WSBK Race 2 – Spies does it Again
Race 2 was again a Ben Spies affair. The Texas Terror took the lead with a Michel Fabrizio hot on his tail and after four laps both riders had gapped the field, but Fabrizio could not make close contact with…
WSBK Phillip Island: Carlos Checa pips Max Biaggi in Superpole duel
Carlos Checa dominated all the practice and qualifying sessions at Phillip Island, but almost lost the first Superpole of the 2011 season to hard charging reigning World Champion Max Biaggi.The Althea Ducati rider managed to retain the first position on…
Carlos Checa takes the victory in Race 1 at Miller Motorsports
Betting against Carlos Checa at Miller Motorsports is throwing away hard earned money, the Althea Ducati rider won at this track in 2009, and 2011 and in 2010 only electrical issues while leading both races stopped him from taking another…
Video highlights and rider quotes from Miller Motorsports Park
The maestro of all things in Utah, especially Miller Motorsports Park, Carlos Checa dominated both races yesterday and took his sixth World Superbike race of the season and leaving the rest of the field to fight over leftovers.Here are several…
SBK boss Alonso responds to criticism on Moscow round
Dorna’s World Superbike boss Javier Alonso wasn’t quite happy with the harsh comments made by Marco Melandri following the difficult Superbike round in Moscow, especially after the tragic death of Andrea Antonelli.In a previous interview, Alonso was reported as having…
Rain in Jerez, MotoGP and SBK teams forced in the pits
On the final day of the MotoGP and SBK tests at Jerez de la Frontera, the rain unfortunately prevented teams and riders from continuing with the development of the bikes in view of the 2013 season. The riders of the…
Marco Melandri maintains top spot in QP2 at Monza
The air at Monza has certainly given Marco Melandri a big boost of confidence after struggling these past few rounds.The BMW Goldbet rider’s yesterday’s lap in 1′42.883 remained the benchmark for the field. The Monza track was still damp after…
BMW Motorrad Superbike team concludes two day test at Valencia
BMW Motorrad World Superbike team, with Leon Haslam and Marco Melandri spent two days at Valencia testing preparing for the start of the 2012 season after the long test ban, verifying the latest version of the BMW S 1000RR engine…
WSBK: Michel Fabrizio Finds Solution to his Problems
With only two podiums and 46 points after three rounds and Michel Fabrizio who continues to complain of front end and brake problems, the Xerox Ducati technical team and Fabrizio headed to Mugello and spent the last two days testing…
Haga to participate at Brno after successful surgery
After his crash at WSBK Donington, Noriyuki Haga has undergone successful surgery to his right arm and will return to Italy today. A plate and screws were inserted to set the bone and no complications arose during the procedure.Haga is…
Camier debuts special X-lite X-802R helmet in Donington
Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) will not be the only Briton to show off a special helmet in donington Park this weekend. Just yesterday we talked about the special Arai RX7-GP that the Honda rider is able to wear…
Chaz Davies World Superbikes 2012 Rookie of the Year
Chaz Davies debuted in World Superbikes in 2012 and with his 164,5 points and 9th place in the overall standings is this year’s WSBK Rookie of the Year.The ParkinGO rider made an almost seamless transition into the Superbike class after…
WSBK Monza: Leon Haslam leads BMW top three in FP1
This morning’s World Superbike round at Monza kicked off with Leon Haslam taking the top of the timesheets in the first free practice leading a bevy of of four BMW riders in the top five positions.The BMW factory rider posted…
Effenbert Liberty Team's last WSBK race to be at Donington?
Following Effenbert Liberty’s controversial press release regarding the way that today’s World Superbike round at Monza was handled, several disturbing rumors from Italy are now picking up steam.Apparently team owner Mario Bertuccio had some other choice words for Infront’s management…
Ducati confirms Batta to run Superbike team with Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini
As highly expected - see our previous post - Ducati has officially announced that Francis Battta will be running their Superbike team for the next two seasons under the banner “Team Ducati Alstare.” The biggest suprise of the statement is…
Ducati vs Aprilia and the bickering starts
You’ve got to love Italians, they are never happy even if they win and when you’ve got two Italian manufacturers facing off against each other and bickering becomes the name of the game.The first round of the World Superbike championship…
WSBK: Vittorio Iannuzzo explains Valencia Crash
The horrific crash during on lap 3 of Race 2 at Valencia that involved Kawasaki’s Simon Andrews and S.C. I. rider Vittorio Iannuzzo that left Andrews with a broken heel and bone in his left foot and the Italian with…
Ducati Alstare reveals 1199 Panigale livery
Ahead of the next pre-season World Superbike test to be held at Phillip Island, Ducati Alstare after their good-bye video to Suzuki, has taken off the wraps off the livery that they will sporting this season on Carlos Checa and…
WSBK: Kawasaki confirms three rider team in 2011
For all you Tom Sykes fans out there, who were worried about his fate after a pretty good year with the PBM team and all the development and testing he’s done on the new Ninja, we can officially confirm that…
Effenbert Liberty WSBK team gets medical check-up and training programme
Professional motorcycle racing and sports medicine now go hand and hand and World Superbike team Effenbert Liberty Racing had riders Jakub Smrz, Sylvain Guintoli and newly signed Maxime Berger undergo a complete physical at the “Medicina dello Sport degli Ospedali…
WSBK: Joan Lascorz to testa 2011 Ninja at Almeria
Joan Lascorz was severely injured during the Supersport round at the beginning of August at Silverstone, but the Spanish rider is on the rocky road back to recovery, and thinks he’s fit enough to test the new Kawasaki ZX-10R at…
Nurburgring circuit goes into administration, Portimao also in trouble
Nürburgring GmbH, the current owners of the Nürburgring circuit has gone into administration after Kurt Beck, head of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate confirmed that the European competition authorities have refused to approve a €13 million rescue package. Without the…
Loris Baz video: 'Going for glory'
Loris Baz is in his second season riding for Kawasaki in World Superbikes and is currently 6th in the standings.The 20-year French rider is heading to the iconic Silverstone circuit (August 4th) to try to repeat his first ever victory…
Max Neukirchner concludes three-day test at Jerez
After a shakedown test at Mugello, Max Neukirchner is still continuing his familarization with the Ducati 1199 Panigale and just finished three days of testing at Jerez de la Frontera - which will be hosting the final round of the…
WSBK Misano 2009 – Rider Quotes
Here are some rider quotes from today’s exciting 8th round of the WSBK Championship at Misano World Circuit:Ben Spies - (1st, 9th)“Race one was definitely better than race two! It was good for us, we did what we had to…