Dorna messed wsbk up big time. We need a new owner that can make wsbk Great again

Yes its a shame. To be fair though racing in general has declined in terms of viewership and spectatorship since the 90's/2000's. Besides F1, motorracing is almost a niche on the fringes of the mainstream now. Rally decline from the group b days, touring car decline from the supertouring days, the list goes on. Motorsport directors/heads need to look at some rules/changes/competitions they can make/create to get more quality entertainment like this back on the track and pull in more fans!

@@simonh1791 Its all just boring spec shit now, and, that boring electric shit, ...ugh, thank fk I lived through the great years.

....apart from BSB, that's still fkn awesome.

I'm so glad I got to race in theses years before electronics took over THE GREAT GOLDEN YEARS!

Me too!...

@@Dado010970 Acque Minerali per me, e dodici infarti quel giorno!

From Indonesia 👍👍 amazing

Yea, Baylis, Edwards, Corser, Haga, BB

@@neogeoo1 corser wasn't there in 2002 he was signing with foggy Petronas that year

Best WSBK race I've ever seen in my life

You're absolutely right. Need some mad characters back it's all a bit safe and sponsor- friendly now.

Racing has lost it's magic in general. But it's not because racing has changed (except from F1). Rally and motorcycle racing is still the same, but they receive less coverage. Another issue is that people don't have the money to go watch racing anymore.

It's a treat to watch any time

Me and my friends were right in front of them 😂... One pilot was Paolo Blora, rider of Italian Police team...

They ate about 12 of them that race/year.

Same - along with the BSB same year - epic battles in both series

The sort of heart stopping racing that Formula 1 would kill to have. Hard fought but with total respect.

Actually both races were insane! CE just ripped that Championship from Troy!

lol Rossi utterly shat on everybody in 2002

C'mon, 2002 MotoGP season was a no-show. SBK season was way better. Late 90s-first 00s years SBK >>> MotoGP

@@leonardofabbri7930 però il pilota più forte di sempre ha corso nel motomondiale nei late 90' s/ early 2000's.

Andreas Tetzlaff honestly those Ducati’ 998F02 sounded amazing. Brands hatch back straight 😩😭

Me too

Schwantz was doing it in 1988.

@@muhammadfarhan581 Well aware. Kevin didn't "dangle" he took his foot completely off the left peg to adjust its position after downshifting. No one else was doing that, they just slid their foot back, so Schwantz looked weird at the time. Schwantz is also Vale's idol and Vale started doing it in 500's to emulate his hero. Watch Rossi in 250's and he doesn't do it.

I was doing the leg dangle back in the late 70's early 80's. I would do it right before crashing into my neighbors car when riding my bicycle.

@@mtbohana ah, ha, ha, ha!

Xaus was the most frustrated rider in parc ferme lol because his clutch packed up

That's because they're both classy dudes. Fierce competitors on track, good mates off it. You can't ask for more.

The best race I have ever seen in my life.

They ran the Black Forest? Wow

Neil Martin takes me right back as though it was yesterday. I did enjoy Charlie moody and Julian Ryder in gp though

Svenskaz34 bbc mate

I think around 04 05 but that’s a vague memory

@@cherrybopbop jason. I want Toby Moody and Julian Ryder to return to MotoGP 2022.

Purwanti Allan how awesome would that be

The race bike is around 180 to190 hp and you should look and see if you can find an update kit takes your bike from 133 180 hp.

the issue is that WSBK and MotoGP are just so close now that they became rivals. when WSBK bikes were derivated from road it was like a ramp for MotoGP. similar to Moto2 or CRT. now WSBK bikes are so full of tech and far from road origins that the displacement is the same, power is almost the same. the only difference is WSBK bikes are done with ultra high end aftermarket parts and MotoGP bikes are prototypes. but in the end, lap times are pretty close. DORNA took over WSBK to put a stop between them and to force top teams to feed themselves with Moto2 riders which is there for that. it's understandable. but the door isn't close on the other way around. WSBK also benefits from MotoGP riders. Biaggi, Checa and many others. that spices up the series pretty well because WSBK riders can show what they can do against MotoGP riders.

@@jiboo6850 I mean it was when successful wsbk riders went to MotoGP, now it's more that retired MotoGP riders go to wsbk because they no longer have a GP ride

@@grandmasterj5 do you even read bro? i perfectly understood your 1st comment and explained why it happened and why now it doesn't. O_O

@@jiboo6850 you've said it's good because that's what moto2 is for, but the reason I've said it's not a good thing at the moment is that riders like Rea etc now get overlooked. Obviously doesn't help that Kawasaki aren't in MotoGP, but still. It was a good way for riders that came up through road bikes to get into MotoGP instead of being a MotoGP retirement home. It kind of means that MotoGP doesn't necessarily have all the best riders in the world anymore, as the ones that took an alternate path now get overlooked.

His name is Lucio Pedercini, actually is the owner of a team in WSBK.

Did not realize that! Lap times are similar to today's? Wow!