The World Superbike Championship (WSBK) was created to race bikes that closely resemble production models, a concept quite different from the 500cc (now MotoGP) class, which features purpose-built racing prototypes.
Danilo Petrucci, currently racing in WSBK with the Barni Spark Racing Team, told GPOne.com that he supports changes in the championship to make the bikes closer to production models:
– What should be done to try to make the championship more competitive would be to reduce the performance of the bikes, bringing them closer to production models, because if you look closely, Superbikes are half-prototypes.
According to the Italian, Ducati might be at the end of a cycle: ‘BMW is basically a prototype, just like Ducati, but maybe we are at the end of a cycle and we have to wait for the new bike. However, it’s clear that seeing what Toprak [Razgatlioglu] did last year with Yamaha, all they had to do was give him more engine power and there would be no hope for anyone’.