Wsbk phillip island Archives

Photo Gallery and rider quotes from Phillip Island

22 April, 2020

The first round of the 2011 World Superbike Championship officially got underway today at Phillip Island in perfect racing weather, where Carlos Checa easily dominated both free practice 1 and qualifying practice 1 which puts him in provisional pole position.Tomorrow’s…

WSBK Superpole cancelled

22 April, 2020

Today’s World Superbike Superpole has been cancelled following a horrific four rider crash during one of the Australian support class races. Unfortunately there has been a tragedy and reports from Phillip Island say that one of the riders has passed…

Video: World Superbike magazine from Phillip Island

21 April, 2020

You have to admire Infront Motor Sports, not only is World Superbikes is the fastest growing series, with some of the best and battled out racing in the world, but they know how to treat their fans properly (Dorna could…

WSBK Phillip Island video race highlights and more quotes

18 April, 2020

If you missed today’s World Superbike’s double header at Phillip Island, you can catch some footage from these two highlight videos and read more from the riders.Sylvain Guintoli (3rd and DNF)“After what happened to me here last year, this is…

Marco Melandri and Leon Haslam talk about the first round of the season

6 April, 2020

Bringing Andrea Dosoli and a few of his former Yamaha mechanics to BMW Motorrad was one of the smartest moves that Marco Melandri could do and the vast experience of the former Superbike team has also benefited the German manufacturer,…

Carlos Checa: "We've worked well" – Davide Giugliano: "Carlos helped me"

3 April, 2020

The World Superbike season has finally started and in today’s first two sessions at Phillip Island, Althea Racing team started very well despite the high track temperatures (53°C). The Italian team was able to take the 3rd and 4th positions…

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…

Photo of the Day: Ruben Xaus, The Flying Spaniard

28 March, 2020

We can imagine that BMW’s rider Ruben Xaus couldn’t wait to take the first flight out of Australia and put this last weekend at Phillip Island behind his back.Xaus binned his S 1000 RR three times during Friday’s practice leaving…

Max Biaggi dominates Race 1 at Phillip Island

26 March, 2020

Max Biaggi kept a low profile this weekend working hard with his completely renovated team and it payed off as the Roman Emperor conquered the first race of 2012 World Superbike season at Phillip Island. Tom Sykes sitting in pole…

Carlos Checa takes the Panigale to 1st pole position

19 March, 2020

Carlos Checa wasn’t in the greatest form following his crash during Q1 - that he defined ‘one of the biggest highsides of my career,’ but that didn’t stop the Alstare rider from taking the first Superpole of the 2013 World…

Chris Vermeulen to skip test and season opener at Phillip Island

16 March, 2020

Chris Vermeulen has decided not to take part in the opening WSBK round at Phillip Island and will be replaced by 39-year old Akira Yanagawa, Kawasaki’s test rider.Vermeulen has been struggling for year to recover from his knee injury and…

WSBK Phillip Island Round 1 starting grid – Tom Sykes on pole

15 March, 2020

With today’s Superpole cancelled due to the untimely death of Oscar McIntyre during the Australian Supersport/Superstock 600cc race at Phillip Island tomorrow’s WSBK starting grid will be based on the lap times obtained in QP2 with Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes in…