It's not often we get to welcome a new track to a race series, but this year World Superbike gets to add the Moscow Raceway to the calendar. Nobody has raced motorbikes at this 3.9KM track before as it's only been open for six weeks. The track “goes left” or anti-clockwise and starts with a few twisty corners that, according to Marco Melandri, favour the Ducatis to the tune of four or five bike lengths. After a dozen corners, the riders then reach the 873 metre back straight where the long-legged Aprilias and BMWs can hit over 310kmh, negating there earlier advantage given to the Ducatis that can only get close to the 300kmh mark. At the end of the long straight is a sharp left hander that returns the riders to the start/finish straight, giving a fast Friday lap of 1'35 and probably Saturday laps in the 1'34 range.
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