Carl Fogarty: ‘They all like each other’, believes WorldSBK is worse off for it

Four-time WorldSBK champion Carl Fogarty believes a pally paddock is stripping personality from the Superbike championship.
Carl Fogarty, WorldSBK
Carl Fogarty, WorldSBK

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista completed his first 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:WorldSBK hat-trick of wins last time out iꦉn Catalunya to extend his championship lead to 59 po𓆉ints. 

Putting the disappointment of Magny-Cours behind him when he was taken out by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea in race two, and therefore saw his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:championship lead greatly🌜 reduc༒ed, Bautista accomplished his first hat-trick since 2019. 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu and Rea are Bautista’s title rivals with just four rounds to go but Foggy, who 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:ltxcn.top spoke to recently about all things WorldSBK and MotoGP, feels the trio’s battle for glory will be less entertai♌ning than it was during his time fighting at the top of WorldSBK.

The outspoken four-time champion has ne🅠ver been shy from causing a stir on track or off it and concedes today’s stars conduct their racing in a much friendlier manner.

"There’s always great racing, whether it was in my era, before me, or now," Fogarty told Alex Brundle during a  "I think maybe it’s lost that sort of, I don’t know, personality. Everyone seems to be really nice now. They all like each other and go riding and cycling together. I liked it when there was a bit of an edge to it and people didn’t 🌃really like each other.

"When it was Aussies against Brits and Americans, I think the English-speaking nations always h𓂃ad this thing. But now there’s not really many Aussies or Americans anymore for whatever r𓂃eason. 

"In World Superbikes it’s a lot of Brits, Italians and the Spanish. They don’t seem to have the same sort of aggression to fall out with you or to win or to say what’s on the🐷ir mind."

Alvaro Bautista, Alex Lowes and Jonathan Rea, Catalunya WorldSBK superpole race, 25 September
Alvaro Bautista, Alex Lowes and Jonathan Rea, Catalunya WorldSBK superpole race, 25 September

John Kocinski, Scott Russell, Colin Edwards and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aaron Slight were all rivals to Foggy while also creating some of the most 🐭memorable moments the world championship has ever seen.

James Witham was considered the 💯“one good mate” to get into the Blackburn-born rider’s inner circle - even if it did become temporarily larger at the end of a race weekend.

"I don’t think any of ℱus really liked each other, unless that was ju🐈st me," Fogarty added.

"Having said that, after a race weekend on a Sunday night we’d often find ourselves in the same hotel, bar or pizza place having something to eat and a few beers and everything would seem to 🐽be ok. 

"Then on a Monday you thought; ‘I hate these guys ♒again, I’ve got to think about the race next week’.

"It’s just different now. It’s a lot more politically correct now. Maybe the guys can’t be the personalities they want to be because they are controlled a lot by the teams, sponsors, the media - obvioꩵusly social media plays a big part in that."

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