WSBK – The 2009 Mondial Superbike season promises to be hot! – The Frenchie (s)

The 2009 Mondial Superbike season promises to be hot !

WSBK - The 2009 Mondial Superbike season promises to be hot! - The Frenchie (s)

Of course, the cold and the rain disrupted the first tests of 2009 on the Portimao circuit in Portugal. Still, the new Mondial Superbike season promises to be hot … The fastest so far is Byrne. For the moment !

The Frenchie (s)

Behind the first Behème are the Suz ‘of Kagayama and the Ducati of our only tricolor representative in WSBK: Regis Laconi! For its baptism at the controls of its 1098RS prepared by Team DFX Corsica, the n ° 55 offers an encouraging 13th place.

"We arrived in Portugal aware of the importance that this first test had for me and for the team.", explains Regis, who in the end is satisfied with his performance, especially his 8th place on the grid at the end of the Superpole event..

We note in passing that in Supersport, Fabien Foret ranks 10th on his official Yamaha R6 and Matthieu Lagrive 12th on his Honda CBR600RR Althea. Joan Lascorz – leader of the category last year in the middle of the season – who sets the best time on the handlebars of his official ZX-6R (Provec Motocard Kawasaki). Are the Ninjas finally back? ?

Second in the 600cc class, Yam ‘new recruit Cal Crutchlow leads the Honda of 2007 champion Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda Ten Kate), Miguel Praia (Honda Parkalgar) and 2008 champion Andrew Pitt (Honda Ten Kate). . It promises !

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