Motor sport and industry news
The latest changes have been made to the European World Superbike calendar, and no new ones are expected yet: exactly one month is left before the start of the 34th World Superbike season!
French motorcycle racer Loris Baz went through a very difficult path from one of the leaders of the STK-1000 World Cup to the driver of the factory Kawasaki Racing Team, and then an active downgrade to the private World Superbike teams.
Previously, the 2021 World Superbike season still starts on May 21-23 in Spain, at the Motorland Aragon circuit. But the second race will be the Portuguese round at the Circuito Estoril: FIM and Dorna have published a new edition of the championship calendar.
Estoril, Portugal, hosted the first round of the 2021 FIM / CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, with Dani Olgado, a rookie of the new official GasGas team, winning the first race.
American Joe Roberts, who joined the Italtrans Racing Team this year, topped Friday’s combined free practice protocol, with a clear lead of 0.3 seconds over his closest pursuer. But Red Bull KTM Ajo rookie Raul Fernandez hasn’t said his word yet.
As anticipated prior to the start of the penultimate AMA Supercross in Salt Lake City, the circuit created at Rice-Eccles Stadium was liked by reigning 450SX champion Eli Tomak of Kawasaki.
Cold and rainy weather in Aragon led to the actual early completion of the final pre-season World Superbike tests.
May is the traditional month for making strategic decisions for the future in MotoGP teams. This period – mid-April-mid-June – in the championship is a kind of transfer window, like in football: it opens, a very active movement begins, and those who do not have time to jump on the departing train remain out of work for a whole year.
The German Grand Prix, the 8th stage of the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, is scheduled for Sachenring on June 20th.
Yamaha Motor Co. and the general promoter of the MotoGP World Championship, Dorna Sports renewed the agreement that the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer will remain the official supplier of light vehicles for the Moto Grand Prix paddock: the gas-powered scooter remains the main vehicle in the paddock and on service lanes, despite a number of experiments with electric scooters. and scooters.