Ralf, do you have an inside source? I think not. If BMW is out to master WSBK with the S1K they won't learn a damned thing if they crash in the first 5 laps. They are out to finish strong; but, the focus will be to finish. You remind me of the young bull that says to the old bull "Let's run down there and get a cow." The old bull looks at the young bull and says "Let's walk down there and take them all." This is more about market share than just winning. BMW, AG thinks in $$$'s not trophies. I don't think you understand what I meant. This race will be about data in a competitive environment--not just qualifying lap times. To get the data to refine the bike, the bike must run the entire race. I don't speak tongue in cheek when I say that this group is harder on the Roudel than the rice burner crowd is on theirs. We just spent the last two years hammering the HP2 Sport most having never thrown aleg over a bike that wasn't static. And that's a fact.
