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John Hopkins nabs Superpole at Silverstone

25 April, 2020
Superpole 1 saw one rider less on the grid at Silverstone after Tom Sykes crashed during FP2. The Kawasaki rider sprained his ankle and picked up a mild concussion. The first stint went to Eugene Laverty with a best lap…

WSBK Rider Quotes from Silverstone

22 April, 2020
Here’s what the World Superbike riders had to say after yesterday’s 10th round at the Silverstone circuit in England and if you happened to miss the races, Italian network La7 has reruns of the entire race weekend that you can…

Eugene Laverty explains his Yamaha R1

14 April, 2020
Back in 2009 Yamaha had Ben Spies and crew chief Tom Houseworth explain the Yamaha R1 for fans and now they have rookie Eugene Laverty doing it with his 2011 R1, but with a lot less technical info, but it’s…

Crescent Suzuki to wildcard at WSBK Silverstone round

14 April, 2020
Crescent Suzuki is going to wildcard at the World Superbike round at Silverstone at the end of this month. The British Superbike team that fields John Hopkins and Jon Kirkham in the series, who are currently 2nd and 7th in…

WSBK Silverstone: Crutchlow Fastest in Warm-Up Practice

12 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow was once again the fastest rider during this morning’s warm-up practice at Silverstone. The pole man set down a best lap of 2′04″969 that was again unreachable by the rest of the field. Jonathan Rea took second, but…

WSBK Silverstone: Cal Crutchlow Speeds to the Pole Position

10 April, 2020
Today’s Superpole session at the Silverstone circuit saw Sterilgarda Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow take his fifth pole position of the season and dominate all three stints. The Brit rider in the first stint put in a 2′04.580 lap on race tires…

Leon Haslam, body painting and Silverstone

6 April, 2020
Ahead of this weekend’s World Superbike round at Silverstone, BMW rider Leon Haslam underwent this gruelling (you try to stand still and on your feet for three long hours) body painting session to promote his home race (dad Ron also…

WSBK Silverstone Round 10 Video Highlights

5 April, 2020
You can watch both video highlights from the 1oth round of World Superbike Championship at Silverstone where home boy Cal Crutchlow won both races and that took him from tenth to fifth position in the overall standings, ahead of team-mate…

World Superbike 2011 Silverstone brolly girls

4 April, 2020
These fine young ladies from the World Superbikes ninth round at Silverstone, will certainly wake you up this Tuesday morning and make you wish that you had your own paddock and grid girl following you around.To enjoy even more pics,…

WSBK Brits as the Magnificent Seven heading to Silverstone

4 April, 2020
Western themes and sepia colors must be a really hot thing to promote motorcycle racing this year, because after seeing the Yamaha riders dressed in western garb to promote the upcoming Laguna Seca GP, we now have all the regular…

Style, Class and the BMW S1000 RR (w/video)

4 April, 2020
German photographer Markus Hofmann was once again called in for this very high class photo shoot during the WSBK Silverstone round starring the BMW S 1000 RR and some chic brolly models wearing Munich designer Kinga Horvaths clothes.According to BMW’s…

Aprilia's Gigi Dall'Igna publically denies team orders

2 April, 2020
If you happened to watch the rerun of World Superbike races at Silverstone through the La7’s link that we gave you the other day, you’ll probably notice pitlane commentator Fabrizio Calia interviewing Aprilia’s technical director Gigi Dall’Igna twice during the…

WSBK Silverstone Superpole quotes and highlight video

1 April, 2020
It took the treacherous weather conditions at Silverstone and a crash by Tom Sykes in SP2 to stop him from taking another Tissot watch and instead it was a flying Jakub Smrz who did the deed for the second time…

Carlos Checa takes comfortable victory in race 1 at Silverstone

1 April, 2020
Carlos Checa took another comfortable win, his 9th this season, in race 1 at Silverstone while giving Ducati an ulterior reason to celebrate; Checa gave the Italian manufacturer its 300th win in World Superbikes.The Althea Ducati rider rode a tatical…

Moto3 Silverstone: Sandro Cortese returns to the top in FP2

1 April, 2020
Completely different weather conditions met the Moto3 riders for this afternoon’s second free practice at Silverstone, while the session was declared wet at the start due to a few drops of rain, the practice was actually sunny and dry, but…

WSBK Silverstone: Cal Crutchlow Dominates QP1

28 March, 2020
Cal Crutchlow took over the British domination from Jonathan Rea in the first qualifying practice at Silverstone. The Brit was able to put down a best lap of 2′05″664 and the only rider to go under 2.05 mark several times…