wsbk donington

[egor110]

Anyone watching?

Great battle at front yet despite that there's no big event atmosphere.

How much longer before tracks stop paying to host wsbk when people just don't come to watch.

[Allyc85]

Sykes really trying hard to get some kind of authority over Rea, great fight!

The place does look pretty empty, even with brits filling the top 5 places! What more can Donington do to attract fans?

[egor110]

Allyc85 said:

Sykes really trying hard to get some kind of authority over Rea, great fight!

The place does look pretty empty, even with brits filling the top 5 places! What more can Donington do to attract fans?

Combine it with bsb on bank holiday Monday.

Logistics would be a nightmare with fitting in practice, qualy combined with the tt but that is the only way to get a full house.

Wsbk only has 4 races, surely you could squeeze in more?

[sjtscott]

Watching but on TV.
They wouldn't go far wrong bringing WSB back to Brands Hatch again, the heyday of WSB.
Four years running I went with the crowds peaking at 100k+ at least a couple of years I was there.

[egor110]

Great result for Karl Ryde, I'm sure a few team owners are now aware of who he is in the wsbk paddock.

[Dare2Fail]

sjtscott said:

Watching but on TV.
They wouldn't go far wrong bringing WSB back to Brands Hatch again, the heyday of WSB.
Four years running I went with the crowds peaking at 100k+ at least a couple of years I was there.

Unlikely to happen as the fee that WSBK were charging to host a race made it unworkable (at least a few years ago). Palmer is too shrewd a businessman to take on a race at one of his tracks that could end up costing him money.

[NS400R]

Weather today didn't help. I had free entry for both of us but didn't want the ride in the rain or a cold wet day watching.

[John D.]

egor110 said:

Great result for Karl Ryde, I'm sure a few team owners are now aware of who he is in the wsbk paddock.

Quite incredible really given his age and experience. Shows how competitive British Supersport is.

Seeing Stapleford and his team mate (who's name alludes me) right up there got me thinking; why is there not a single Triumph in WSS? I guess it is not homologated and that would take some investment/development, but it doesn't look bad in BSS spec as it stands.