WIN Bridgestone tyres for our star letter!
You didn’t really expect to write something about 30 years of World Superbikes without getting into serious trouble with readers who utterly and completely disagree with you, surely? Firstly let’s look at the top 10 moments. What are you on? Surely this is a bit too ‘Foggy focused?’ There must be some better races or events for you to look at? Next up the top 10 WSB riders… hey! Where’s James Toseland? A DOUBLE WSB title winner or even Jonathan Rea who (as I write this) is a sure-fire shoe-in to win his FOURTH world title to match the Carl Fogarty you clearly love so much. And where is Neil Hodgson? He won back in 2003 and hardly warranted a look in. Bit disappointing really! And where was James Whitham? And as to the top 10 bikes… oh my! Where are the Bimotas? They were the class of the field in the first couple of years, so why no Bim in the top 10? Despite my moans, nice to read about World Superbikes as it brought back plenty of memories! Keep up the (questionable) work! Steve Catterall.
Bertie says: “Steve! We concentrate on the first 15 years as – CMM’S remit – really is stuff/bikes that’s 15 years old, or older! We stick to that VJMC rule vehemently! So, while Neil’s 2003 title does sneak in, James Toseland’s two titles in 2004 and 2007 just stray outside of our 15 years… As do the amazing achievements of Johnny Rea! As to our ‘Foggy Fever’, well, he made WSB something special to watch for us Brits (yes, as did Whit) but when it came to our lists, we had to be pretty stringent on races and titles won… Sorry! But we DID mention the Bimotas a few times, too…”