MRW Issue 1

The World Superbike Championship
and all the fans that are watching are
anticipating a shake up with the arrival
of Scott Redding. All of a sudden fivetime
world champion Jonathan Rea is
having to work a hell of a lot harder to
stay top dog in the World Superbike
paddock. The likes of Toprak Razgatlioglu
on the factory Yamaha is looking seriously
quick. Alex Lowes on the factory
Kawasaki has already shown this year
that he has the speed to fight at the top
and tattooed bad boy new-comer Scott
Redding on the factory Ducati might finally
be the hero that the Italian giant
has been looking for.
After a less than stellar MotoGP career
the brit cleaned up in BSB getting
20 podiums and taking the BSB title
and is now attempting to do the same
with the big boys in World Superbikes.
So far Redding has managed two wins
and seven podiums from nine starts and
is currently very much in the fight for the
championship.
After the races in Portugal, the pendulum
swung once again in favour
of Rea with the Northern Irishman
winning all three races
and Redding only making the
podium in one. Come The first
of two weekends at Aragon
though, Redding won race 1
retaking the championship lead
from Rea meaning Redding was
leading the points going into Sunday’s
Superpole race and Race two.
Both the Superpole race and Race
two though would go the way of Rea
with Davies in 2nd and Redding off the
podium in 4th. Due to his good showing
at the first weekend in Aragon Rea
heads into the second half of the championship
with a 10-point lead to Scott
Redding. It looks as though this could
be one of the hardest fought
championships in years, already
having four championship leaders
after the first three rounds.
To be brutally honest the
World Superbike Championship
between the
years of 2015 and
2019 was plain
old boring. A
lot of people I
know, myself
included, really lost interest as
a result of Rea’s pure domination.
Rea wins this, Rea wins
that, Rea wins everything.
Since its founding in 1988 the
World Superbike Championship
has always been won and
lost through tight battles, equal
machinery and legendary rivalries.
Thinking back, we remember
the likes of Toseland versus
Bayliss and Haga versus Spies.