WSBK » Crash.net's WSBK season review – Part 1

Bayliss in 2008! Retire with another Championship!

i really want nitro to win this time...
perhaps his best chance (again) to win the championship. now that toseland is gone.
lee you are right. bayliss is brilliant too.

I hope Haga will become the new world champion! he has been very close last year. He was definitely better than Toseland in the last couple of races, but unfortunality the gap was to big. He will be a big competitor for sure!

Biaggi en Bayliss will be his biggest rivals.

Sofuoglu, Corser, Checa and Fabrizio will be good for podiums, but they ain't gonna be in a championship role.

Bayliss will only win if he has his usual vast bike advantage. Biaggi and Xaus will have inferior ducatis to Bayliss.This year Baylis's Ducati was same as all the field and he finished 4th !!!!!!
Like Haga to win,but when the crunch comes to the crunch,he wont do it.
I know these guys are lions ,but its just my opinion

i think kiyonari could be up there regularly though next year,remember how quick that other jap guy (suzuki/corsers old team mate i foget his name now)was when he came to wsbk, kiyo would blow him into the weeds, will be nice to see nori have another mad ******* japanese guy to race with

Kagayama blew hot and cold, and sadly for him more often than not blew cold- which would usually mean he would end up in hospital.

he has won a few races but hasnt really show anything to keep him in WSBK, has he got another year at suzuki next term?

when Yukio won the Suzuka 8hrs, that pretty much secured his spot on the Alstare team for at least another year & for sure, he hasn't shown any consistency in WSBK. he is a hard rider & I have tremendous respect for him after overcoming his horrendous, near fatal injury @ cadwell park in BSB a few years ago, but he too often injured & not riding at full strength. hopefully this upcoming year, he can show the flashes of brilliance he showed in BSB & first year in WSBK.

Only problem with Kiyo...well the problem he is going to have...he doesn't like duking it out and prefers to lead a race. That's not going to happen if last year is anything to go by.
Think this might be Yukio's last year...Nori will be gutted when he leaves the paddock as they are the best of mates.
2008 for Nori I hope just so long as those Dukes don't p-off into the distance. Apparently the R1 is stonkingly good so i can always hope.

Go #41!

SORRY cubik but Nori is good but not good enough to beat those cheating Dukes shame a