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Serious injury for Joan Lascorz during WSBK Imola test

26 April, 2020
At 12.54 today, just minutes before the end of morning session of official Superbike testing at Imola, Spanish rider Joan Lascorz lost control of his Kawasaki in the uphill section of the circuit from Tosa to Piratella and crashed. The…

WSBK – Chris Vermeulen on the Mend, Expects to Race at Assen

24 April, 2020
Chris Vermeulen expects to be fit enough to race at the upcoming World Superbike round at Assen on April 23-25th.The Austrialian badly injured his right knee at the season opener at Phillip Island underwent keyhole surgery to repair the extensive…

Tom Sykes on provisional pole at Magny Cours

21 April, 2020
Tom Sykes was the fastest rider in this afternoon’s first qualifying practice the French circuit of Magny-Cours. The British rider who is wearing a new helmet design based on Joan Lascorz’s sticker with #17 and Power for Lascorz on it…

WSBK: Kawasaki confirms three rider team in 2011

8 April, 2020
For all you Tom Sykes fans out there, who were worried about his fate after a pretty good year with the PBM team and all the development and testing he’s done on the new Ninja, we can officially confirm that…

Kawasaki confirms Loris Baz for the rest of the WSBK season

1 April, 2020
Kawasaki Racing has confirmed replacement rider Loris Baz for the remaining part of the World Superbike championship.Baz was initially called in to replace injured Joan Lascorz - after the team unsuccessfully tried out Sergio Gadea at the Monza round -…

Tom Sykes takes 8th Superpole at Portimao

29 March, 2020
Tom Sykes took his eighth pole position of the 2012 season in today’s Superspol session at the spectacular Portoghuese circuit at Portimao. The Kawsaki rider with his blistering lap in SP3 (he was also the fastest in SP2) in 1.41.415,…

Loris Baz Q&A

27 March, 2020
Loris Baz joined Kawasaki’s World Superbike factory team in 2012 replacing seriously injured Joan Lascorz at Donington Park and after just five rounds the young French rider - he is just 19 - took his first podium at Brno in…

Loris Baz to continue with Kawasaki in 2013

26 March, 2020
As highly expected World Superbike team Kawasaki has completed their 2013 line-up after confirming Tom Sykes, they have also confirmed Loris Baz for next season. The 19-year old French rider started the season in the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship, but…

Tom Sykes to stay with Kawasaki for another season

25 March, 2020
While in MotoGP all the factory bikes and satellite teams - minus one (Gresini Honda) have already settled their 2013 line-ups, World Superbikes silly season is still very much up in the air.Only Marco Melandri has another year on his…

WSBK: Gadea to replace Lascorz in Monza on the ZX-10R

25 March, 2020
Accordingly to a Tweet unleahed on the internet by Italian journalist Fabio Di Palma, Guim Roda, team manager of the Kawasaki Racing team, has announced that the Ninja ZX-10R left available by injured Joan Lascorz will be ridden this weekend…

Akira Yanagawa to Sub for Chris Vermeulen in Kawasaki

20 March, 2020
It must be the latest rage in racing teams call in older riders when their regular riders are out injured. We first saw MotoGP Interwetten bring in HRC official test rider Kousuke Akiyoshi to sub for Hiroshi Aoyama and then…

Kawasaki to stay in WSBK's, but will take more control

16 March, 2020
Having axed Paul Bird Motorsport in the factory bid to run Kawasaki’s next season in World Superbikes last Sunday, the Japanese manufacturer has issued a statement in which they confirm that they will be taking more control over the engineering…

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…

David Salom decides not to replace Joan Lascorz in Kawasaki

15 March, 2020
Joan Lascorz’s horrific accident during the post-race test at Imola has unfortunately left an opening in Kawasaki’s World Superbike team. The Spanish based team is now searching for a rider to replace Lascorz and ride their factory ZX-10R and their…