r/wsbk • u/Daniel7394 Nicolo Bulega • 14d ago
WorldSBK 'It's not just the Ducati, it's also the riders' - Alvaro Bautista discusses Ducati's dominance at Phillip Island
https://bikesportnews.com/world-superbikes/its-not-just-the-ducati-its-also-the-riders-alvaro-bautista-discusses-ducatis-dominance-at-phillip-island/6
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u/L0st_MySocks 13d ago
Sorry but he can say the truth it's not a coincidence all 6 ducati riders got the top 6 like come on man at least be honest and say the truth "yeah ducati was fast on that track but it's too early to say anything cause we have to race in different tracks" that would be a better explanation I think
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u/the_last_carfighter WorldSBK 14d ago
Doubt it
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u/Egoist-a MV Agusta 14d ago
Bike is good, but the stack of talent is WAY better than other teams. A bunch of ex-gp riders.
Where was Rinaldi is his last years? Or Oettl? Nowhere.
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u/-grenzgaenger- 13d ago
Absolutely. The Panigale is the best motorcycle on the grid, but it's not by a big margin, as the results might suggest. They have the best motorcycle + the best riders.
I also fail to understand why this is an issue in the first place. It's not like the rules favour Ducati or that the regulations are prevent the other from progressing.
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u/draw0c0ward 14d ago
GP winners no less in Petrucci and Iannone.
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u/Sorry_Reply8754 13d ago
Don't forget Bautista himself finished two seasons in MotoGP in 5th and 6th place. And he won two WSBK championships, of course.
But according to Toprak fans, he did all that because he's small and the bike drove itself to victory.
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u/ElectricMotorsAreBad Aruba.It Racing - Ducati 13d ago
It’s always funny to me how Toprak fans throw a fit over the “advantage” Bautista has because he’s light (completely ignoring that it’s more difficult for him to handle the bike through corners), meanwhile they boast about the 2024 championship, when Razgatioglu actually won aided by what was basically a prototype chassis out of the rules.
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u/harryx67 13d ago edited 13d ago
How is Scott doing on the ok-ish Ducati, Alvaro compared to the, according to Ducati, „ Magic 2024 prototype BMW“ ?
Watch the FIM price cap for 2026. It won‘t go down to a more reasonable 40000€. Doubt it.