VOL. 54 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 24, 2017 P93
terms of the bike for 2017?
Obviously Ducati is coming
after you guys now. Where
do you see the bike getting
better?
Honestly, we need to improve
the power a lot. We need a lot
more horsepower all the way
through. The bike as a package
is really good but that's the one
area we're lacking. We actually
lost some power in 2016 com-
pared to previous years. Before
we could afford to waste the tire
and the side of the tire, now in
2016, we were having to be fast
mid-corner and use a lot of grip.
Are you charging into cor-
ners?
Not really hard, but just on the
side of the tire to stay in the grip.
We're wasting the tire. Last year
we could sacrifice and be a little
bit more smooth and calm in the
corner, and then using a bit of
a speed advantage for example
with Ducati. Now Ducati are, at
the worst, the same, but most
cases even faster than us.
Chaz Davies is riding quite
well.
He's riding very well. He's
riding on a wave. He had nothing
to lose in the last part of the year
where both me and Tom were
riding for the championship.
When you look at it on
paper you won the title at the
last round, but you were so
far in front for so long over
the year. It was just a couple
of bad rounds that hurt you in
the points.
We had the mechanical failure
at Laguna Seca and then a tech-
nical glitch in Lausitzring where
(Above) Try as he might, Rea
couldn't topple Sykes in the home
battleground of Donington Park.
(Left) The champion arrives, baller
style, to the WorldSBK awards
ceremony.
