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CN II IN THE PADDOCK
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
WILL POST-
TRUTH
BAGGERS
RACING LIGHT
MOTOGP'S
FIRE?
Not sure what everyone
else thinks, but I find it difficult
to type those words with a
straight face. Which I guess is
really the point. This support
class is largely, no, entirely
there for amusement value.
This is not to undermine the
talent and efforts of the riders,
nor the teams. They'll doubt
-
less be giving it everything
they've got.
Then again, they're
only doing it for their own
amusement.
But I'm not entirely sure
about the amusement of the
spectators. For most of them,
I believe, Grand Prix racing
is a deadly serious affair of
great technical and personal
W
hile MotoGP's gilded
heroes battled the
stopwatches at Sepang
on their lithe 2026 prototypes
for the first preseason bragging
rights, the FIM's publicity depart-
ment back in Europe was stirring
a rather
different pot, with an
announcement that coincided.
At least in terms of time.
Actually, it was more of a
reminder of the original official
announcement back in August
last year about the latest at-
tempt at a support class for the
traditional
World Championship
series. The news was that
another team has enlisted for
the Harley-Davidson
Bagger
World Cup.
Will bagger racing be a hit in MotoGP?
