[kropotkin thinks...] - Gordon Ritchie WorldSBK Blog: Super Subversions

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Sometimes things are hard in WorldSBK.

The perennial difficulty, however, is defining, balancing and homologating exactly what a WorldSBK machine is. And consequentially, what the technical rules should be.

Now that every single WorldSBK machine is a 1000cc four-cylinder of some kind you would think that the old issues of balancing machines against one another would have been homogenised out of their long-lasting and controversial existence.

After all, Ducatis and eventually Hondas and Aprilias were all bigger on twin-cylinder engine displacement than their four and occasional three-cylinder competitors for almost every season in WorldSBK until this one.

And therefore, usually, they delivered better results. Look at the stats.