2023 Magny-Cours World Superbike Superpole Race Result: Unpredictably Predictable

By Jared Earle | Sun, 10/09/2023 - 09:26

The grid formed under a 26ºC sun for a ten lap World Superbike superpole race. Riders who were penalised for the start of yesterday's race returned to their qualified positions for one of the shorter sprint races on the calendar. Everyone was on the softer Q tyre to start the race.

Misano MotoGP Saturday Subscriber Notes: Paying Tribute The Right Way, Riding Through The Pain, And Sticking Between The Lines

By David Emmett | Sun, 10/09/2023 - 00:35

There are days when you are reminded that racing is not quite as important as we like to think it is. Saturday was one of those days. The news that Mike Trimby, IRTA CEO, had died on Friday night affected everyone in the paddock. To say that Trimby was a giant of the sport is an understatement. The only person who has had a greater impact on the shape of MotoGP and motorcycle racing in its current guise is Carmelo Ezpeleta.

And arguably, Trimby did more to make motorcycle racing safer than Ezpeleta, because he was elected by the riders as a safety representative, and went on to form IRTA, which had the political clout to improve safety because they had the power of collective bargaining. And Trimby had the moral courage to use that power to force race promoters and circuit owners to make drastic changes to make the racing safer. There are riders alive today who probably wouldn't have been if Mike Trimby hadn't taken the stance that he had.

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