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    2025 Racing Schedule (of the things I care about/have time to watch)

    I hope this doesn't look like a jumbled mess. It will.

    February 21-23: WorldSBK - Australian Round, Phillip Island
    February 28-March 2: MotoGP - Thailand, Chang International Circuit

    March 6-8: MotoAmerica - Daytona 200, Daytona International Speedway
    March 14-16: MotoGP - Argentina, Termas de Rio Hondo
    March 28-30: MotoGP - USA, Circuit of the Americas
    March 28-30: WorldSBK - Pirelli Portuguese Round, Autodromo Internacional do Algarve

    April 4-6: MotoAmerica - MotoAmerica Superbikes at Barber, Barber Motorsports Park
    April 11-13: MotoGP - Qatar, Lusail International Circuit
    April 11-13: WorldSBK - Dutch Round, TT Circuit Assen
    April 25-26: Roads: Cookstown 100, Orritor Circuit
    April 25-27: MotoGP - Spain, Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto

    May 2-4: WorldSBK - Acerbis Italian Round, Cremona Circuit
    May 2-4: MotoAmerica - MotoAmerica Superbikes at Road Atlanta, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta
    May 3-5: British Superbike - Round 1, Oulton Park
    May 5-10: Roads - Northwest 200, Triangle Course
    May 9-11: MotoGP - France, Le Mans
    May 16-18: WorldSBK - Motul Czech Round, Autodrom Most
    May 16-18: British Superbike - Round 2, Donington Park
    May 23-25: MotoGP - United Kingdom, Silverstone Circuit
    May 26-June 7: Roads - Isle of Man TT, Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
    May 30-June 1: MotoAmerica - MotoAmerica Superbikes at Road America, Road America

    June 6-8: MotoGP - Aragon, Motorland Aragon
    June 13-15: WorldSBK - Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round, Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
    June 20-22: MotoGP - Italy, Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
    June 20-22: British Superbike - Round 3, Snetterton
    June 21-22: Roads - Cock o' the North, Oliver's Mount
    June 27-28: Roads - Tandragee 100, Tandragee 100 Circuit
    June 27-29: MotoGP - Netherlands, TT Circuit Assen
    June 27-29: MotoAmerica - MotoAmerica Superbikes at Ridge Motorsports Park, Ridge Motorsports Park

    July 4-6: British Superbike - Round 4, Knockhill
    July 4-6: Roads - Imatranajo, Imatra
    July 7-10: Roads - Southern 100, Billown Circuit
    July 11-13: MotoGP - Germany, Sachsenring
    July 11-13: WorldSBK - Prosecco DOC UK Round, Donington Park
    July 11-13: MotoAmerica - MotoAmerica Superbike Speedfest at Monterey, Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca
    July 12-13: Roads - Aberdare Park, Aberdare Park
    July 18-20: MotoGP - Czechia, Automotodrom Brno
    July 19-20: Roads - Barry Sheene Classic, Oliver's Mount
    July 25-27: WorldSBK - Hungarian Round, Balaton Park
    July 25-27: British Superbike - Round 5, Brands Hatch

    August 1-3: MotoAmerica - MotoAmerica Superbikes at VIRginia, Virginia International Raceway
    August 8-10: British Superbike - Round 6, Thruxton
    August 15-17: MotoGP - Austria, Red Bull Ring - Spielberg
    August 15-17: MotoAmerica - MotoAmerica Superbikes at Mid-Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
    August 17-25: Roads - Manx Grand Prix, Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
    August 20-29: Roads - Classic TT Races, Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
    August 22-24: MotoGP - Hungary, Balaton Park
    August 23-25: British Superbike - Round 7, Cadwell Park

    September 5-7: MotoGP - Catalonia, Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya
    September 5-7: WorldSBK - French Round, Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
    September 5-7: British Superbike - Round 8, Donington Park
    September 12-14: MotoGP - San Marino, Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
    September 12-14: MotoAmerica- MotoAmerica Superbikes at Texas, Circuit of the Americas
    September 13-14: Roads - Steve Henshaw Gold Cup, Oliver's Mount
    September 19-21: British Superbike - Round 9, TT Circuit Assen
    September 26-28: MotoGP - Japan, Mobility Resort Motegi
    September 26-28: WorldSBK - Tissot Aragon Round, Motorland Aragon
    September 26-28: MotoAmerica - MotoAmerica Superbikes at New Jersey, New Jersey Motorsports Park

    October 3-5: MotoGP - Indonesia, Pertamina Mandalika Circuit
    October 3-5: British Superbike - Round 10, Oulton Park
    October 10-12: WorldSBK - Estoril Round, Circuito Estoril
    October 17-19: MotoGP - Australia, Phillip Island
    October 17-19: WorldSBK - Spanish Round, Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto
    October 17-19: British Superbike - Round 11, Brands Hatch
    October 24-26: MotoGP - Malaysia, Petronas Sepang International Circuit

    November 7-9: MotoGP - Portugal, Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
    November 14-16: MotoGP - Valencia, Circuit Ricardo Tormo
    November ??-??: Roads - Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, Guia Circuit
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    How to Watch:

    MotoGP: https://www.motogp.com/en/videopass - 139.99€
    World Superbike: https://secure.worldsbk.com/en/subscribe - 69.90€
    British Superbike: some guy, I forget his name, on https://old.reddit.com/r/MotorsportsReplays/ - Free, but limited by the whims of the guy doing the uploading
    MotoAmerica: https://www.motoamericaliveplus.com/ - No cost yet, but in value per dollar the most expensive racing series out there
    Isle of Man TT: https://ttplus.iomttraces.com/ - No cost yet, but in value per dollar the cheapest racing event out there
    Northwest 200: BBC - Free, but if I remember right it takes a VPN and some trickery
    Imatranajo: They have their own streaming service not unlike TTPlus, but it's expensive and commentary switches back and forth from English to Finnish
    Other roads: No idea, not even sure if they're televised in Northern Ireland live
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    World Superbike

    Bikes on the track again for official 2025 testing at Jerez.



    Missing at the test were 2024 champion Toprak Razgatlioglu, recovering from injury, Iker Lecuona, also recovering from injury, and rookie Zaqhwan Zaidi.

    Lots of new things this season. Last year BMW benefitted from WSBK's concessions system. Bikes need to be homologated with road-going versions, but manufacturers in the bottom end of the championship standings can use non-homologated parts in an attempt to balance performance across the field. This year, BMW has come out with a new frame on the M1000RR, which is not the same as the frame they used last year. Further to that, it sounds like some of the RPM restrictions given to Ducati have been removed, so I'd expect Razgatliolgu and BMW won't steamroll everyone like they did last year.

    In addition to that, BMW is down from 4 bikes to 2, as MGM Bonovo Racing changes from 2 BMWs last year to 1 Ducati this year. Scott Redding was very vocal in previous years that the reason he wasn't winning every race was because the Ducati was such a better bike than the BMW (which it was) and that factory Ducati rider Alvaro Bautista was so light that a heavy rider like himself couldn't keep up unless ballast was added to counteract that difference (which they did). Redding still couldn't keep up with either Bautista or Nicolo Bulega, or Razgatlioglu. Now Redding finds himself on a Ducati so maybe this year we'll find out what's what.

    The other big change is that Provec Racing, the team that ran Kawasaki's factory effort as Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK, has made a switch to the new Bimota. Riders Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani made the move with the team and now run under the team name Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team. The bike is a Kawasaki engine in a Bimota frame, and is a winner just on looks.

    Kawasaki still has a factory effort, although it's just one bike now, with Garrett Gerloff on it after being sprung loose from MGM Bonovo Racing. The team, a Kawasaki customer team known as Kawasaki Puccetti Racing, is now known as Kawasaki World SBK Team. Gerloff has taken to the new bike, but I think it's getting to be a pretty old bike and there's a ceiling on what it can do. There must be if the official team switched to a new, unknown bike.

    Gone for 2025 are Michael Ruben Rinaldi, Adam Norrodin and Bradley Ray. I don't know where Rinaldi and Norrodin went. Ray is going back to British Superbike. Too bad, I thought Ray was doing quite well on a Yamaha. The rookies this year are Ryan Vickers, who comes from British Superbike and will be taking Rinaldi's spot at Motocorsa Racing, Yari Montella, promoted by Barni Spark Racing from World Supersport for a 2-bike effort this season, and the aforementioned Zaqhwan Zaidi, taking Norrodin's place at PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing. There will be one more test session at Portimao before the WSBK season starts February 21 at Phillip Island.
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    More testing highlights.



    Recap: Toprak Razgatlioglu is fastest. The Ducatis are fast. Nicolo Bulega is faster than Alvaro Bautista still. Bimota is still fast. Kawasaki isn't bad. Honda isn't either. Yamaha is getting slightly better.

    Three more weeks until the season gets underway. I think BMW is going to have their hands full fighting off all those Ducatis. Bimota will be a dark horse I think, and Yamaha is too far away to be a threat for wins in dry races.
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    Testing is underway for MotoGP this week at Sepang. Lots of new things since the end of last season. Jorge Martin moved over to Aprilia, and his old team, Prima Pramac Racing, switched from Ducati to Yamaha. Marc Marquez is on a factory Ducati. Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira are on the new Pramac Yamahas to help develop the bike. This year's rookies are Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati), Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia) and Somkiat Chantra (LCR Honda). And the biggest story of the offseason is KTM trying not to go broke.

    Anybody following anything to do with motorcycling in the last few months have probably heard about KTM being something like 3 billion Euros in debt, laying off employees and missing payroll for the rest, and having to pull out of MotoGP. The bankers say the MotoGP team will have to fold if KTM is to stay afloat, and KTM says they're in fine shape and have no issues paying for racing with all the money they're saving by not paying employees or creditors. I think the real truth is the rumor that development of the GP bike will slow or stop. Not much has been said about it recently so we'll see I guess.

    These highlight videos will be blocked here, you'll have to watch them on Youtube.



    Day 1 was a bad one for Aprilia. Martin had a big crash (in the video above) that looks bad, then really looks bad. He broke bones in his hand and foot and will undergo surgery for repairs. I'd suspect this means he'll miss the Thailand test next week. And Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez also broke bones in his hand and foot, and will probably also mean missing next week's test. Fabio Di Giannantonio was the third rider to suffer injuries, out with a broken collarbone after trying to pull a wheelie after the session was over. He'll miss next week's test too.



    Day 2 seems to show optimism for Yamaha and Honda, which will be good.
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    Final day of testing at Sepang.



    Ducati is fastest, followed by Yamaha. Honda kind of looks alright. KTM and Aprilia are going to have tough starts to the season I think.
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