The madness of World Superbike

Albert Einstein is famously credited with that quote and, although its effects haven’t been as profound as E=mc , the sentiment is arguably more useful in terms of day-to-day advice (although maybe not for professional racers, who make a living doing the same thing over and over again and achieving entirely different results. It’s one of the reasons bike racing is so fascinating. Well, most bike racing...).

Sadly, Albert’s point is lost on the organisers of the World Superbike championship, Dorna (the Spanish mob who also