Sofuoglu?
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Sofuoglu?
Considering Ten Kate are expanding to four WSBK bikes next year the options are almost endless.. Id bet one of Rea or Camier will get a go.. Kiyo maybe? Ant West, if he isnt in GPs? Barros, Edwards, Pitt?
its likely,though Ten Kate may choose a more experienced rider that can be a title contender from the start. If Ten Kate runs 4 bikes like its rumoured then Sofuoglu could get a seat at the junior team
I think there maybe a few Motogp riders to choose from towards the end of the year. With so many newcomers to Motogp, someone has to leave.
most of the MotoGP guys are midpack riders and midpack riders in MotoGP are pretty much midpak riders in SBK as well
Edwards could be an option if he is out but I dont think he is, he also ruled out SBK
I think Ten Kate should give Fabrizio a seat. He is young but he has been racing for a while now and knows all the circuits
Apparently Ten Kate were to announce the 2008 rider line up at Brands this weekend, but have backed away from doing so.
I must say I was very surprised to see JT on the prime HRC bike at Suzuka only to be followed by an announcement of his move to chief rival Yamaha in the week following.
Seems JT may have pulled a shifty on Honda/Ten Kate?
It will be very interesting to see where Johnny Rea & Kiyo end up in 08'.
rea neil hodgson's have the same manager as jt--roger burnett. he is pushing hard to get rea out of bsb and into wsbk next year because that's the only way to motogp. he was not sanguine about neil's options in wsbk however.
leon haslam was also in the paddock stoking rumours of airwaves switch to wsbk. leon also wants to be in wsbk again next year.
if ducati have a clue they will dump lanzi for rea or haslam.
Ten Kate WSBK Lineup for 08 as 'rumoured' by Fox commentators:-
1. Kenan Sufoglu
2. Anthony West
3. Robby 'Hanspree' Rolfo
4. Broc Parks
I like the looks of that.. Although, im not completely sure Parkes has prooven himself as a potential regular WSBK front runner.. Id also prefer that Ant stays in GP's.. But as far as a fallback option goes, that looks like a good one...
5. XausQuote:
Originally Posted by tha_jackal
6. Rea
7. Kiyo
8. Brookes
9. Edwards
10 Barros
11 Checa
12 Pitt
I am sure there are a few more sniffing around.........
The commentators also mentioned the return of Virginio Ferrari as the manager of a/the Kawasaki superbike team. I would love to see him return running a new factory squad alongside the current PSG-1 team to add more dept to the field.