WORDS: BENJAMIN J KUBAS CRONIN IMAGES: KEL EDGE, PATA YAMAHA
All change for WSB, please!
The change to 2017’s grid formation for WSB, implemented by Dorna, has been generally well received within the series it seems - but not so much by race fans to the unaware, the grid for Sunday’s second race will comprise of those who finished fourth to sixth starting on the front row, seventh to ninth starting on the second row and the podium finishers on row three. It’s perceived by fans that this is some form of handicap for winning, because there’s nothing wrong with the racing currently. The fans are right, Pretty much, at least in terms of the racing being bang up there. OK, 2016 wasn’t a classic when It came to universal race action, although there were some belters along the way. But in 2015 WSB had more dose finishes than MotoGP and BSB combined. And prior to that, the action regularly outpaced most other series, bar perhaps our domestic series.