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Michel Fabrizio wipes out Ben Spies at Brno

19 March, 2020
Michel Fabrizio isn’t new to these type of passes that take out other riders, the Roman is often over enthusiastic and once and awhile turns his brain off. This time it was Ben Spies who was leading race 1, trying…

Chris Vermeulen finally back on his Kawasaki

18 March, 2020
Chris Vermeulen has made it and is finally back on his Kawasaki superbike. The Australian after being out of action following his knee reconstruction surgery six months ago, had his first taste of the Ninja ZX-10R that he’ll be using…

WSBK: Pedercini Kawasaki team happy with Almeria shakedown

18 March, 2020
The Pedercini Kawasaki team has just carried out two days of testing at the Spanish circuit of Almeria, where the Italian squad continued the development of the ZX-10R that will take part in the 2013 World Superbike Championship with riders…

World Superbike quotes from Portimao and video highlights

18 March, 2020
The 2011 World Superbike season finale at Portimao, Portugal ended with reigning World Champion Carlos Checa and Marco Melandri splitting a win each and Checa with his 15th victory of season bettering Ben Spies and Troy Bayliss record number of…

Marco Melandri fesses up on Rossi-Honda rumor

15 March, 2020
When we posted the rumor that Valentino Rossi was looking to leave Ducati and hook up with Honda for the 2012 season last Thursday, which was based on a statement from Marco Melandri on Italian website The Racing Tribune.it it…

WSBK Offer for Schumacher

15 March, 2020
According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Carlo Fiorani head of Honda Europe has been quoted as saying that if retired 7 times Formula 1 champion, Michael Schumacher wants to ride in World Superbike Championship next year he’d be more than…

Troy Bayliss Wants to Make a Superbike Comeback

15 March, 2020
WSBK racing fans are going to jump with joy when they find out that three time World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss, less than a year into his retirement wants to return to racing.The 40 year old Australian talking to Motosprint,…

WSBK Silverstone: Jonathan Rea Leads in Free Practice

15 March, 2020
Hot from a third place podium at the Suzuka 8 Hours last Sunday, Jonathan Rea took the top spot in today’s free practice at the Silverstone circuit. The Ten Kate Honda rider put in a best lap of 1′06.927 in…

Davide Giugliano fastest in the wet on day 1 at Jerez

15 March, 2020
The weather at Jerez de la Frontera continues to hamper World Superbike testing, however this time the rain and the wet track didn’t prevent the riders from Althea Racing, Pata Honda, Kawasaki Racing, BMW GoldBet and Fixi Crescent Suzuki squads…

WSBK Portimao – Rider Quotes and Video Highlights

15 March, 2020
Check out what the rider’s had to say and watch the video highlights from both races after the second round of the World Superbike Championship at Portimao where veteran rider Max Biaggi took his first double victory since he switched…

Kawasaki WSBK team to test at Almeria

15 March, 2020
With the official winter testing ban now finally over - it ended January 15th - three World Superbike teams (Kawasaki, Fixi Crescent Suzuki and Althea Aprilia) will be heading to the Almeria circuit in Spain tomorrow for two-days of private…

John Hopkins has ring finger amputated

15 March, 2020
John Hopkins MotoGP free practice crash at Brno last August has ultimately cost him his ring finger. The Crescent Suzuki rider who has suffered through six surgeries and months of rehab to cure the damaged finger had to capitulate and…

World Superbikes to head to Russia

15 March, 2020
Infront Motor Sport just one upped Dorna as they have announced that the World Superbike Championship will be heading to Russia as soon as 2012.The partnership agreement was reached between Paolo Flamini’s Infront Motor Sports and Yakhnich Motorsport who is…

WSBK Aragon: FP1 goes to Marco Melandri

15 March, 2020
The World Superbike championship is debuting for the first time at the Motorland Aragon circuit for its seventh round and during the first free practice the fastest rider on the circuit wasn’t Carlos Checa as we expected, but Marco Melandri.Melandri…

Ryota Haga and Ben Spies: "You've got a Friend"

15 March, 2020
I was checking out SPEED.Tv.com website yesterday and found this great story about Noriyuki Haga’s son, Ryota and new WSBK rider Ben Spies. This story was so lovely and heart warming that I just had to share. A special thanks…

World Superbike gets new rules for 2013

15 March, 2020
The Superbike Commission (for Infront Motorsports it will be the last time, with Dorna doing the deed from 2014) has released the new rules for the 2013 season - some we’ve already known for several months, while others were only…

WSBK Silverstone: Carlos Checa tops FP1 before the rain

15 March, 2020
The usual English weather hampered the World Superbike riders first free practice at Silverstone. The session opened to a damp track and a little more than twenty minutes later rain hit the circuit, sending the riders scrurrying back to the…

WSBK Nurburgring rider quotes and video highlights

15 March, 2020
Round 12 of the World Superbike Championship at a highly eventful Nurburgring circuit saw Max Biaggi regain the lead in the standings after a superb victory in race 1, while title rival Marco Melandri binned it not only in race…