Superbike World Championship Round 2 - Algarve International Circuit - Portimao, Portugal *Spoiler*

[budman]

WSBK back into action this weekend as well.

Johnny Rea is baaaaack...! Actually just filling in.

Some words from the riders including one that was a MotoGP Racer sort of like racing in his home country.

All the guys except one will have to overcome the Ducati. Unlike MotoGP Ducati still has a death grip on WSBK.

Bulega is no doubt the favorite. His teammate Lecuona did not shine at PI but I think he will get a handle on his Ducati this round. Barni had a solid showing with Yari Montella showing really well. That was a surprise for me!.. an Bautista snuck in a podium for Barni too.

Sam Lowes is on a Duc too.

Looking forward to seeing Bimota's progression. Bassani is looking strong and Alex Lowes is certainly competitive.

Of course want to see our Texas boy racing for a podium

The BMW's and Yamaha's are in need of some success.

Question is can anyone beat Niko??

 

[budman]

Me and somebody else both think Bulega will get the triple.

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Nothing seems to be changing that today although there is a different Duc in P1

 

[ScottRNelson]

Finished watching all three races. While I won't call WSBK boring, all three were definitely "unexciting". Somehow Bautista has manage to be disappointing once again - I don't know what his problem is. I'm quite impressed with Lecuona now that he is off of Honda and onto a faster Ducati. Rea can't seem to do any good on his Honda. And congratulations to Oliveira for making podium in all three races on the BMW. He's not quite challenging for the lead like Toprak did, but at least he's near the front. Is it a foregone conclusion that Bulega will win most of the races and maybe clinch the title with six rounds to go?

 

[mheinee]

Race 1 had the best battle for 6th. Gerloff got quite a lot of TV time for team and was nice and aggressive in the beginning to make up a lot of places.
He looked here even if it wasn't a fight for the podium. I think the best I've seen in a while.
Too bad the rest of weekend soured for Gerloff.

Mark

 

[budman]

Took me a minute to get through all the MotoGP stuff and get this one under my belt.

Same top 5 in all three races.
For sure Race 1 was the best because Ger1off was chasing the top 5.
Good to see Olivera get podiums for the home crowd.
Yamaha needs a little help. Honda needs a little more than that.
Bimota needs Ger1offs motor... or so it seems.

Some of the boys are still healing. Sam Lowes and Remy being two of them.

Looks like only Bulega can beat Bulega. Feels more dominant than Bez actually.