get anywhere to be honest. It's gonna be contentious, but I reckon their days at the front of WSB and BSB are gone for ever now. The goalposts have just been moved to far in favour of the rice burners.
However - I hope I'm proved wrong!
Then again, in bsb the GSE dooks held their own considering their year old kit. Remains to be seen for how long... I wonder if GSE decide to run 3 bikes....
Wouldn't have thought so. The factory is usually a year ahead of the satelite teams. However, there isn't as much difference as there used to be, I believe.
Hmmmmm, capacity effect, the twins should now be allowed to be 1358cc to be equal to a 1000cc 4cylinder using generally well accepted formulae for working out engine efficiency. Seems a bit more likely that Ducati will just homologate the V4 as a road bike..........that'll put the cat amongst the pidgeons.
While the may be "last year's" bikes. It'll only be by frame number. They will have upgraded as many parts as Ducati will make available to them, which probably will exclude the very latest engine parts and software.
Hodgson's should have an identical bike to what Regis and James are riding. At least, they'll start out that way.