2005 WSBK Line-Up - Page 2

BootsOntheSide · 2 Dec 2004, 10:54 (Ref:1169678)

I think Nowland and Bontempi have confirmed their intentions to continue on their Suzukis (the name of the team escapes me, Xeng Chong or something), but we're still waiting on Renegade, Bertocchi and DFX among others, and the rumoured extra Honda teams haven't been announced either. Should be at least a 20-bike field though.

SALEEN S7R · 2 Dec 2004, 11:23 (Ref:1169700)

Renegade have recently said that they want Ben Bostrom, although Mark Griffis did say hes also in talks with Pierfrancesco Chili about a ride. http://www.crash.net/uk/en/news_view...d=5&nid=103295

f1manoz · 2 Dec 2004, 18:05 (Ref:1170076)

Chili had better be on the grid somewhere, preferably on a competitive machine.

**gomick** · 6 Dec 2004, 08:17 (Ref:1172040)

he will definitely be there somewhere f1manoz

looking forward to seeing pitt up against haga if they are team-mates

McLean Fan · 9 Dec 2004, 09:53 (Ref:1175109)

DFX have forsaken their history with Ducati due to the rising cost of their bikes. Instead they are competing with Yamaha R1's with help from Belgarda. Migeul Praia, Jose Luis Cordoso and Marco Borciani will front the three bike team.

Interesting to see the number of R1's in WSBK, considering Yamaha won't support any effort in AMA Superbike.

N I Tram · 9 Dec 2004, 13:24 (Ref:1175282)

Thanks for the info McLean fan. What has Cordoso ridden in the past? I recognise Praia as a backmarker in the past, but maybe he can do well on an R1.

chunder · 9 Dec 2004, 20:30 (Ref:1175583)

Cardoso is your typical vaguely talented Spanish rider who cant get into GP anymore so is coming back a step to WSB and nicking a ride of someone very good, he is heavily sponsored by SPanish companies somehow as he not very good.
He was reasonable on a 250 in GP's for a while but was hopeless when he was on bigger bikes, I have a video from somehting like 94 and he must be shown crashing on that about 5 times.
Imagine he woulod be about same as Sanchini,Clementi or Borciani, as for Praia, I think he should spend more time praying as he is tital and utter rot!

**gomick** · 10 Dec 2004, 09:45 (Ref:1175969)

they are both shyte (cardoso & praia) - cant believe there sponsors waste there money

hrug: .... the only time we will see them is in the kitty litter or when they are being lapped - i hope i am wrong

McLean Fan · 10 Dec 2004, 14:23 (Ref:1176205)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunder

Imagine he woulod be about same as Sanchini,Clementi or Borciani,

I tend to agree. B-graders, the lot of 'em. No mugs, just not the stuff of champions.

N I Tram · 10 Dec 2004, 15:10 (Ref:1176235)

B-list or not, these guys have been loyal to the championship in recent years, and given us some great racing in the midfield. It's great that there will be some top riders out there, but we want some backmarkers as well, to make for at least 20 regular bikes.

chunder · 10 Dec 2004, 21:11 (Ref:1176552)

No,no,no backmarkers are only any good if they get in the way, like in BSB. There is nothing more annoying than watchin a race in SKy with say Reynolds and Rutter coming into the last lap with a gaggle of em around the track, lends itself to a climactic finish and some brilliant quotes afte the race.
Anyone remember Doohans outburst at Arakaki in Rio a few years ago, superb!!

**gomick** · 10 Dec 2004, 22:17 (Ref:1176598)

cardoso & praia havent been loyal to the championship - its cardoso 1st year & i hope he does suprise a few, as for praia he had a 999 in his 1st year last year and would have been just as ordinary in any national sbk championship - maybe he should have run in supersport

.... would have struggled in that too

N I Tram · 13 Dec 2004, 17:30 (Ref:1178436)

I was referring to Sanchini,Clementi or Borciani when I referred to loyal midfield runners - re-read what I wrote and that should be obvious.

**gomick** · 14 Dec 2004, 08:22 (Ref:1178948)

no worries champ

Bentley Beermon · 15 Dec 2004, 14:27 (Ref:1180092)

Saw a rumour think it was on Crash.net that MV Augusta are entering a team anybody else heard anything.

**gomick** · 15 Dec 2004, 20:21 (Ref:1180491)

havent heard, though we know there is a mv augusta superbike out there...

chunder · 16 Dec 2004, 10:58 (Ref:1180932)

Yes a German team (!) have been running a Mv in the world endurance ahspionship i think but without a lot of success.
Believe it or not they have managed to get sponsorship from Burger King!
Not sure about the new bikes though are they 1000cc or still just a 750? THat might explain why there has been not much involvment by the Castiglioni brothers, they will surely race if they have a bike coz it is in their blood!

Bentley Beermon · 16 Dec 2004, 11:12 (Ref:1180950)

Found the link it was on Crash.net http://www.crash.net/uk/en/news_view...d=5&nid=103643 it could make things a bit more interesting although it is the fireblade that will be scary this year

BootsOntheSide · 16 Dec 2004, 12:02 (Ref:1180985)

It'd be nice to see another constructor involved, especially if the bike is reasonably competitive. I'm pretty sure the MV won a late-season race in some championship or other, so maybe they've got the gremlins out of it.

**gomick** · 16 Dec 2004, 13:05 (Ref:1181037)

jorge tuechert won a race in german superbike championship in 04 - pretty sure it was 1000cc

Hazza · 17 Dec 2004, 03:41 (Ref:1181569)

I'm pretty sure it was the F4 1000, and i'm not sure it was a factory effort...or maybe the was the wildcard race they did in the WSBK.

And also the race win in the German SBK I think fell on the same date as the last Ago win on an Mv?

Hazza · 17 Dec 2004, 12:39 (Ref:1181806)

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2004/Dec/041215d.htm

Quote:

Reportedly, former Yamaha Grand Prix rider Norick Abe will race World Superbike in 2005 as a member of the Yamaha France squad with, presumably, Sebastien Gimbert as his team-mate.

N I Tram · 17 Dec 2004, 13:09 (Ref:1181830)

That'd be an interesting switch for Norick - MotoGP bikes don't seem to suit him and he's proabbly past his best, but he may be able to lead Yamaha forward.

**gomick** · 17 Dec 2004, 21:54 (Ref:1182159)

hope abe does it - do you reckon teams should only be allowed to enter wsb if they have 2 bikes

. or is that already the case...

BootsOntheSide · 18 Dec 2004, 12:00 (Ref:1182474)

What would be the logic of cutting off one-bike private entries? Manufacturers have never really been the backbone of World Superbikes, the off-the-shelf nature of some of the bikes is (to me) part of the appeal. Ten Kate may never have entered, and led to the exciting new entries for 2005, if they had to finance 2 bikes - at the very least they'd've scrapped their Sueprsport campaign to support it.

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