| February Editorial : Is now Competition? |  Written: 05/02/2007 : 15:03. Read 6380 times (4/day). | So, this is this month, which M.O will make his big and real debuts in live coverage of Motorcycle championships, World Supersport, World Superbike, Endurance, 125cc, 250cc grand prix, and off course MotoGP World Championship.
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Live coverage is for sure a big word but, if we could not give you an instantaneous report, the results of the practice sessions and races will be on line the day after, at the latest.
Some say it is work? For sure, but it is a pleasure first!
For the luckiest of us, who are every time in vacation, or are happy owner of a cable subscription, the fact that MO give you full report about competition will, with any doubt, change nothing. There is no equal to the pleasure to watch a race live on TV. Except for those who can see it in real, from the paddock or the gallery. But follow all the practice sessions, to memorize the starting grid, to know the mood of the teams and riders, and off course follow the after race interviews, all these things will force you to stay behind your screen during three days.
This is what MO will give you, a big Data base, available for consultation all the time, from the beginning until the end of the season. Articles about pre season tests that you find on the starting page of the website from November 2006 are just some hors d'oeuvre, big dish are coming and will for sure fill full your appetite for Motorcycle racing.
February 24th 2007, this is THE date to memorize. First race of the World Superbike Championship, on the Race Track of Losail in Qatar.
World Champion Troy Bayliss will fight to keep his cap, face to face against his contenders of the past season and off course against the « Rookie », an Italian rider who is called Massimiliano Biaggi.
Sebastien Charpentier, our French champion, done in 2006 a performance never done before on this championship, he has won two World titles in a row. Ready to make the « hat trick », at last healed of his several injuries of the last season.
In 125cc class, the throne is free. The last king of this class is gone to conquer other lands. And it is almost sure that the new king of the 125 is in the horde of many Italians and Spanish riders who are the most of the competitors in this category, always very spectacular.
So lets talk about 250cc now. Curious category, the most stingy in sensations of the two others, and for some of us, less interesting. Anyway, with the coming of the best 125 riders of the past season, Mika Kallio, Thomas Lüthi and off course the 125 world champion Alvaro Bautista, Jorge Lorenzo will have to make twice more efforts to keep his title. And just one chance for Fance to be represented, only Jules Cluzel will race in this category.
For the most exciting category, there is several news. The come back of some riders that we knew definitely gone. Like Alex Barros or Olivier Jacque. The change of the engine displacement from 990cc to 800cc, for those who slept during two years, this new rule has to effect to put every team at the same level of developpement. And, if officially he has no title to defend (change of rules) Nicky Hayden will bring the number one with him and several riders already expect to take him. First of them is Valentino Rossi always hurt by his last season troubles, but Hayden will have to be careful, because danger could come from his own team in the name of Dani Pedrosa. Some say that the young spanish rider is now ready to conquer the title.
So, there remains to us the dessert, the World Endurance Championship, the schedule is not already finalized yet. But it is for sure that we will have some news in the coming days, and that Aurélien will keep us aware of the evolutions of the teams and riders. While waiting, lets go on your computer keyboards and mouse to react, comment about the pre season tests, and give us your favorite rider for the coming seanson, on Motocyclists Online off course.
Cheers
Fastfreddy
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