WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 51 ISSUE 17 APRIL 29, 2014 P75
Briefly...
After two rounds and three Super-
poles, Genesio Bevilaqua, owner
of the Althea Ducati squad, agrees
with the commonly held belief that
his Evo bike is the closest to its
equivalent full power World Super-
bike cousin. "I think the Ducati does
not suffer in this case from the low
power of the Evo bike. I think it this
a good average between experience
of the rider and the bike to be able to
complete in the middle of the pack. I
think this is possible. The Ducati Evo
bike is closer to the full Superbike
than most others, absolutely. The
Ducati is good at the first step and
one of the best Evo bikes you can
choose at this moment. The chassis
is almost the same. They have more
options to move something in the
electronic parts, but not too much.
We had a comparison and there is
between eight and 10 horsepower
difference between the Evo and the
SBK Ducati. I am quite satisfied up
to now."
Christian Iddon felt much more at
home on his Bimota at Assen than he
did at Aragon, and rates the bike very
highly. "It feels like a fantastic bike. It
has really good traction, which feels
like one of its strong points," said Id-
don. "The bike feels good, but the
engine we cannot do anything with.
The engine is one of the best Evo
ones, but the electronics is the stick-
ing point really. It is a BMW ECU and
everything is locked out and the guys
cannot see what it is doing because
it is not giving them the information.
This year is a learning year essential-
ly, but when you get to a race week-
end it is a race. The bike feels differ-
ent here because of me… because
I feel more confident on this circuit."
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Aprilia's
Sylvian
Guintoli won
the first of
two races
during World
Superbike
action at
Assen.
