Santander Salt TAG Racing Withdraw from BSB 2020

[towser44]

And Dan Linfoot has gone to Bathams in Superstock 1000 for the remainder of 2020 before going back to Santander in 2021 in BSB.

https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/sil...

[poo at Paul's]

towser44 said:

And Dan Linfoot has gone to Bathams in Superstock 1000 for the remainder of 2020 before going back to Santander in 2021 in BSB.

https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/sil...

Yes something clearly been going on in the background there. Wish Dan well, but shame about Richard Copper, he's a nice lad.

Anyone going up to Silverstone this weekend? No official spectators but i think there are more invited guests up there as a tester for opening up for real soon?

[airsafari87]

poo at Paul's said:

Anyone going up to Silverstone this weekend? No official spectators but i think there are more invited guests up there as a tester for opening up for real soon?

Where did you hear that? I entered the Bennetts competition to win weekend tickets, but i didn't realise they had limited tickets on offer?

I have booked tickets for Oulton and Donnington though. Fingers crossed they go ahead this time because I had weekend tickets for Donnington opening round and ended up spending the weekend in the hotel a mile away from the track listening to them all weekend.

[poo at Paul's]

airsafari87 said:

Where did you hear that? I entered the Bennetts competition to win weekend tickets, but i didn't realise they had limited tickets on offer?

I have booked tickets for Oulton and Donnington though. Fingers crossed they go ahead this time because I had weekend tickets for Donnington opening round and ended up spending the weekend in the hotel a mile away from the track listening to them all weekend.

I think it is invited guests only, not general release tickets from what i can see on the website. No hospitality etc, but I think there's a few more guest tickets available than at previous rounds.

[FIK]

Jack Kennedy on Eurosport earlier saying that the team had a fundamental issue with the bikes. Is this likely to be a fundamental issue with money?

[PorkInsider]

FIK said:

Jack Kennedy on Eurosport earlier saying that the team had a fundamental issue with the bikes. Is this likely to be a fundamental issue with money?

I read/heard that they were suffering with front end chatter to a much larger extent than other teams since the new tyres came in.

But the McAms Yamahas are still doing ok and they're on Ohlins too, aren't they? And with everyone using control ECUs you'd imagine they're pretty similar bikes?

It does seem odd, doesn't it, given that if they sit out the rest of the season they'll be on the back foot again next year when everyone else has had a season of testing and figuring out the new Pirellis.

[poo at Paul's]

PorkInsider said:

FIK said:

Jack Kennedy on Eurosport earlier saying that the team had a fundamental issue with the bikes. Is this likely to be a fundamental issue with money?

I read/heard that they were suffering with front end chatter to a much larger extent than other teams since the new tyres came in.

But the McAms Yamahas are still doing ok and they're on Ohlins too, aren't they? And with everyone using control ECUs you'd imagine they're pretty similar bikes?

It does seem odd, doesn't it, given that if they sit out the rest of the season they'll be on the back foot again next year when everyone else has had a season of testing and figuring out the new Pirellis.

Could it be that they need "new" spec Ohlins? Suspension can be c.50k per bike I think.