At Monza, most of the other 1000cc machines may just be too much for either Petronas runner to overcome, but in the case of bad weather, anything will be possible. Another technical interest will be present at Monza, as Italian wild card Andrea Mazzali points at the future for an historic racing manufacturer with ambition, riding a privately entered MV Agusta F4 1000 MT.
In Supersport Winston Ten Kate Honda rider Sebastien Charpentier has shown strength and pace to secure two wins from three, and the championship lead. His team-mate Katsuaki Fujiwara has shown that the Ten Kate squad is once more the team to beat in World Supersport; especially now they are armed with a heavily revised CBR600RR. Currently sitting 1-2 in the championship, with all race wins taken between them thus far, their main competitors are Yamaha Motor Germany pilot Kevin Curtain and the Team Italia Megabike Honda runners Fabien Foret and
Michel Fabrizio. When fully fit, Broc Parkes, Curtain's Yamaha Germany team-mate, will be another serious threat to the Honda hegemony.
