more. Fomer dismissed the possi bility. - In
Superbike we are talking about slick tires.
not DOT tire s. In Superstock and Super.
sport I would say that we are at the top of
the performance. We came back last year.
we won last year. and-we are close to w inning again this ye ar . W e came back in
20 0 1. and we have bee n incr easi ng our
performance race by race. -
No pre-entry.
Open entry
for all classes.
More details w ere release d or con..
firmed by Forner. - W e would like to
Must have a district "A" card,
Pro Am license or Pro license
to ride Pro Am classes.
have three different specs for every race.
and because the tracks are different. w e
would like to have three different spec ibcations for each track. Du ring the winter w e
would have the first three specifications of
te sting for Phillip Island and Valencia . I
hope they could provide the highest possible specificanon s for the races. On the sub ject of lire sizes. a P i r e lli
press re lease exp lained all. with the rim
size s standa rdized at 16 .5 . This was not
Pirelli's chosen option . but as Forner stated. - At the end of the day there was a revolution inside the revolution again because
we decided to stay as we are now . 16.5 in
Superbike and 17 in Supersport .O ne somew hat co nte ntious issue was of
tire testing teams. as each manufacturer rep resen ted in the championship (o r
more exac tly each make of machine represen ted) will have one of its teams desiqnated as a test team . with all develop ment
work gOin through them. "The test teams
g
will not be chosen by Plrelli: it is a matt er
for the pro moter. - said Fomer. "and this
means that there will be speci fic deve lopment for twins. three cylinders and fours."
It also means . said those w ho may not
;:uitorr.aticnHy be come the testing t_ea~ .
.
that tires for one brand c?n -be. .speciflcally
developed for the riding styles of one particular rider's or team' s tastes. something
not guaranteed to generate good will in all
directions · but an understandable move to
keep cos ts down for the manufac turer.
A crash from Sebastien Charpentier.
at the final co rner in morning warm up .
appeared to coat the track in oil. causing
two following riders to cras h and t he red
flag to be brough t out. None were injured.
but Tekkyu Kayo
