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Castrol Honda World Superbike Team revealed

25 March, 2020
The new Castrol Honda World Superbike Team was revealed today at the Castrol Technology Center, bringing back Castrol as the title sponsor, with the magnificent livery colours that will grace Ten Kates Honda CBR1000RR’s in 2011.Castrol has been associated with…

Jonathan Rea to sub for injured Casey Stoner (w/video)

24 March, 2020
When Casey Stoner had to pull out of the Brno GP weekend to return to Australia and undergo ankle surgery, the big question was who would Honda get to replace the injured rider. Several names popped up like Stefan Bradl…

WSBK Assen: Jonathan Rea pips Smrz in QP2

24 March, 2020
The second qualifying Superbike practice saw Jakub Smrz continue to dominate in the 45 minute session only to have Jonathan Rea snatch the first spot from him with a last lap lunge and break the Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati rider’s…

Video: Jonathan Rea's save in Race 1 at Assen

24 March, 2020
Jonathan Rea had a couple of rough moments in Race 1 at Assen, before the skies decided to start dumping rain causing it be red flagged (but only after Melandri, Smrz and Hopkins went flying out at the De Bult…

WSBK Donington: Rea's fall sequence (gallery)

23 March, 2020
Our mates from twin site Motoblog.it got ahold of a quite interesting sequence of pics showing Jonathan Rea’s crash in Donington during this morning Free Practice. We are not allowed to publish it because of copyright reasons, but you can…

Jonathan Rea completes first day of testing at Sepang

23 March, 2020
Don’t expect to see any laps times revealed on Jonathan Rea’s first day of testing the Honda RCV212 in Sepang, as it’s HRC’s R&D Team who is running the three-day test, so we expect it to be more of a…

Jorge Lorenzo tops final day of Aragon testing

21 March, 2020
In today’s second and final day of private testing at the Motorland Aragon circuit where the 13th round of the season will be held on September 30th, four of the five riders present were able to break under 1.49 barrier…

Tom Sykes blazes into pole position at Assen

21 March, 2020
Tom Sykes decimated the field in today’s Superpole at Assen. The Kawasaki rider who lead all the timesheets so far this Dutch weekend except for QP2 that went to Davide Giugliano, posted a stunning 1.35.0143 in SP3 that was virtually…

WSBK Portimao Tests – Brit Pack Flex Muscles

19 March, 2020
Ten Kate Honda’s Jonathan Rea lead almost the entire three days of testing at Portimao except for the first day that was led by Alstare Suzuki’s Leon Haslam.In dry and wet conditions over the weekend, Rea and Haslam swapped the…

Superbikers on Solex Mopeds

18 March, 2020
Several top World Superbike riders took a break from their usual race routine in Assen today as they got to grips with Solex mopeds.Noriyuki Haga, Ben Spies, Jonathan Rea and Ruben Xaus together with Dutch World Supersport riders Barry Veneman…

WSBK, Brno: all the images from the track

18 March, 2020
Here are the best images of the Czech Grand Prix, ninth round of the 2012 World Superbike Championship. At the famous Brno circuit, Italy’s Marco Melandri was the absolute hero of the day clinching the first double win ever for…

Jonathan Rea at Silverstone Wing inauguration (w/video)

16 March, 2020
Thanks to Castrol Honda and Jonathan Rea who was also on hand for the grand event, we can show you a highlight video of Tuesday’s inauguration of Silverstone’s new pitlane structure called the Wing.World Superbike’s will return to action for…

Jonathan Rea stays in Ten Kate Honda

16 March, 2020
Jonathan Rea was one of the riders involved in this year’s World Superbike silly season. The Northern Irishman was linked to BMW despite having an option of another year on his contract with the Ten Kate team, however these rumors…

Marco Melandri on top on final day of testing at Jerez

16 March, 2020
On the second and final day of World Superbike testing at Jerez de La Frontera, the rain that had hampered testing from last Saturday to Monday as expected finally left the Andalucian track and the teams were finally able to…

WSBK Portimao: massive photo gallery from the track

16 March, 2020
The Portuguese GP of the World Superbike Championship saw Max Biaggi’s hopes to clinch his second SBK title grow esponentially thanks to the 4th and 3rd places collected by the Aprilia rider in the two races and the concurrent mistakes…

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…

Video: Castrol Honda riders talk about Portimao test

15 March, 2020
Here’s a video of the Castrol Honda garage, with Ruben Xaus and Jonathan Rea talking about the three day official test at Portimao that was blighted by bad weather.Rea however, was the second fastest rider in the combined times and…