#WSSP

[toesuckersplaining]

huh what are you doing abi?

[42bakery]

From Ana's Instagram (7.02.2025)

[danipedrosas-boatest]

I think another thing that should be discussed when bringing up the topic of WWCR is how demoralizing it can be when you’re separated into another category based on your gender.

I am assigned female at birth and played multiple sports as a kid. I pretty much quit all sports once I was moved from a co-ed team to an all female team where we only competed against other girls. While I could outplay a good chunk of my male teammates, it signaled to me that, because I identified as a girl at the time and people perceived me as female, that I was not considered as “good” as my male teammates, and that was one of the worst feelings I ever experienced up to that point. It didn’t encourage me at all, because it signaled to me that, no matter how well I did, being a “girl” mattered more to people. And so I quit.

The “separate but equal” thing thrown around is bullshit. These women deserve to be competing alongside men in the same categories, not to have their sport segregate them into a different competition based on the gender they were assigned at birth.

There were a million and a half other ways to do this, but the fact that this was the approach take signals to me how little they care about these women and how much they want them to fail and not compete.

[boxboxluckybird]

why is life so unfair/j

i have to chose between WSBK (and WSSP) MotoGP WWCR and F1???!?!!?!

why do tey all have to race on April 11-13??!!!?

[worlds-worst-ships]

Do you ship it?

I always used to watch the chooks with my dad. We were talking about it the other week, actually. Its good. Watch it.

The intro theme is also better than any song Wilbur has ever released. A badass cartoon intro about kung-fu kickin' chickens? Way better than a confession fit for police tapes by some ponce who is only holding on because of his looks.

Here's the intro. Give it a listen.

[worldchampionpeccobagnaia]

[moralchampion]

BOOIOOOOOOO

[certifiedbi]

Having a small moment about Scottish patriotism in motorsport

[waru-chan8]

About Ana leaving Moto3 - what is the ‘segregated category’ ?

So FIM introduced the FIM Women's Motorcycling World Championship this year and it's supposed to start next year. That championship is a mess from the start.

It's supposed to run alongside WorldSBK, but was presented during the MotoGP weekend. It's a championship were women will race with the bikes homologated for WorldSSP (or WorldSSP600), which for starters it's a downgraded for some riders because there are some that compete with 1000cc bikes. Plus WorldSBK has shitty coverage and will only allow access to race, if you are lucky!

There's also the problem that FIM said is not a ladder, basically women will only race there, but when trying to sell the idea for women in the paddock to explain why it's such a good idea, they told it's a ladder. Plus there's already an all female championship the Women’s European Talent Cup.

Also it's not written in stone that Ana is leaving, but it looks like it. She wants to stay in a mixed category (for fuck sake's she is the 2018 WSSP300 World Championship), but sponsors are something important and apparently she is lacking them. BOÉ had to fight and convince sponsors for Ana to have this second year. So let's pray for Kawazaki to take her back to WorldSSP300 or do the move to WorldSSP she was hoping for before getting the Moto3 opportunity

[boanerges20]

Valentin Debise Yamaha YZF-R1 [GMT94 Team] World SuperSport [WSSP]

[oddman-the-oldman]

The quintessential bad decision. This cute little Mud Dauber will make it back out this time, but what about next time?

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[toesuckersplaining]

A traditional family with their adopted son

[42bakery]

Do riders get paid for races they can’t attend if they are out injured?

Hi there anon! 👋👋👋👋

The short answer is yes. However it's more complicated.

In MotoGP clearly is yes. remember than when Marc was out for so long, there was rumors of Honda giving Marc a pay cut, because he was missing so many races (and other sources says it was Marc himself who offered to cut his salary). We are talking about a pay cut, not taking away the salary. Then again, at that moment Marc was the highest paid rider (and he probably is still, but we don't have the number).

Now in Moto2, Moto3, MotoE and even in the WSBK paddock (including WSSP, WSSP and probably WWCR but not 100% clear yet), some riders are paid riders. They pay for the seat by convincing their sponsors to join. In those cases is more tricky. In desperate cases, specially WSSP and WSSP300, we see riders and teams cut their contract when the rider is injured or post injury and we can assume it could be due to lack of payment. It's not the norm, but it can happen.

We also see in cases when you know it's a long injury and a statement comes when they say team and rider parts amicably. Probavly the team needs a replacement, and the money, or the official rider feels guilty. They also don't publicly say what's behind the close doors

So it's a yes, but look carefully in some cases.

[danipedrosas-boatest]

I’ll never forgive the FIM and Dorna for this

I’ll never forgive them for making these women think that their careers are over and this is the final step for them, for lying to them about this being a springboard championship

I’ll never forgive them for their misogyny and masking it as progress when it’s nothing more than segregation under a different name

But most importantly,

I’ll never forgive the culture and society for allowing this to happen

[sudden-stops-kill]

[serotinesart]

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