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Brendan Roberts moving to SBK in 2009?

6 April, 2020
Next update for riders changing in World Superbike is here. Not only Superbike riders are looking for opportunities but also Superstock riders are looking for their future. Today, we bring news from Brendan Roberts, Superstock 1000 rider in the Ducati…

Leon Haslam's New Helmet Design

6 April, 2020
Leon Haslam took his first ever Superpole today at Phillip Island, so we decided to give you a closer look at Pocket Rocket’s new helmet design for the 2010 season. Designed by Drudi Performance, the Arai lid is two toned…

WSBK Magny Cours – Images

6 April, 2020
Check out our gallery of pics from this weekend’s World Superbike round at Magny-Cours. Title contenders, Ben Spies and Noriyuki Haga won one race each and the 2009 Champion will be crowned at the Portimao track, October 25th.Will it be…

Carlos Checa says WSBK rules and politics handicap Ducati

6 April, 2020
In 2011 Carlos Checa won the World Superbike championship with an extraordinary fifteen wins and six podium finishes, however the 2012 season went backwards for the Althea rider who struggled with an extra six kilos on his 1098R.Checa and other…

Aligi Deganello is Max Biaggi's new crewchief

5 April, 2020
Aligi Deganello was the late Marco Simoncelli’s crewchief from 2007 and Simoncelli had insisted bringing his beloved crewchief and 250cc pit crew into MotoGP after winning the 250cc title despite Fausto Gresini’s doubts regarding the team’s complete inexperience in setting…

Troy Bayliss Will NOT Be Making a Comeback

5 April, 2020
It wasn’t a pleasant day at the World Ducati Week at Misano for Troy Bayliss fans.The three times World Superbike champion, less than a month after saying he had retired to early and was missing racing and wanted to make…

John Hopkins in BSB to be announced

5 April, 2020
John Hopkins will be getting a fresh start in racing after seven years in MotoGP, less than a season in WSBK’s and a somewhat sticky and controversial injured season in the AMA . The Anglo-American rider according to Crescent Suzuki…

WSBK: Team Pedercini to continue with Kawasaki in 2011

5 April, 2020
World Superbike and Superstock 1000FIM Cup Team Pedercini in a press release have confirmed that will continue their collaboration with Kawasaki in 2011 and will be using the new version of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R that the we saw testing…

WSBK Bombshell – Davide Tardozzi leaves Ducati!

5 April, 2020
What’s happening in Ducati’s Corse Racing teams? First we have the rumor, that’s getting stronger by the hour, that Livio Suppo will be leaving his postion in Ducati to head for Honda HRC, we have Serafino Foti that lead Ducati’s…

WSBK Test Day 2 – Fabrizio Leads Ducati Domination

5 April, 2020
Michel Fabrizio led day 2 of official testing at Phillip Island, less than a week from the opening round of the season with a splendid lap of 1’31”650 on race tires, as Pirelli did not bring any supersoft Superpole tires…

Ducati Alstare test at Jerez hampered by rain and wind

5 April, 2020
Alstare Ducati’s three day private test session at Jerez de la Frontera that started yesterday (Saturday, January 19th) ahead of 2013 World Superbike championship that kicks off at Phillip Island, has so far has been hampered by strong rain showers…

Eugene Laverty fastest at Portimao test

5 April, 2020
With the 2011 World Superbike season already tucked away after the final round at Portimao, Monday was dedicated to the journalists who got a chance to ride the Superbike machines, but Tuesday was about the riders again and preparing for…

WSBK News – Waiting for Misano

5 April, 2020
With the 8th round of WSBK Championship just around the corner and will take place at the Italian circuit of Misano Adriatico, here is some up date news from the teams and about the riders.Tommy Hill has split from his…

Video: Marco Melandri's first taste of the Yamaha R1

5 April, 2020
Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty are currently testing at Phillip Island and we can now give you a video courtesy of Italy’s Superbike.TV, who followed the former MotoGP rider to Valencia earlier this month and filmed his first outing on…

WSBK: Shane Byrne to Althea Ducati?

5 April, 2020
It looks like Shane Byrne is going to be leaving Marco Borciani’s Team Sterilgarda BRC Racing and is heading towards Althea Ducati in 2010.The British rider had been spotted entering the Althea Honda (before switching to Ducati ) truck during…

Marco Melandri and others talk about Brno WSBK races

5 April, 2020
Marco Melandri not only scored the first double victory for BMW at Brno, but he also shortened his points gap from Max Biaggi to 21 points in the riders championship, he also given the German manufacturer the lead in the…

WSBK 2013, Aragon: here come the Paddock Girls

5 April, 2020
Welsh rider Chaz Davies is by far the real surprise of the first two rounds of the World Superbike 2013 season. The 26 year old of the BMW Motorrad Goldbet SBK team simply destroyed the competition in the Aragon GP,…

WSBK Misano: Carlos Checa leads in QP1

5 April, 2020
After seeing Casey Stoner crush the field during FP2 and no one able to get close to him, and the QP1 lap times in WSBK at Misano, you don’t have to be a genius to understand that there’s going to…

Andrew Pitt to Pedercini WSBK team?

5 April, 2020
If we were to place a rider in a top ten 2010 horrid season list, it would have to be Andrew Pitt. The two times world supersport champion and veteran world superbike and MotoGP rider started this season with Reitwagen…

WSBK Nurburgring Preview

5 April, 2020
The WSBK Championship will be back this weekend at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany after the long summer break. Noriyuki Haga, the championship points leader is back to full fitness after his horrific highside at Donington and ready to take…

FIM confirms Istanbul Park World Superbike round

5 April, 2020
The FIM has officially released a revised 2013 World Superbike calendar today, officially confirming that Istanbul Park, Turkey would be will now be hosting a round of the Superbike this season. The Turkish venue therefore will be hosting the tenth…

British Superbikes Ducati 1199 RS Panigale

5 April, 2020
The Ducati 1199 Panigale will not be competing only in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, but will also be debuting in this season’s British Superbike championship.Two teams, Moto Rapido and Jentin Doodson Motorsport will be debuting the new Superbike and…