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Tom Sykes Lascorz tribute helmet to be auctioned

8 April, 2020
Tom Sykes was wearing this special Lascorz tribute helmet (based on the Lascorz support sticker) during the last Superbike round at Magny-Cours to honour of his former team-mate Joan Lascorz.Sykes won the final race of 2012 season and just missed…

SBK Generations: On-Board Camera demo available

8 April, 2020
Black Ben Games and Milestone - two of the most well-known software houses in motorcycling simulations - have announced that a the new SBK Generations video game will hit the stores in May. In the wake of the good success…

Dani Pedrosa fastest in wet/dry FP3 at Motorland Aragon

8 April, 2020
Once again the Motorland Aragon circuit conditions were wet for MotoGP’s final free practice and Dani Pedrosa celebrated in 27th birthday by taking the top of the timesheets and despite the tricky surface (a dry line began forming in the…

Confirmed: Andrew Pitt with Reitwagen BMW

8 April, 2020
Reitwagen Motorsport BMW has officially announced that Andrew Pitt, who signed a two year contract, will be riding with their new team, that will debut in the WSBK paddock next season. The team will be fielding BMW’s S 1000 RR…

Carlos Checa: "I was under pressure"

8 April, 2020
Carlos Checa usually doesn’t make mistakes, especially since he’s been riding a Ducati for Althea Racing, but when he does - as it happened in race 1 at Phillip Island - it was a real doozy. An unexpected and spectacular…

Marco Simoncelli on the Aprilia RSV4 at Mugello

8 April, 2020
Marco Simoncelli on his first day of testing at the Mugello with the Aprilia RSV4 lapped at 1′54,21, an excellent time considering that this is second outing on the superbike and that Xerox Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio who was present at…

WSBK, Brno: massive photo gallery from the pits

8 April, 2020
We close the chapter dedicated to the Czech GP with our usual photo gallery picturing the best moments of the weekend away from the track. The latest round of the World Superbike Championship saw Marco Melandri taking two wins to…

Jonathan Rea nabs Superpole at Portimao

8 April, 2020
Jonathan Rea took his second Superpole of 2011 during the final round of the World Superbike season at Portimao. The Northern Irishman headed the top of the timesheets when it counted the most, in SP3 he stopped the clock with…

Everyone wants to be an official Kawasaki team in WSBK

8 April, 2020
Teams Pedercini and Supersonic are just two of the squads that have put forward requests to become the official Kawaski factory team next season in World Superbikes.Paul Bird Motorsports is the current factory team, however Kawasaki’s technical director, Ichiro Yoda…

SBK Portugal: preview Xerox and RG Team

8 April, 2020
All World Superbike teams are traveling to Portugal for this weekend’s last SBK round at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve. We will watch this race with mixed feelings as Troy Bayliss, the winning rider of the British Superbike title in…

Marco Melandri signs with BMW

8 April, 2020
Ahead of today’s World Superbike round at Magny Cours, BMW Motorrad Motorsport has announced that they’ve signed up Marco Melandri to their team for next 2012 championship season.Melandri along with Eugene Laverty were shocked to find out that Yamaha would…

WSBK Imola Test: Cal Crutchlow fastest on Day 2

8 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow finished on top in the second of the two day World Superbike test session at Imola, posting a best lap of 1.47.478 in the afternoon session, that also shattered last year’s race record on the Italian circuit. Michel…

WSBK: Liberty Racing Team officially launched

7 April, 2020
Last Thursday at the Hard Rock Cafè in Prague, Liberty Racing, the new Czech based team that will contest next season in the World Superbike Championship, gave it’s official launch party. Fielding Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli and run by…

Troy Bayliss is another Ducati teaser (w/video)

7 April, 2020
Three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss is highly involved in the development of Ducati’s new Superbike, with names like Xtreme, 1199, SuperQuadro or Panigale which are just some of the names that are being bandied about.Bayliss is the star of…

WSBK Silverstone: Carlos Checa takes command in QP1

7 April, 2020
This afternoon’s qualifying practice 1 at Silverstone, saw Carlos Checa retake command of the timesheet and put everyone back in their place and show why he is still the current points leader.The session was very tight especially in the last…

WSBK Brno: Carlos Checa fastest in QP1

7 April, 2020
Carlos Checa moved to the top of the time sheets in this afternoon’s provisional pole session at Brno. The Althea rider layed down a 1′59.322 lap that was almost a second and half faster than his morning lap time leaving…

Interview with Troy Bayliss, the new World Champion SBK

7 April, 2020
Ducati Xerox rider Troy Bayliss is the new World Champion SBK 2008. A few minutes after the last race, we received this interview from Ducati Corse:-A third World Title and in your final year of superbike racing, a dream result?Yes,…

World Superbikes 2012 Russian round officially presented

7 April, 2020
The Russian Round of the FIM Superbike World Championship, to be held next year on August 26th at Moscow Raceway and which marks the first time ever a world-scale motorsports event takes place in Russia, was successfully launched Friday in…