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HRC Executive Vice President Shuhei Nakamoto was at Phillip Island last weekend for the MSMA - Dorna meeting to talk about how to reduce costs in World Superbikes for the not to distant future.
Officially Honda is not in World Superbikes at a factory level as they’ve turned over their efforts to the Ten Kate who does all the development work on the CBR1000RRs that Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam race, but according to gpextra.com the HRC boss said he would like retired Casey Stoner to wild card in a World Superbike round to help in motorcycle development.
“It would be a good idea to have Casey Stoner as a wildcard rider in the World Superbike Championship,” said Nakamoto. “But Casey is not cheap. It would also be nice if he could help us in the motorcycle development. Who knows …”
First rumors about wildcard rides in MotoGP that were played down by Livio Suppo, and now in World Superbikes, with the HRC boss starting the speculation, and next thing you’ll know Stoner, who has turned to a new career on four wheels, will be rumored to wildcard in the Australian Superbike championship to help boost the series.
