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WSBK Nurburgring: all the pics from the paddock

2 April, 2020
The German GP surely turned out to be a pivotal moment in the 2012 World Superbike Championship, with Max Biaggi taking advantage of Marco Melandri’s unfortunate double blunder to get back at the top of the table with a decent…

Tom Sykes leads the field in QP2 at Phillip Island

2 April, 2020
Tom Sykes jumped to the top of the timesheets in QP2 at Phillip Island ahead of this afternoon’s first Superpole of 2012 World Superbike championship season.The Kawasaki rider set the best lap of the 45 minute session in 1.31.323, which…

Tom Sykes breaks record to take Monza Superpole

2 April, 2020
Monza’s Superpole was about taking advantage of tows and slipstreams, but Tom Sykes didn’t need to use any of these tatics with his Kawasaki ZX-10R as he scored his third consecutive Superpole of the season.Eugene Laverty was the first rider…

Marco Melandri wins three-way final lap thriller at Monza

1 April, 2020
Only in World Superbikes can you find a three way battle on the final lap without knowing who will take the victory.Today’s race 1 at Monza, offered an incredbile and superb example of very tight exciting motorcycle race that saw…

WSBK, Silverstone: all the images from the paddock

31 March, 2020
Young Frenchman Loris Baz was the real star at the latest World Superbike British GP. The talented 19 years old who replaced Joan Lascorz at the Kawasaki Racing Team managed to clinch his maiden victory in Race-1 and got on…

Kawasaki to field only Tom Sykes at Assen

31 March, 2020
According to the Italian and Spanish press, Kawasaki has decided not to replace seriously injured Joan Lascorz in the third round of the World Superbike season at Assen and will be fielding only Tom Sykes.Sykes just completed at two day…

2013 WSBK Monza: Aprilia lodges appeal with IDC

30 March, 2020
Aprilia has decided to lodge an appeal with the International Disciplinary Court following Tom Sykes reinstatement to third place late Sunday evening following race 2 at Monza. Sykes had just conquered the third position by overtaking Sylvain Guintoli during the…

Aprilia, BMW and Kawasaki testing at Aragon

30 March, 2020
As we mentioned in our previous post Aprilia, BMW and Kawasaki factory teams with the addition of Pedercini Kawasaki are currently at the Motorland Aragon circuit for a private two day test that started yesterday to prepare for the next…

WSBK, Aragon: photo gallery from pits and paddock

30 March, 2020
The latest World Superbike round at the Aragon circuit surely did not let the fans down in terms of excitement and sheer entertainment, and here is a nice collection of pics taken at the Spanish track capturing some of the…

Tom Sykes blitzes field in FP1 in a rainy Assen

29 March, 2020
Tom Sykes got off to a blazing start in this weekend’s third round of the World Superbike championship at a cloudy, cold and rainy Assen.The Kawasaki rider blasted out a 1′58.947 in the first free practice - that was characterized…

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,…

Tom Sykes to stay with Kawasaki in 2012

28 March, 2020
Kawasaki has announced that their rider line-up will not change in 2012, thus confirming Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz for the upcoming World Superbike championship.While Lascorz was anticipated to remain with the Superbike team after Kawasaki decided to get more…

Eugene Laverty fastest in final free practice at Monza

27 March, 2020
The final free practice at Monza finally saw a completely dry track which allowed the riders to work on setup after all the previous sessions that were either wet or very damp.With a dry track Eugene Laverty was the fastest…

Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz talk about Valencia test

27 March, 2020
Kawasaki’s World Superbike team concluded a three-day test session at Valencia yesterday and Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes were among the several Kawasaki riders present preparing for the upcoming 2012 season.Both riders posted strong laps and Sykes, using race tyres,…

WSBK, Miller Park: massive photo gallery from the paddock

26 March, 2020
As announced, here is a photo gallery picturing some of the coolest moments away from the track taken during the latest World Superbike round, that took place at the Miller Motorsport Park circuit near Salt Lake City, in the US.…

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…

Eugene Laverty sets new pace in FP2 at Silverstone

26 March, 2020
A little rain that started at end of the Superstock 600 qualifying session seemed like it would hamper World Superbikes second free practice, but it did not cause any problems as everyone headed out on slicks as the clouds opened…

Tom Sykes continues to rule testing at Jerez on day 2

26 March, 2020
Tom Sykes continues to be the fastest rider at the private World Superbike test at Jerez despite not being officially included on the timesheets as Kawasaki isn’t carrying transponders. Sykes stopped the clock in 1.41.000 despite suffering a harmless crash…

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…

Tom Sykes wins red flagged race 2 at Nurburgring

25 March, 2020
Race 2 at Nurburgring was so conditioned by the weather that you were left wondering why the Race Direction didn’t decide to red flag it much sooner, taking into consideration the riders safety, instead of waiting for usual three fourths…