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Eugene Laverty beats Sykes in race 2 at Assen

7 April, 2020
Tom Sykes wasn’t able to repeat a second victory at the Assen circuit. The Kawasaki rider tried to escape like he did in race one and set the pace, but the warmer surface conditions did not help him, but it…

Marco Melandri: 'Rossi's crisis has given me credibility'

7 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi’s failure to perform in two seasons with Ducati has left former MotoGP rider Marco Melandri feeling somewhat vindicated because when he failed at Ducati no one gave him a free pass like fans have been doing with Rossi,…

Max wants to ride with Ducati Xerox!

7 April, 2020
Max Biaggi has confirmed he wants to ride for the Ducati Xerox Team next year in World Superbike 2009. Max said: “No, I haven’t spoken to Xerox although I spoke today with Troy Bayliss and he said ‘I have nothing…

WSBK: the paddock girls from the Monza round

7 April, 2020
Thanks to our mates from twin-site motoblog.it, here is a little photo gallery dedicated to some of the most fascinating ladies who were spotted here and there in the paddock of the latest World Superbike round, the Italian GP, which…

WSBK Brno: Carlos Checa stays on top in QP2

7 April, 2020
Sunny skies and higher temperatures met the WSBK riders this Saturday morning at Brno for QP2, and with the riders much more concentrated on set-up issues andwhich tires to use for Sunday’s races than qualifying for the Superpole due to…

World Superbike riders preview Imola Round

7 April, 2020
The second round of the 2012 World Superbike season will kicking off tomorrow at the historic Enzo and Dino Ferrari circuit at Imola, and while Aprilia’s Max Biaggi is leading in the standings, Italian bookies are giving Carlos Checa the…

Loris Baz wins highly battled race 2 at Silverstone

7 April, 2020
If the Superstock and Supersport races were battled and also controversial, World Superbikes race 2 at Silverstone was just as spectacular and battled, but with none of the controversy.In mixed conditions once again, Loris Baz after his disappointing fifth in…

Alstare counting down Ducati deal

7 April, 2020
The MotoGP paddock this weekend at Valencia is seeing the presence of several World Superbike people, Carlos Checa is visiting the Ducati garage and friend Jorge Lorenzo (they’ve trained with motocross bikes together) Aprilia’s Gigi dall’Igna is looking over the…

Danilo Soncini joins Red Devils Roma SBK team

7 April, 2020
Danilo Soncini used to be the team owner of Supersonic Racing who competed in World Superbikes in 2010 (with Luca Scassa) and 2011 (with Maxime Berger) before pulling out and selling the team to Andrea Petricca who renamed the squad…

Sylvain Guintoli decides to postpone shoulder surgery

7 April, 2020
During this past weekend’s World Superbike round at Silverstone, Sylvain Guintoli said he was considering undergoing surgery to help clear up the physical issues he has been having after having dislocated his right collarbone, and torn the ligaments in his…

WSBK Assen round quotes and race highlight videos

7 April, 2020
Round three of the World Superbike championship is now more or less tucked away, and Max Biaggi despite a tough and opaque weekend came away from Assen with the lead in the standings and ahead of Carlos Checa by just…

Jake Zemke to replace injured John Hopkins at Monza

7 April, 2020
Stiggy Racing Honda has confirmed that Jake Zemke will replace injured John Hopkins for the Monza round of the WSBK Championship. Zemke at the present rides for the Erion Honda in 2009 Pro Daytona SportBike class.Jake Zemke:” I am extremely…

Niccolò Canepa to replace Carlos Checa at Laguna Seca

7 April, 2020
World Superstock rider Niccolò Canepa will be replacing injured Carlos Checa in the Alstare Racing team when the championship goes all the way to California for the 12th round of the season that will take place at the iconic Mazda…

Max Biaggi dominates Race 2 at Misano

7 April, 2020
Max Biaggi has further lengthened his lead in the World Superbike standings as he took a dominating and comfortable win in Race 2 at Misano.The Aprilia rider had another excellent start and coming from 10th on the grid was up…

Tom Sykes wins truncated Race 2 at Monza

7 April, 2020
This weekend’s World Superbike round at Monza will probably go down in history and it won’t be for the 25th anniversary of the series, but rather to the capricious weather and the tires.After race 1 was finally cancelled for safety…

Ducati Sterilgarda team changes name

7 April, 2020
Marco Borciano’s team for 2009 in the World Superbike Championship will change names to become “Team Sterilgarda”.The partnership with “Go Eleven” expired and the team wants to thank the company for the partnership during the last season.The Italian team with…

WSBK Brno: Jonathan Rea Dominates in Race 1

7 April, 2020
Jonathan Rea made a strong comeback overcoming his recent problems to win his third World Superbike race of the season in a dominating fashion in the first race at Brno. The Honda Ten Kate rider grabbed the lead with an…

Tom Sykes rockets to Superpole at Assen

6 April, 2020
Today’s World Superbike’s Superpole at Assen was declared wet, even if the track was more dry than damp with just a few spots of water crossing the tarmac making it tricky riding for everyone, especially in the first half of…

Chaz Davies wins redflagged race 2 at Nurburgring

6 April, 2020
Chaz Davies took his third victory of the 2013 World Superbike championship in a exciting race 2 at Nurburgring (where Davies took his first every SBK win) that like race 1 was red flagged with just two laps remaining in…

Bombshell! Ducati to drop out of World Superbikes!

6 April, 2020
According GPone.com at 3 pm today, Ducati will be dropping one of the biggest bomshells to hit the racing world since Kawasaki’s MotoGP pull-out.According the the authoritive Italian website, Ducati has decided to officially pull out of the World Superbike…