Photo: Facebook capture
It looks like we will get to see more of Troy Bayliss behind the bars of the Ducati 1199 Panigale as one of his recent posts on Facebook showed him in front of Aruba’s Superbike pit box wearing racing leathers. While the photo was taken at Phillip Island during the kick-off round of the 2015 championship, it’s Bayliss’ own comment which draws attention and makes us believe Borgo Panigale will have him on Davide Giugliano’s bike at least once more.
“See you soon” Troy Bayliss wrote on his personal Facebook account, and we have reasons to believe that we will indeed see him riding the Aruba Ducati bike at least in the Thai round at the Chang circuit.
As we mentioned earlier in another piece on Bayliss’ chances for a ride in the Thai round, he might have an upper hand on this circuit. The Chang circuit in Buriram is newly added to the calendar, and none of the riders on the grid has ever raced a WSBK motorcycle there and this means that the new track hides the same dangers and unknown for everybody.
And in such situations, personal riding experience plays a major role, apparently being more important than the age of the rider or physical condition. Despite his age and his retirement years ago, Troy Bayliss remained strongly linked to the motorcycling world as he has been involved with the Ducati Riding Experience courses ever since, and the Panigale is anything but a strange bike for him.
Finally, having already taken part in two races should have provided the Aussie rider with valuable information on how the WSBK-spec machine works and feels like might help him become faster in the next races. And if we are to mention the latest rumors that see him as the only rider replacing Giugliano until he makes a full recovery, things sort of make sense.
Will they be seen the same way from Aruba Ducati’s headquarters? We’ll soon find out. Oh, and by the way, this month Troy Bayliss turns 46…
Racing in two rounds brings extra goodies for Bayliss
World Superbike regulations indicate that if Bayliss participates in two races or more, he will use his own tire allocation and not that of the rider he substitutes for. This means that Giugliano’s “resources” will be intact when he returns to the track, and this is obviously the equivalent of a small bonus.As we mentioned earlier in another piece on Bayliss’ chances for a ride in the Thai round, he might have an upper hand on this circuit. The Chang circuit in Buriram is newly added to the calendar, and none of the riders on the grid has ever raced a WSBK motorcycle there and this means that the new track hides the same dangers and unknown for everybody.
And in such situations, personal riding experience plays a major role, apparently being more important than the age of the rider or physical condition. Despite his age and his retirement years ago, Troy Bayliss remained strongly linked to the motorcycling world as he has been involved with the Ducati Riding Experience courses ever since, and the Panigale is anything but a strange bike for him.
Finally, having already taken part in two races should have provided the Aussie rider with valuable information on how the WSBK-spec machine works and feels like might help him become faster in the next races. And if we are to mention the latest rumors that see him as the only rider replacing Giugliano until he makes a full recovery, things sort of make sense.
Will they be seen the same way from Aruba Ducati’s headquarters? We’ll soon find out. Oh, and by the way, this month Troy Bayliss turns 46…
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