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is quite stretched with Kawasaki
and Ducati always in front and
then this big, big gap to the
rest. World Superbike racing
should not be like that. It should
be a much more condensed
field. So, I do think we need a
change. The big question mark
is, what do we need?
I think we need people to
speak about the single ECU,
which has worked quite well in
MotoGP. So, it's not about elec-
tronics all the time, but it's about
different stuff as well.
Would you like to see some-
thing like what they have in
the British Superbike Cham-
pionship with very minimal
electronics?
We might need a little bit
more than that, to be honest.
Then on engines, there is some
discussions going on or rumors
spreading around that they want
to almost bring it to stock, which
I'm not too sure about. There
should be a bit of freedom to at
least compensate the different
methods of manufacturers to
make it more even. But we need
to change. The way the champi-
onship is growing now is not the
way it should be.
You've been involved in this
championship for a long time.
I'm a dinosaur. I used to be
young.
What was your favorite
period so far that you've been
involved in Superbike?
It's fun every year for different
reasons. This year is not a fun
year for a number of reasons.
I enjoy racing every year. I just
love bikes and I love racing. I
love to work with the crew like
we have, who are dedicated
and able to adapt to stuff. But
if you have to appoint, probably
2007 was like the best. We were
winning with James [Toseland]
in World Superbike against all
odds. We won supersport in the
same year. Even our superstock
guys, which we had them in a
semi-factory setup, were win-
ning. We were European Super-
stock Champions in that year as
well.
That was everything from
successful perspective. Also
from the year back in 2004 with
Chris Vermeulen, which was the
first goal we ever had on World
Superbike level. We came here
with our little home-cooked bike.
The beginning of the season ev-
"WE ARE A DEALERSHIP AND
NORMALLY WE TAKE MACHINES
FROM THE DEALERSHIP FLOOR
AND TRANSPORT IT TO THE
RACE DEPARTMENT AND BUILT
IT INTO A RACE BIKE."
