WSBK – The 2009 World Superbike is attacking in Australia! – The 2009 World Superbike is attacking in Australia!

The 2009 World Superbike attack in Australia !

WSBK - The 2009 World Superbike is attacking in Australia! - The 2009 World Superbike is attacking in Australia!

This weekend at Phillip Island kicks off the new Mondial Superbike season! A 2009 edition that promises with the arrival of two manufacturers (Aprilia and BMW) and top pilots (Spies, Sykes, Byrne and Nakano among others). Presentation…

The 2009 World Superbike attack in Australia !

Bayliss retired and replaced at Ducati by Haga, Biaggi and Nakano at Aprilia, Corser and Xaus at BMW, Spies and Sykes at Yamaha, Parkes at Kawasaki alongside Tamada, Checa and Kiyonari joined at Honda by loyal Rea, Neukirchner and Kagayama working at Suzuki … Without forgetting Regis Laconi on the Ducati of Team DFX Corse !

The 22nd World Superbike season promises to be particularly interesting because there are many contenders for victories every weekend! So much so that even the world title can be coveted by a dozen competitors…

The opening of this promising championship will therefore take place on Sunday on the superb Phillip Island circuit in Australia, and will allow us to gauge more precisely the real potential of each. Of course, a lot is expected from Haga, Checa and Neukirchner. But what concretely can we expect from the new entrants? ?

Among the manufacturers, Ducati and its four Japanese friends are challenged this year by the Aprilia RSV4 on the one hand and the BMW S1000RR on the other … Could the second Italian and the German worry the five regulars from the first race ?

As for the drivers, big names in speed (American and English in particular) are added to the world elite. Nominated: Spies Ben, Sykes Tom, Nakano Shinya, Byrne Shane, Rea Jonathan, Haslam Leon, Roberts Brendan and Hill Tommy – not Damon…

Before we find them all on the track during the night from Saturday to Sunday and to follow this first meeting correctly in 2009, let’s take a little tour of the paddock. First box: Aprilia !

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