As the economic crisis hits the World Superbike series, organisers have decided to cut the Friday morning practice session in their latest efforts to lower costs.
It’s believed that this will save money on fuel, tyres and potential accident damage. The Superbikes will still go ahead with their Friday morning qualifying practice but the Supersport and Superstock series will only have the free practice on Friday afternoon.
Of course, there will be further cost-cutting measures in the near future so this is only the start. These new plans will only give the riders and teams a window of 45 minutes to make changes to the bikes and if there has been a crash or problem, it will be an almost impossible job for the teams to make repairs in this time slot.