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WSBK Silverstone: Tom Sykes dominates QP2

10 April, 2020
Tom Sykes dominated today’s second qualifying session at Silverstone. The Kawasaki rider’s best lap was seemingly untouchable for the rest of the field as he posted 2.05.350 before it started raining in the final ten minutes of the session.The surprise…

WSBK Donington: Tight free practice sees Tom Sykes on top

10 April, 2020
One week after winning truncated race 2 at Monza (with all the controversy surrounding the entire round) Tom Sykes was back on top of the charts in today’s opening free practice at a cloudy and cool (12°C) Donington Park for…

Carlos Checa charges to Imola Superpole on race tires

10 April, 2020
Carlos Checa grabbed his 6th Superpole of the season at Imola with a fantastic record breaking lap time of 1.47.196, and amazingly he took the pole using hard race tires as he ran out of qualifying tires to assure his…

Althea Racing in shock split with Ducati

10 April, 2020
After testing with the Ducati Panigale for three days at Aragon earlier this month, Althea Racing and Ducati have decided in a shocking move to part company after three proficuous years - that includes a World title in Superbike and…

Your pics: exclusive WSBK post-crash Haga pics

10 April, 2020
We have to thank our reader Michael Langler who sent us his exclusive pics of some of the Salt Lake City SBK action on the weekend. In these shots we can see Haga’s leathers and his bike, post-crash.Haga crashed out…

SBK Donington 2013: Two 'fairy tale' victories for Tom Sykes

10 April, 2020
Tom Sykes had a ‘fairy tale’ weekend at Donington Park with his first ever double victory in World Superbikes.The British rider led all the dry sessions, Q1, QP2, the second free practice and he lead all three Superpole stints and…

James Toseland retires from racing

10 April, 2020
Two-time World Superbike Champion James Toseland has been forced to announce his retirement from racing.The British rider’s long battle to return to fitness after the wrist injury he sustained in a crash with his BMW Italia Superbike during private test…

Niccolò Canepa to return to action at Silverstone

10 April, 2020
After missing the Brno round after suffering from a bout of Bell’s palsy,Niccolò Canepa will be returning to action for this weekend’s tenth round of the World Superbike championship at Silverstone.The 2007 Superstock 1000 FIM Cup champion and former MotoGP…

2011 EICMA: Ducati 1199 Panigale

9 April, 2020
Ducati brought the whole 1199 Panigale range at the 2011 EICMA, meaning 1199 Panigale, 1199 Panigale S and the special 1199 Panigale S Tricolore version. The whole lot uses the Superquadro engine, arguably the most advanced and powerful two-cylinder unit…

Marco Melandri already fast at Valencia

9 April, 2020
Marco Melandri’s first outing with the Yamaha Superbike at Valencia was a big success, judging by the lap times (interesting that they’ve given out th times for a private test). The Italian posted a best time of 1.33.9 with a…

Tom Sykes dominates opening practice at Silverstone

9 April, 2020
Tom Sykes was the fastest rider in the first free practice at Silverstone this morning. After losing the lead in the championship standings after his Kawasaki suffered a technical issue and caught fire during race one at Moscow, the British…

WSBK releases updated calendar

9 April, 2020
Posting yesterday about the World Superbike round at Brno being off the calendar has prompted the FIM to release an updated version, but still provisional 2013 World Superbike calendar.The new version indicates a date change for the third event of…

2013 WSBK silly season: money and possible switches

9 April, 2020
World Superbikes 2013 silly season is a little less intense than that of MotoGP, but it’s just as fascinating as rumors and speculation are just now starting to fly.Max Biaggi who just turned 41, seems to have no intention of…

World Superbike Alfa Romeo MiTo special editions

9 April, 2020
Cars and motorcycles are becoming even more entwined as manufacturers decide to launch special editions, and Alfa Romeo has opted to celebrate their long collaboration with the World Superbike championship (they are one of top sponsors of the series and…

Ducati Alstare says goodbye to Alstare Suzuki with video

9 April, 2020
Belgium manager Francis Batta always had the upmost respect for Suzuki. He ran the marque for fourteen years taking part in the World Superstock, World Supersport and World Superbikes championships.His Alstare Suzuki teams won three championship titles, two in World…

WSBK, Aragon: the paddock girls

9 April, 2020
As usual, we collected a few images from the latest WSBK round in Aragon, Spain, picturing some of the nicest senoritas who were seen hanging around paddock and pit lane. This time around the lion’s share goes to the Fixi…

WSBK: Kawasaki completes another 3 days of testing at Aragon

9 April, 2020
With Aprilia and Yamaha set to do their testing at Phillip Island, six teams (Honda Ten Kate, both BMW teams, DFX Borciani, Alstare Suzuki and Supersonic Ducati who’ll be testing at Portimao today and tomorrow, the Kawasaki team just finished…

Carlos Checa debuted new helmet graphics in Aragon

9 April, 2020
At the recent Grand Prix of Aragon, second round of the World Superbike Championship 2013, Spanish rider Carlos Checa debuted a new graphic scheme for his famous X-Lite X-802R helmet. The 2011 SBK World Champion has in fact decided to…

Brett McCormick talks from hospital bed

9 April, 2020
Injured Effenbert Superbike rider Brett McCormick following his horrific Race 2 accident and is still currently hospitalized at Groningen in Holland and was contacted by The Morning Edition of Saskatchewan’s CBC Radio to find out how he is.McCormick who seems…

WSBK Imola Test Day 2 – Jonathan Rea tops at Imola

9 April, 2020
In the final day of testing at the Imola circuit, it was Jonathan Rea who pipped Michel Fabrizio out of the top spot with a best lap of 1:48.670 at the end of the session. Michel Fabrizio was second, the…

WSBK Monza: Michel Fabrizio on provisional pole

9 April, 2020
This afternoon’s first qualifying session at Monza was a repeat of this morning’s with another BMW domination - four riders in the top five - only taking the provisional pole was Michel Fabrizio on his satellite machine who pipped factory…

Max Biaggi upset over loss of crew chief Sandi

9 April, 2020
Alitalia Aprilia is losing important pieces in their World Superbike team structure, Francesco Guidotti has left to became a team manager for Pramac Racing in MotoGP and now they’ve lost legendary Aprilia crew chief Giovanni Sandi who seems will heading…