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Ducati to kill SBK for Valentino Rossi contract?

17 April, 2020
As the Rossi to Ducati rumours really take off, the Italian press is reporting that Ducati will cut its SBK team to acquire the world champion Italian rider. If Valentino Rossi moves to Ducati it will be under a Marlboro…

WSBK Monza: Damp track in QP2 confirms QP1 chart

17 April, 2020
The expected rain hit the the North of Italy and Monza’s track conditions for World Superbike’s second qualifying practice started damp and then started to dry out, however there was no improvement on yesterday’s lap times whichconfirmed QP1 positions.Remaining outside…

WSBK quotes from Brno Superpole with highlight video

17 April, 2020
Tomorrow’s World Superbike double header at Brno will be all about the weather, it’s expected to rain at some point which could mix up things and tire management, with some riders still unsure on which tire to use.Here’s what some…

Update on Noriyuki Haga's Conditions

17 April, 2020
For all you NitroNori fans we have and update from Italian website GPone.com regarding the Xerox Ducati rider who was suspected to have fractured his T8 e T9 vertebrae and was airlifted to a hospital in Derby. At the hospital,…

Exclusive interview with Troy Bayliss at Assen 2008

16 April, 2020
You don’t meet every day a hero or World Champion. During the SBK 2008 @ Assen I was able to talk to Troy for some minutes.Troy Bayliss talking about his age, about the way he’s thinking before and today. His…

Troy Bayliss at Phillip Island

16 April, 2020
Troy Bayliss, the reigning World Superbike Champion who retired after last year after his third championship win, couldn’t stay away from WSB for long, as he returned to the Phillip Island paddock as a spectator this weekend, and was interviewed…

Guintoli and Laverty talk about the first day at Assen

16 April, 2020
The first day of World Superbike practice sessions at Assen was cold and rainy and the weather conditions hampered everyone, except for Tom Sykes who didn’t seem bothered by the weather conditions nor was he afraid to take any risks…

Niccolò Canepa to wildcard in WSBK Donington round

16 April, 2020
Niccolò Canepa, who currently leads the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup championship standings will be racing in next weekend’s World Superbike Donington Park round as a wildcard entry.The Italian will be racing a 1199 Panigale R in SBK trim and will…

Haga and Fabrizio Re-Sign for Ducati in 2010

16 April, 2020
The Xerox Ducati WSBK team has announced today that they have re-signed Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio for the 2010 World Superbike season.Haga and Fabrizio are currently second and third in the world standing with three rounds remaining and Haga…

WSBK – Ernesto Marinelli new Ducati Xerox Team Manager

16 April, 2020
Ernesto Marinelli, who was Xerox Ducati’s technical director has been promoted and will take over Davide Tardozzi’s role as SBK project manager.Marinelli’s promotion came after Tardozzi’s decision to step down from his position to seek new challenges because he lost…

Roberto Rolfo to ride with Pedercini WSBK team

16 April, 2020
After spending half of 2009 riding a Moto2 in the Spanish CEV with Siemens Gigaset Laglisse team and taking part in the inaugural Moto2 championship with S.T.R, Italtrans team, Roberto Rolfo is returning to the big bikes and the World…

Eugene Laverty takes dry/wet/dry Silverstone Superpole

16 April, 2020
It was a mixed up World Superbike Superpole at Silverstone this afternoon. Everything was proceeding as usual until almost the end of SP3, when the session was red flagged because it started to rain very lightly.Just before the red flag,…

Rider quotes from Misano Superpole with highlight video

16 April, 2020
Tomorrow’s World Superbike double header at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli (the name was officialized today) will be highly interesting and hopefully very fought out as the previous sessions were very tight and three of the title contenders, Max…

FIXI Crescent Suzuki completes first day of testing at Almeria

16 April, 2020
FIXI Crescent Suzuki World Superbike team completed day one of two days of private testing at the Almeria circuit in Spain with Leon Camier and Jules Cluzel working on updated electronics, improved aerodynamics and a new-spec engine for 2013.For WSBK…

Loris Baz will try to race at Istanbul

16 April, 2020
Loris Baz was forced to miss the Nurburgring round after crashing in warm-up practice. The 20-year old Kawasaki rider was sent to the hospital to undergo medical exams on a suspected vertebra injury.Initially Baz tweeted that he had two cracked…

The Usual Ducati Superbike Lament – The Twins are Penalized

16 April, 2020
Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa and team owner Genesio Bevilacqua were more or less complaining that the twin cylindered Ducati’s are struggling against the four cylinders and they were lacking in acceleration and top speed and the current rules are penalizing…

Loris Baz gets Kawasaki Superbike ride?

16 April, 2020
It has yet to be officially confirmed but it looks like Loris Baz will be riding for Kawasaki’s World Superbike team in this weekend fifth round of the season at Donington Park.The highly popular French rider will be replacing injured…