Rumour: WSBK may set a price cap

Tom Sykes might be racing what's essentially a superstock machine next season, if Dorna has their way.
Tom Sykes might be racing what's essentially a superstock machine next season, if Dorna has their way.
Tom Sykes might be racing what’s essentially a superstock machine next season, if Dorna has their way.

You knew there were changes coming to World Superbike racing when Dorna took control. Now, there’s rumblings that the new management may set a price cap on the series.

Asphalt and Rubber is reporting a rumour they picked up from a German mag, saying Dorna wants to limit WSBK teams to spending 250,000 Euros per rider. That would mean some serious changes for the series – previous management wanted to compete with MotoGP, so they were allowing teams to run trick, hi-tech machinery that was very different from the production bikes the series was supposedly based on. Dorna wants MotoGP to stand on its own, so they want to put a greater gap between the series.

Should this price cap come into place, we’ll likely see the series move closer to its production roots, looking more like a superstock series. But wait, don’t they already have a superstock series? Not anymore.

There’s no doubt that WSBK is going to look a lot different as Dorna starts to make changes. Hopefully, it’s going to be bigger and better.

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