INTERVIEW
WORLD SUPERBIKE'S SCOTT SMART AND GREGORIO LAVILLA
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because they have a production
model and they want to create a
brand. They have more freedom,
but they are not using it yet.
SS: It has been an impressive
job from them [EBR] because
(Left) Former racer and Michael
Laverty's (left) crew chief Scott
Smart (right) is the new FIM
Technical Director for World
Superbike.
(Below) Niccolo Canepa (59)
campaigns an EVO Ducati 1199
Panigale R for the 2014 season,
but Smart and Lavilla say that
the future of World Superbike is
somewhere between EVO and
current Superbike spec.
ist, we do not know how many
bikes they have and when they
will be ready to have those bikes.
Of course this goes in line to the
homologation procedure. I was
in Buell [EBR] in America and
they have got their bikes ready.
Their idea is 3000 bikes in the
next year, or something, and
they have already got some pre-
sold bikes and were just waiting
on some suppliers for some little
parts. What I saw was the RX,
which is the one they mean to
race. They have a serious plan
and project and for me it is very
clear. They have more room in the
technical rules to make the bike
faster, but today they are not us-
ing that. Talking to Erik Buell they
wanted to be at Phillip Island, put
on a nice show, a nice display,
be professional and learn. They
understand that their focus is
not to win, not yet. Their strategy
and their way of doing things is
