Alvaro Bautista has hit back at claims made by Scott Redding that a minimum weight for rider and bike should be introduced to the WorldSBK championship.
‘I don’t think he had a choice’ - Former WorldSBK champion James Toseland believes Scott Redding’s move to BMW last season, which has so far proved unsuccessful was as a result of Ducati wanting to move on, not the other way around.
With time Scott Redding believes BMW has what it takes to challenge the very best in WorldSBK, ‘but unfortunately I don’t have any patience. I’m here to win’.
Following another WorldSBK round where poor starts affected his race results dramatically, Scott Redding has called on BMW to bring clutch upgrades, and fast; ‘I think I deserve it’.
‘I can be fast, I can think on the bike, I can be calm and attack when I have to’ - has Alvaro Bautista become the firm title favourite after dominating both Misano WorldSBK feature races?
While MotoGP remains the pinnacle of two-wheel racing for many, World Superbike is once again delivering the type of entertainment that even MotoGP is struggling to match.
After starting two of the three Estoril WorldSBK races from fourth, Scott Redding was unable to hold onto a top five as front tyre struggles came back to haunt the BMW rider.
Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea says ‘I don’t want to be a diva’ following last month’s clash with Toprak Razgatlioglu in Assen, but that ‘a difference of opinion’ remains in what was an avoidable incident.