WSB weight limits

WSB weight limits

So does the Ducati 1098 get a weight penalty or not? I can't see any
press releases one way or the other and the calculation takes too much
effort...

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Re: WSB weight limits

Julian Bond <julian_bond@voidstar . com > Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:09:28
>So does the Ducati 1098 get a weight penalty or not? I can't see any
>press releases one way or the other and the calculation takes too much
>effort...

Somebody else has done this for me. Apparently the event average of the
top two twins is 3 points ahead of the top 2 fours. So Ducati get no
weight penalty and another 3 races before the calc is done again.

The championship points are a bit deceptive. Bayliss is out front due to
his consistency as much as his wins. All his rivals keep falling off or
having bad days. 3 races in and it doesn't feel like Ducati really have
an unfair advantage. They've had one or more bikes up front but then so
have the fours. And the fours seem to have the top speed edge at the
moment.

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Re: WSB weight limits


"Julian Bond" <julian bond@voidstar . com > wrote in message
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> Julian Bond <julian bond@voidstar . com > Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:09:28
>>So does the Ducati 1098 get a weight penalty or not? I can't see any press
>>releases one way or the other and the calculation takes too much effort...
>
> Somebody else has done this for me. Apparently the event average of the
> top two twins is 3 points ahead of the top 2 fours. So Ducati get no
> weight penalty and another 3 races before the calc is done again.
>
> The championship points are a bit deceptive. Bayliss is out front due to
> his consistency as much as his wins. All his rivals keep falling off or
> having bad days. 3 races in and it doesn't feel like Ducati really have an
> unfair advantage. They've had one or more bikes up front but then so have
> the fours. And the fours seem to have the top speed edge at the moment.
>

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I was wondering about this as soon as Checa took out Max.
We don't get to see Race2 until today here in the USA, so I figured they'd
mention it during the broadcast.
Thanks for the info.


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