WSBK chat 2024

[rennie]

WSBK chat in here please 

[rennie]

The season starts this weekend in philip Island! We're going away so I won't see it. I presume it'll be on eurosport. 

[Simon Davey]

What does the "H" stand for? 

[fullscreenaging]

2 hours ago, Simon Davey said:

What does the "H" stand for? 

Fat fingers

 

 

 

 

 

 

should be a K

[Simon Davey]

Ah, right. 

I'll wait and let someone else ask what the"K" is for. 

I've got World Super Bike K.... 

[rennie]

Yes fat fingers! I'll attempt to correct it 

[RideWithStyles]

Yey 

Edited May 14, 2024 by RideWithStyles

[Simon Davey]

It's actually a good website too https://www.worldsbk.com/

[RideWithStyles]

Eurosport, far more tangible as get bsb and world endurance though i wish they did more rounds else where. Spa was brill!

[rennie]

I've caught up on all 3 races now 

Good to see bikes back on TV!

[Stu]

We've struggled to get decent recordings on eurosport of the world supers! 

 

This weekend we signed up to Discovery+ which is free if you have sky and was so much better at getting what you want when you want 

 

Anyway 

 

Good bit of racing from the weekend with some promising riders this year instead of it being a one man race like last year 

[RideWithStyles]

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Edited May 14, 2024 by RideWithStyles

[rennie]

We've struggled with eurosport recording! The times are very hit and miss ! I just record the whole day now and use the fast forward button 

[RideWithStyles]

 

Edited May 14, 2024 by RideWithStyles

[Stu]

6 hours ago, rennie said:

We've struggled with eurosport recording! The times are very hit and miss ! I just record the whole day now and use the fast forward button 

 

Pretty much this! It's been hit and miss with the recordings and some times show in the wrong order or miss some of the racing! 

 

BSB is better it just records all day

[Working Class Hero]

I despise Eursport. They always mix up the timings and then the recordings don't work. I add buffers to the start/end of recordings, but even this doesn't help sometimes. For race 2 on Sunday, I missed the last lap!!

[fullscreenaging]

Eurosport used to record the WSBK all day. Then a couple of years ago it changed to separate recordings for supersport and superbike, then individual races when it started showing on Discovery+. It’s a pain I the arse trying to get them recorded now. I missed the whole of race 2 on day 2 because of the red flag in the supersport race. 
I did find it on D+ the next day, but I’d already inadvertently seen the result. 
 

It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s the beginning of the end of WSBK being shown on Eurosport and it going to a paid subscription somewhere. 

[Blackholesun]

Missed the second race due to the recording messed up cos of the delay but thankfully watched it on discovery plus which was perfect 

[Stu]

Anyway thats enough about why eurosport is shite at recordings  

 

Any predictions for champion this year? 

 

Personally I think its still too early to predict but Bulega looking good out there as is Alex Lowes! 

 

I think my money is going on those two 

 

I think toprak is going to struggle with the bike but I do think he is still going to do well 

[oldgrump]

Well for a Guy who was banned for 4 years, The Maniac surely is my tip for the top, or a close second, and loved his tribute to the GO show. [never forget Antony's Gobert's 2000 race ]

 

But as you said @Stu, Bulega seems fast, especially in the first race, and in the latter stages of third race.

 

Will be a very interesting season.

 

 

[Stu]

Good point @oldgrumpI forgot about the maniac!

 

Although I never knew he had been banned for 4 years! 

[oldgrump]

He was banned in 2019 on a doping charge for 18months, he appealed and ended up with 4 years, Australia was his first competitive race back. 

 

He was always a rider I liked even in his early days on the 125 and Moto2, he's a bit headstrong at times, and I'll never forgive him for that move when he took down his team mate Dovizioso on the last lap in 2016!!!!!!

 

Haha bloody hell I'm feeling old when I look back at some of the race's!! 

 

 

[fullscreenaging]

Phillip Island usually throws up some surprises and is not a reflection on how the season will pan out. 
 

My top 5 in no particular order 

 

A Lowes

Iannone

Locatelli

Bulega

Toprak

Bautista

 

I know. That’s 6, but I think when Bautista is fully fit he will get to grips with the extra weight. 
 

I can’t call a champion just yet, but with Rea out of the picture this year I would like to see Alex take it. 
 

This on Iannone https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2020/11/10/andrea-iannone-receives-four-year-ban-after-losing-appeal/163581

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 1, 2024 by fullscreenaging

[RideWithStyles]

out.

 

Edited May 14, 2024 by RideWithStyles

[Blackholesun]

Is it just me or does it seem odd that they schedule wsbk and MotoGP on the same weekend ie this weekend ? With such a large gap between wsbk races wouldn't it seem more obvious to schedule races where there is no clash to get more bums on seats and TV viewers