On the 6th June an official statement was released confirming that the proposed increased weight for V-Twins will take immediate affect, starting at Snetterton this weekend.
The MCRCB notified all the teams on the 19 May that all V-twins will be required to run with a minimum weight of 175kg over the 165kg minimum weight of the four cylinders.
The Airwaves Ducati team communicated to the British Superbike organisers that the increased weight had been untested and therefore unsafe. However, the team have added the weight ready for Snetterton and have since been testing.
GSE Racing have now said in reply to the issue of the general bulletin 2008/9 by the MCRCB;
“We firmly believe that this weight increase is wholly unjustified, and has been made without any regard to the actual performance comparison between the Ducati 1098R Superbike and it’s 4 cylinder competitors. However, following a meeting with the MCRCB at Brands Hatch on Friday, we are pleased that they agreed to our proposal to provide a tolerance of 2kg to the minimum weight of 175kg thereby allowing us to be able to continue our racing activities in this years British Superbike Championship, whilst keeping to within the safe dry weight parameters as instructed by Ducati Corse.”
The Team Principle Darrell Healey said “I am glad to have reached a satisfactory conclusion with the MCRCB to enable the Airwaves Ducati to compete in the remaining 2008 BSB championship races. This has been a difficult and frustrating time for everyone involved with GSE Racing, but now it is time to put this matter behind us and concentrate all of our efforts into winning this year’s championship.”
The Airwaves Ducati rider Shane Byrne is leading the Championship on 190 points as the teams head to round 5 this weekend, with his team-mate Leon Camier in third place on 107 points.
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