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Blake Young to replace injured Leon Camier at Laguna Seca

3 April, 2020
Despite rumors that John Hopkins could have been replacing injured Leon Camier in the upcoming round of the World Superbike championship at Laguna Seca, Fixi Crescent Suzuki has decided to field AMA rider Blake Young.Camier broke seven bones in his…

Rider quotes from WSBK testing at Portimao

3 April, 2020
The tough weather conditions in the three day official test at Portiamo put a damper on many of the things the teams were trying to test and find solutions for, however the riders took it in stride, even they got…

Motorland Aragon circuit to name turn after Carlos Checa

3 April, 2020
With the World Superbike championship heading to the Motorland Aragon circuit this weekend for the 8th round of the season, has decided to pay tribute to Carlos Checa by naming one of their turns of the track after the first…

WSBK Monza Race 1 – The Agony and The Ecstasy

3 April, 2020
A terrifying accident at the first corner of World Superbike Championship at Monza brought Race 1 to an almost immediate halt with five riders seriously involved.The first chicane of the Monza circuit is notorious for accidents and hated by all…

Castrol Honda wrap up two day test at Phillip Island

3 April, 2020
Castrol Honda Superbike team just completed a private two-day test at Phillip Island before the official tests next week that precede the opening round of the season.Weather conditions were mostly dry, but wet conditions during the Thursday morning session saw…

KTM to wildcard in World Superbikes in 2012?

3 April, 2020
KTM may be waiting for World Superbikes to better define their rules before they decide to field a full-time team, but not so subtly hinted that they could make a few appearances into international racing in 2012 and that could…

H-Moto Superstock squad plans to enter WSBK Evo class

3 April, 2020
When Dorna took over the World Superbike champion one of the first things that they wanted to do was slash racing costs and also help boost dwindling grids.When the plans were first outlined, several Superstock and Supersport squads expressed a…

Francis Batta blasts Gobmeier and then makes peace

2 April, 2020
We’ve kept repeating that Monza isn’t a track for twin cylinders because of its high speeds, but that isn’t exactly true, because a certain Troy Bayliss on a Ducati won there several times in the past, because the Italian manufacturer…

Regis Laconi returns to France

2 April, 2020
According to French website Motorevue, Regis Laconi ‘s health is steadily getting better. His friend and lawyer Paul-Louis Collignon was on hand when Laconi landed in a Paris for a rest stop before being flown the next day to Marseilles,…

Max Biaggi's wildcard entry request revealed by Gregorio Lavilla

2 April, 2020
The rumors of Max Biaggi wanting to race in next month’s World Superbike round at Monza, have been confirmed by Dorna’s World Superbike representative Gregorio Lavilla.According to an interview published in Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport Lavillia revealed that the Roman…

WSBK Nurburgring: all the pics from the paddock

2 April, 2020
The German GP surely turned out to be a pivotal moment in the 2012 World Superbike Championship, with Max Biaggi taking advantage of Marco Melandri’s unfortunate double blunder to get back at the top of the table with a decent…

Tom Sykes leads the field in QP2 at Phillip Island

2 April, 2020
Tom Sykes jumped to the top of the timesheets in QP2 at Phillip Island ahead of this afternoon’s first Superpole of 2012 World Superbike championship season.The Kawasaki rider set the best lap of the 45 minute session in 1.31.323, which…

Eugene Laverty takes victory in race 2 at P.I

2 April, 2020
Phillip Island has officially become an Aprilia stronghold. After a 1-2-3 podium in race 1 with a victory by Sylvain Guintoli, race 2 saw team mate Eugene Laverty take the win - his second with the Italian manufacturer. Completing the…

Superbikes Parade Lap at San Marino (w/videos)

2 April, 2020
One of the event to promote this weekend’s World Superbike round at Misano was a ride around the historic and tiny town center of San Marino, the oldest republic in the world.All seven manufacturers were present: Ducati, Suzuki, Aprilia, Kawasaki,…

Photo of the Day: Why we Prefer Motorcycle Racing to Football

2 April, 2020
With the World Cup stealing viewing audiences left and right, world superbike rider Luca Scassa decided to take the situation in hand and with a variation on “racing because football, baseball, bowling and golf only require one ball” exhibited this…

Jules Cluzel meets his Suzuki and World Superbike crew

2 April, 2020
FIXI Crescent Suzuki new signing Jules Cluzel made his first visit to the team’s headquarters in Verwood, England today to get his first chance to meet his crew and try out for size the Suzuki GSX-R1000 that he will be…

Loris Baz to also miss Laguna Seca WSBK round

2 April, 2020
More bad news for Loris Baz. The Kawasaki rider will also be forced to miss the 12th round of the World Superbike championship at Laguna Seca.Baz crashed out during warm-up practice at Nurburgring fracturing his T4 vertebra and was forced…

WSBK – Davide Tardozzi becomes BMW’s Team Manager

2 April, 2020
The rumors were circulating for several weeks, but Italian website Motosprint has now former Ducati Xerox manager Davide Tardozzi almost signed up with WSBK’s official BMW team.Tardozzi left Ducati after almost twenty years of service and eight Riders’ Championships, first…

Tom Sykes breaks record to take Monza Superpole

2 April, 2020
Monza’s Superpole was about taking advantage of tows and slipstreams, but Tom Sykes didn’t need to use any of these tatics with his Kawasaki ZX-10R as he scored his third consecutive Superpole of the season.Eugene Laverty was the first rider…