checa to kawasaki?

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I wish Checa goes to another team and Kawasaki's top rider Tom Sykes goes to Ducati. Well that is my wish!!!

I surely think that Checa being the oldest WSBK racer on the grid...can't compete and push the Panigale they way it should be ridden. Tom Sykes has done extremely well on the Zx10R. Setting Super Poles many times and winning many races on board the Kawasaki Zx10R...

He would be the best choice to ride the 1199 Panigale...at age 27...he is younger and faster than Checa who is in his 40's or just turned 40.

A Drastic change must be done to the Alstare Ducati Team. And I think the rider is the problem here...not the bike...as the 1199 does so well in World Superstock against BMW's, Aprilia's, Honda's and other makes.
 
The rider is not the problem, rules are the problem. The rules favour in-line 4s better compared to V-twins. Twins are down on top speed by around 20kph on the straights and this is why the Panigales are struggling. However, the difference is about 2kph on the straights in the Superstocks making the Panigales shine!

Checa has always been fastest in the twisty sections of different tracks and this shows he is still a class rider.
 
The rider is not the problem, rules are the problem. The rules favour in-line 4s better compared to V-twins. Twins are down on top speed by around 20kph on the straights and this is why the Panigales are struggling. However, the difference is about 2kph on the straights in the Superstocks making the Panigales shine!

Checa has always been fastest in the twisty sections of different tracks and this shows he is still a class rider.

Hmmmmmmmm.... I agree with you on this regarding the Rules....but Im pretty sure if Sykes, Rea, and the rest of the top 5 fast guys are selected to ride for Ducati..then it would help...sometimes age does matter....
 
Hmmmmmmmm.... I agree with you on this regarding the Rules....but Im pretty sure if Sykes, Rea, and the rest of the top 5 fast guys are selected to ride for Ducati..then it would help...sometimes age does matter....

Age does matter indeed but being young does not mean you will be better. Sykes is quick no doubt but is it due to his age or just natural talent? Checa is 40 or what ever and he is a lot more experienced than Sykes, some times you cannot beat experience regardless how young and talented you are.
 
new gossip : Checa and Badovini out... Haydn and REA or Davies in.... Sykes remains at KWAK ... :) fun, no?


checa = 41...
 
Hayden was supposed to be testing an 1199 at Mugello today...

Ducati could have avoided all the rules balancing problems if they'd simply made the Pani a V4 like it should have been. They changed almost every other Ducati tradition with this bike, they may as well have gone the full 9. I personally would love a Ducati V4. They've been racing them in GP for what, 10 years now?
 
checa terrible rider on the pani. would love to see hayden or spies on the duc though wsbk
 
checa is not a bad rider... he went down under the brakes to make up what he loses on the straights... so i gues he must lose patience as the power deficit won't be solved easily... and he's 41 so , time is an issue ... :)
 
checa is not a bad rider... he went down under the brakes to make up what he loses on the straights... so i gues he must lose patience as the power deficit won't be solved easily... and he's 41 so , time is an issue ... :)

i agree with you. age the bike all that factors. i said he is terrible on the pani obviously a world champ though. time to pack it in like our friend 46
 
Lysdexia.... I'm sure you meant 1:25.2 not the other way which is 26.9 slower and with that time we wouldn't want him on the Pani. :)

Phil was spot on with his listed time of 1'52.2. Just for comparison, in MotoGP Pedrosa was the pole winner at Mugello this year with a lap time of 1'47.157.
 
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