Tom Sykes re-asserted his dominance to qualifying at Aragon today by becoming the only man to set a sub 1.58s lap with a 1.57.785 onboard his Kawasaki Superbike. The 27 year old made a few minor set-up changes to his ZX-10R and now looks comfortable on the bike and free of injury following his fractured wrist and ribs sustained in ...
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- World Superbikes
- 13 April 2013
Sam Lowes picked up where he left off on the opening day of testing to secure top spot at the end of the final day. The Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha rider slashed a massive 0.443 seconds off his day one best to finish ahead of multiple world champion Kenan Sofuoglu on his Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki. Sofuoglu ended the day ...
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- World Superbikes
- 19 February 2013
Ducati’s official World Superbike effort will be run by the Belgian Alstare squad in a new two man team called Team Ducati Alstare.The two year deal will see riders Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini campaign the all new Ducati 1199 Panigale.Alstare wre the long tie factory Suzuki team competing in WSB until they left the championship for financial reasons at ...
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- World Superbikes
- 11 November 2012
The 15 round World Superbike Calendar has been confirmed in Magny Cours today. The unconfirmed race on 23 June is expected to take place in Brno, Czech Republic. 24 February Australia Phillip Island 10 March India Buddh Circuit 7 April Spain Aragon 28 April The Netherlands Assen 12 May Italy Monza 26 May UK Donington 9 June Portugal Portimao (STC) ...
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- World Superbikes
- 06 October 2012
Marco Melandri stormed to his sixth race win of the season with a brilliant ride in race two at Moscow Raceway. The 29 year old Italian made his way up through the field and although unable to pull away at the front held on for victory onboard his factory BMW.His win sees him move to the top of the WSB ...
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- 26 August 2012
British Superbike contenders Gary Mason and Peter Hickman will compete in the fifth round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park this weekend.Current Quattro Plant Kawasaki rider Mason will replace Spaniard David Salom who was injured last weekend at Monza. Mason will ride the Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R.Hickman will swap his MSS Bathams Kawasaki he currently rides in BSB for ...
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- 10 May 2012
The World Superbike calendar is set to expand to 15 rounds in 2013 following confirmation that there will be a race at the Sentul circuit in Indonesia next year. Series owners Infront Motor Sports have signed a five year deal with the circuit they last raced at 15 years ago. The news that the series will swell to 15 rounds ...
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- 22 February 2012
The World Superbike Championship will embark on a new era after announcing a ten year deal with Yakhnick Motorsport to bring WSB to Russia. The first race at the new Moscow Raceway circuit takes place on 24th to 26th August 2012 and marks the first time a world level motorsport event will take place in Russia. MCN are currently in ...
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- World Superbikes
- 25 November 2011
Marco Melandri begun a new era of his distinguished racing career at Portimao this morning when he got his first ride on the BMW Motorrad S1000RR he will campaign in 2012. Having won the second race at Portimao on Sunday onboard his factory Yamaha, Melandri had a rest day yesterday before switching to the German manufacturer. The 28 year old ...
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- 18 October 2011
The PBM (Paul Bird Motorsport) team has lost the contract to run the factory Kawasaki team in WSB the same day that Tom Sykes won the first ever race for the new ZX-10R. Bird has been running Kawasaki’s WSB effort since 2009 and having developed the new bike this season had every intention to continue the project with a view ...
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- World Superbikes
- 04 September 2011
