Agreed, but comparing CSBK to BSB isn't really fair. The culture towards racing in any form, motox,dirt,trials,track and circuit is on another level. It's like comparing the NHL to the British Elite hockey league.
Well put. Been wanting to say this for a while. Motorsports in Europe is like our Hockey, Football and...baseball. Some countries more so than others. Marc Marquez makes front page of papers in Spain for christ sake. Simply culture difference. We as North Americans/Canadians dont' give a shat about motorsports, especially motorbike racing. It's also intersting to compare wages. Aforementioned sports players make millions on millions. Some OHL to NHL draftees make half a mil to a mil in their rookie year. I read that Checa doesn't even come close to half a million euros. The only big multi million making rider is probably Rossi (and he get smack for it, yet he won...um, how many world championships?)
Back on topic sorta.. D'load or somehow watch any BSB race. They have more umbrella girls than we do fans in the stands at a National weekend. They know how to put on a show!
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In the UK, you expect that. They are one of those motorsport countries. Here's a better comparison, in China where large CC (as in over 150cc) motorbikes are still largely banned in cities (so no win on sunday sell on monday), where there is little motorcycle racing history or culture at all, yet still have plenty of brolly girls (hot ones) during their races. Basically one for every rider. Plus, plenty of spectators, and national live coverage. Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki even have factory teams. There's basically no clear ROI in that series yet they still put on a show. Spectators pay 20 RMB ($3.33 Canadian)to spectate (on grandstands). Riders pay a similar entry fee to here. The tracks, well, lets just say Shanghai F1 track is one they use..Zhuhai International GP circuit is another, these two are FIM homologated GP tracks, plus a bunch of other "regional type" tracks that make our tracks look neanderthal. Here's the real brain twister, over there the pro riders get paid...and I'm talking wages you'd get here if you worked for the gov't at a federal level.
Edit: reason why i made such a comparison, let's not forget, WSBK use to come to our backyards at Mosport, how did we let that slip away from our culture and society, and with such rich racing history here how is racing struggling so much here? Compared to a country with next to no motorcycle racing heritage (except street racing). I'm obviously too young to have seen it all happen so I'm curious.
