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Max Neukirchner to ride a Ducati in World Superbikes?

19 March, 2020
We know that Max Neukirchner will be forced to skip of the final rounds the Moto2 championship following his hand injuries, however the German rider is now in the middle of new rumor that could see him return to World…

Crutchlow Fastest on Final Day of Testing at Misano

19 March, 2020
The final day of WSBK testing at the Misano World Circuit saw Cal Crutchlow come out on top in the unofficial test times, with the riders working ahead of finding a good set-up for next week’s eighth championship round.Crutchlow stopped…

FIM CDI rules against Aprilia's Monza appeal

19 March, 2020
The FIM CDI has finally made their decision and has rejected Aprilia's appeal regarding the results of race 2 at the Monza round last May. Aprilia had initially protested that Tom Sykes had cut the Variante della Roggia in a…

Liberty Racing concludes 2 day test at Guadix

19 March, 2020
World Superbike newbie team Liberty Racing has concluded a private two day test session at the Spanish circuit of Gaudix. Jakub Smrz spent the test familiarizing himself with the upgraded electronics on his Ducati 1198 F10, while French rider Sylvain…

Gallery of Pics from the WSBK Portimao Weekend

19 March, 2020
Here’s a beautiful gallery of pics from this weekend’s second round of the World Superbike Championship at the Portimao circuit in Portugal. An interesting info fact from the SBK website regarding this year’s round: “Race one was 16 seconds faster…

Ducati Alstare's Checa and Badovini injury updates

19 March, 2020
The first round of the World Superbike season at Phillip Island - and even pre-season testing - was disastrous for Ducati Alstare team, Ayrton Badovini missed both races after crashing in practice and breaking his foot and team mate Carlos…

2013 Moscow: Davide Giugliano takes maiden pole position

19 March, 2020
After two damp sessions, this afternoon’s World Superbike session at the Moscow Raceway was fortunately dry so the riders could use their slick tires and not the hated intermediate ones.Tom Sykes seemed to be on his way on taking his…

WSBK Valencia QP 1: Carlos Checa Continues to Lead

19 March, 2020
Homeboy Carlos Checa continued his domination on the Valencia race track during the QP1 session. The Spaniard was again the leader, that saw not only six Ducati’s in the top ten, but three privateer Ducati riders taking the three top…

KTM wants clearer rules before entering World Superbikes

19 March, 2020
KTM has already confirmed they will be in Moto3 next year, but they would also like to bring their RC8R Superbike to the international racing scene and compete in World Superbikes, however they need assurances regarding the rules that still…

Rider Quotes and Pics from the WSBK Assen Round

19 March, 2020
We’ve got a lot of rider quotes from yesterday’s World Superbike races at Assen, so you can find out who’s in seventh heaven, who’s happy and who’s disappointed and why. Jonathan Rea (Race - 1st, Race 2 - 1st):“You know,…

WSBK – Sponsorship problems and Sterilgarda drops Polita

19 March, 2020
Alex Polita who graduated from Sterilgarda’s BRC Racing Team in the Superstock 1000 Championship to ride in WSBK for Sterilgarda Ducati is now out of ride due to sponsorship economic woes thus leaving Shane Byrne as the sole rider for…

Loris Baz new helmet design and logo

19 March, 2020
The World Superbike teams will be arriving at the re-surfaced Phillip Island circuit this week for a private test that will take place on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th before the official two-day test on February 18-19 that leads up…

WSBK Kyalami Race 1 and 2 – Haga takes it all

19 March, 2020
Noriyuki Haga took a double victory yesterday at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa on board his Ducati Xerox with team mate Michel Fabrizio taking second place twice. Ben Spies took third in the first race, while in the second,…

WSBK Aragon tests: Carlos Checa fastest on day 1

19 March, 2020
Carlos Checa was the fastest rider during both the morning and afternoon WSBK unofficial test sessions at the Motorland Aragon circuit on day 1. The Spaniard stopped the clock at 1.58.3 with his Ducati, five tenths of second faster than…

Carlos Checa takes the Panigale to 1st pole position

19 March, 2020
Carlos Checa wasn’t in the greatest form following his crash during Q1 - that he defined ‘one of the biggest highsides of my career,’ but that didn’t stop the Alstare rider from taking the first Superpole of the 2013 World…

Liberty Racing says Sylvain Guintoli has had poor results

19 March, 2020
After their brief press release issued this afternoon regarding Sylvain Guintolileaving their team, Liberty Racing has decided to put an entirely different spin to the story and from a “misunderstanding between the mechanics and the administrative management of the team”…

Toni Elias shines in World Superbike debut at Istanbul

19 March, 2020
Toni Elias jumped into the deep end of things when he debuted in World Superbikes this weekend at Istanbul replacing axed rider Michel Fabrizio in the Red Devils Roma team.With no prior experience on the Aprilia RSV4 nor with the…

Carlos Checa leads in WSBK Moscow test

19 March, 2020
With the Moscow Raceway debuting for the first time on the World Superbike calendar, the SBK riders have been give a few hours today to learn the new circuit before the round officially begins on Friday and use the front…