As we plough headlong into another dreary round of the World Cup – is it really four years since the last one? – epitomised by Terry Venables (who apparently has something to do with football) murdering a song on prime time TV, I ask have the team really got a better chance of bringing glory [...]
Entries Tagged as 'World Superbikes coverage'
World Cup? Or Three Brits on Both Podiums in WSB? – No Contest
April 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Joolz says...., Motorcycle Racing
Tags: World Superbikes Assen·World Superbikes coverage·WSB 2010
The Curse Of The Eurosport Director
April 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Motorcycle Racing
Whilst I am normally beside myself with happiness at this time of year – not only is the weather improving and trips on the motorbike become rather more pleasurable than in the long, wet and cold winter months, but also the motorcycle racing season has started. Joy unbounded, except…. …there’s a blot on the landscape… [...]
Tags: British Eurosport coverage·British Superbikes coverage·BSB·Moto GP coverage·world superbikes 2010·World Superbikes coverage
Why are Beckham and Rooney on TV but not World Superbikes?
April 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Motorcycle Racing
Whilst the supporters of overpaid blokes who kick a leather ball around get all hot under the collar about whether the latest broken toenail, or some such, of one of the England team will scupper their chances in the World Cup (and so lets all talk about 1966 again endlessly cos we haven’t got a [...]
Tags: david beckham injury·wayne rooney injury·world superbikes championship·World Superbikes coverage·WSB 2010
World Superbikes Philip Island – The Crashes
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
My Dad, strangely, thinks it hasn’t been a good race if there haven’t been any crashes, somewhat missing the point. But then will happily sit in front of the TV for hours on end during the off season watching all the re-runs – nowt as strange as folk. At the recent Philip Island WSB round [...]
Tags: philip island crashes·world superbikes 2010·World Superbikes coverage
WSB 2010 – Thrilling season opener at Philip Island
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Motorcycle News
Well we were geared up for the beginning of the World Superbikes season in our house, with endless debates on who would likely be champion this year, we joined the MCN fantasy road racing league and set the Sky box to record. Well the opening round from Philip Island did not disappoint. With Brit Leon [...]
Tags: world superbikes 2010·World Superbikes coverage·World Superbikes Philip Island·WSB 2010
World Superbikes – Who Will You Choose?
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
The wait is over, the long winter months draw to a close (sort of) and at long last the motorcycle racing calendar revs up this weekend with the first World Superbikes races from Philip Island-hoorah! It seems like, and in fact it is, months since the last race in 2009, and in between we have [...]
Tags: world superbikes 2010·World Superbikes coverage·WSB 2010
Imola World Superbikes – An Armchair Report
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle News
With championships at stake there’s no doubt that this weekend’s World Superbikes from Imola, with just two further rounds to go,was full of action. In World Superbikes, Ben Spies had pulled out an eighteen point lead over rival and champion-in- waiting Nori Haga. Throw into the mix Jonathan Rea who had been on fire all [...]
Tags: Imola World Superbikes·Nori Haga·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes coverage·World Supersport·WSB
Brits Storm Assen
April 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
World Superbikes felt the full force of the Brit Pack last weekend in Assen and proved that they will be contenders for some serious points, if not the title,in both the superbikes and supersports category. In the first World Superbikes round Haga, Spies and Haslem fought tooth and nail throughout the race in battles reminiscent [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·Cal Crutchlow·Eugene Laverty·Leon Haslam·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes coverage·World Supersport·WSB
Laverty: “Craig Jones’ Win”
March 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
The second round of the World Superbikes and World Supersports from Qatar was even better than the first round in my opinion. The World Supersports action was superb with edge of the sofa excitement right to the finish line. Cal Crutchlow on the Yamaha started from pole position on the grid with Eugene Laverty on [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·Qatar World Superbikes·World Superbikes·World Superbikes coverage·World Supersport·WSB
Would you want WSB scrapped in favour of GP?
February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Joolz says....
Well if reports are to be believed then Yamaha race chief, Masao Furusawa, would like it to happen after seeing his GP racing budget cut by 20% for 2009 and the factory having a forced two week shutdown. It seems he would rather spend the available money on Moto GP. There have been some upsets [...]
Tags: moto gp·valentino rossi·World Superbikes·World Superbikes coverage·WSB