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WSBK Magny-Cours: Michel Fabrizio on Provisional Pole

12 April, 2020
Michel Fabrizio took this afternoon’s provisional pole at Magny Cours edging out Jonathan Rea for first place. Rea was followed by Noriyuki Haga and Ben Spies and all four riders were separated by less than 2 tenths of a second.Carlos…

Marco Melandri heads QP1 at Monza

12 April, 2020
World Superbikes’s first qualifying session at Monza was longly delayed as the track had to be cleaned up after Mitchell Carr’s Triumph leaked oil from the Serraglio to the Ascari chicane during Supersport qualifying.The QP1 started with some sun and…

Max Biaggi – The rider you love to hate

12 April, 2020
Known as the Roman Emperor or the Black Corsair, his girlfriend for the last five years, Eleonora Pedron, a former Miss Italy calls him The Boss, and Max Biaggi is the rider that you either passionately love or hate. Adored…

Max Neukirchner reveals MR Racing Livery

12 April, 2020
No big team launch for Mario Rubatto’s MR Racing team who will debuting in World Superbikes this season with SBK returnee Max Neukirchner.The 29-year old German rider who spent the last two season in Moto2 posted this photo on his…

WSBK Nurburgring: Davide Giugliano tops first free practice

12 April, 2020
Today’s World Superbikes opening free practice at the Ring saw Althea Ducati’s Davide Giugliano pip both title rivals Max Biaggi and Marco Melandri with his flying last lap of 1.56.395 and grab the top of the timesheets.With the championship in…

Sylvain Guintoli officially splits with Liberty Racing

12 April, 2020
We already posted the rumors after the WSBK Aragon round earlier this month, that there was a a lot of tension between Sylvain Guintoli and his Effenbert Liberty Racing team and that his pit crew had been axed after the…

SBK 2009: Guandalini with Smrz and Roberts

12 April, 2020
The Italian Guandalini Superbike Team lines up their pilots for 2009 in World Superbike with Jacub Smrz and Brendan Roberts riding the Ducati RS09. The FIM Superstock 1000 pilot signed his contact with team manager Mirco Guandalini.Mirco Guandalini said: “I…

Carlos Checa dives with the sharks

12 April, 2020
2011 World Superbike champion Carlos Checa took a dive today at the L’Aquarium Barcelona where he swam with the sharks (last year it was Jorge Lorenzo’s turn) tweeted, “Just arrived at Barcelona Aquarium, where I will swim with sharks, I…

Interview with Arie Vos: Dutch Superbike Champion

12 April, 2020
The friendly Dutchman Arie Vos won again the Dutch Superbike Championship. Twowheelsblog spoke to him:Arie Vos “Champion Open Dutch Superbike Class”, how does it feel?It feels great, although it is the fifth championship in three years for me. This one…

Carlos Checa takes home first Moscow Superpole

11 April, 2020
For the first time after several wet/dry Superpoles today’s World Superbike first ever qualifying session at the Moscow Raceway was dry and it was Carlos Checa who took home his first Tissot watch of the season.The reigning World Champion who…

How does Freddy Foray really prepare for the BSB? (w/video)

11 April, 2020
2010 World Endurance Champion and French Superbike star Freddy Foray will be riding a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R in the British Superbike Championship this season under the PR Racing banner alongside Gary Mason and he said, “Coming to the UK has…

Max Biaggi fends of Melandri to win race 2 at Brno

11 April, 2020
Race 2 at the Czech circuit of Brno was almost an exact carbon copy of race 1, with Max Biaggi and Marco Melandri duelling for the entire race and Carlos Checa hanging on, but never actually getting between the two…

WSBK MMP: Leon Camier leads in QP2 washout

11 April, 2020
The expected rain and cold hit the Miller Motorsports Park track right on schedule and qualifying practice 2 was a total washout, with the riders venturing out for a lap or two and then wisely electing to return to their…

WSBK Portimao QP1 – Jonathan Rea takes provisional pole

11 April, 2020
Jonathan Rea edged out Jakub Smrz to take Friday’s provisional pole position at Portimao. Smrz on a satellite Ducati, who lead the first free practice finished second.Ben Spies jumped up from his 7th place in FP session to take third,…

WSBK – Regis Laconi Seriously Injured

11 April, 2020
During the first lap of this morning’s free practice session at Kyalami, Règis Laconi (Ducati DFX) crashed in the section between turn 11 and turn 12. Unfortunately in the crash the French rider, despite not hitting any obstacle, suffered a…

Tom Sykes fastest at WSBK Pirelli tire test at Aragon

11 April, 2020
The World Superbike riders stayed on a full extra day at Aragon to test the new Pirelli 17″ tires and rims that will be debuting next season (this will be the first and only collective test). Tom Sykes was the…

WSBK Assen: Carlos Checa flies to his third Superpole

11 April, 2020
We shall never doubt Carlos Checa again, after a difficult Friday and so so Saturday morning at Assen, the Spaniard got his mojo back and flew into pole postion in this afternoon’s Superpole shoot-out, taking his third Superpole of this…

Marco Melandri undergoes shoulder surgery

11 April, 2020
Marco Melandri certainly will not be having a comfortable Christmas, as he underwent shoulder surgery yesterday morning, confirmed by the same Melandri on his Twitter page, “surgery on rt shoulder went well.. long way to work to be fit at…