After a long layoff, WorldSBK is back at last, and with it, the Paddock Pass Podcasts Voices Of Superbikes, Steve English and Gordon Ritchie. Steve and Gordo take a long look back at WorldSBK preseason and the very first race weekend of the year, at Aragon. They discuss the state of Kawasaki, and Steve sits down for a long and insightful interview with Jonathan Rea. Then Gordo and Steve discuss where Ducati is now, and Alvaro Bautista's return.

They also discuss how Toprak Razgatlioglu kicked off his title defence, and take a bigger look at where Yamaha stands. They discuss how much better Honda have been at the start of the season, thanks in no small part to the additional testing the factory has done. And they ask how hard the opening weekend was for Scott Redding at BMW, and whether things will improve once Michael van der Mark returns from injury.

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