“The best feeling, the realisation that I'm World Champion” 👑 | Hodgson 2003 FLASHBACK
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- 20 years ago, Neil Hodgson took the 2003 #WorldSBK title after a season-long fight with Ruben Xaus ⚔️
Let’s relive all the emotions of that season through the eyes of its Champion 🏆
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The 999 was/is a brutal bike. Owned one , its also amazing.. the power is insane. Elbows out, love WSBK
the orange color ducati is realy bad ass yeah..
Look at that, they're still blipping the throttle.... Real artists! 😮
Best ages, even the grass was full with people hope these times coming back soon🙏
Hung on watching in excitement through these Races. Routing always for Hodgson, Toseland the Brits. Come on Jonny Rea...
Loved watching the the racing then so good racing was very close 👍⛽️⛽️🇬🇧🏍️
He IS one of the best production Supersport riders ever. Natural talent, Supreme!!!
Well done Neal , I was at assen to witness 2003 , 2 great riders on the beautifull 999r #ducatirules
Quanto mi piaceva Ruben Xaus
I feel Neil Hodgson never got the respect he deserved for his achievements, WSBK Champion, BSB Champion , raced 500cc Grand prix as well as Moto GP and AMA.
This was the year of the "Independent" riders with only a Factory Ducati team in the series really! If you wasn't on the newest Factory Ducati then you had very little chance of taking the title or few wins. Frankie Chili did a superb job on his 998RS customer bike, as well as couple of other guys. Same goes for Toseland in 2004.
2003, Bayliss and Edwards had moved on so it was either going to be Hodgson or Xaus really.
Frankie actually could have had the 999 but during tests, he never got the grip of it. he said: "i prefer the old frame" and Ducati actually modified the old 998 frame to receive the new 999 engine and that's how he did a great year despite not being on the updated bike. like he said: "it was a 998.5".
@@jiboo6850 Yes I remember it well. The 999 wasn't best received by May rider's that year. Was a lot to do with the front end if I'm not wrong. He did have the 999 in 04 but he wasn't best pleased with it.
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Not to diminish, but honestly it maybe was the year where the average level of bikes, riders and competion was the lowest in the modern era.
Bayliss, Edwards, Haga, Aprilia and Honda all in MotoGP; Yamaha back as official factory team only in 05; Ben Bostrom no more in WSBK (for reason I never understood, since he didn't perform in 2002 like the second half of 2001, but he still was top 5 material); Corser riding the new, fascinating and all what you want, but obviously underperforming Foggy Petronas; Pirelli entered as unique tyres supplier (leveling research and the field) after years of Michelin and Dunlop duopoly that elevated competion and forced french company to do revolutionary tyres in 2002; all the other indipendent Ducati riders with the 998 instead of the new creature from Borgo Panigale.
@LemonKush-be9sg no. 2004 you had Haga again and Vermuelen. Superior field.
Then, throughout the upcoming years, Yamaha came back, Corser signed with Suzuki, Ten Kate became a more powerful structure with Winston and Hanspree as sponsors, Toseland made a step, Bayliss came back, Biaggi and Spies arrived, Rea entered the scene, Aprilia came back.
the good old days big mistake going to motogp
Well done for world championship, bikes are so much better now. Why we have to watch you ride round the tracks beats me, let an up to date rider do it !!!!