BMW Motorrad rider Marco Melandri rode a stunning race to finally come out on top of an intense four rider battle for the win in race two at Aragon today. The 28 year old had to use every piece of his extensive race craft to ultimately take victory – a result which moves him up to second in the overall ...
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- 01 July 2012
Max Biaggi secured a brilliant win in the opening WSB race of the day after an epic battle with Carlos Checa and his Davide Giugliano. The Factory Aprilia rider who’d only qualified in tenth place fought hard all race and after tough battles with Melandri and Checa on route to the front, he eventually took the lead from Giugliano on ...
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- 10 June 2012
World Champion Carlos Checa set the fastest time of the day during the opening qualifying session at Misano today. The Althea Ducati rider posted a 1.36.521s best and will be determined to bounce back from his costly mistake at Miller two weeks ago when he crashed out of the lead. Second place went to Honda Superbike rider Jonathan Rea who ...
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- 08 June 2012
Sam Lowes picked up where he left off after winning at Donington Park last time out to secure provisional pole position at Misano today. The 21-year-old overcame a crash at the end of this mornings session to set the fastest time this afternoon, outpacing second place man Kenan Sofuoglu by 0.223s. Ten Kate Honda rider Broc Parkes claimed third spot ...
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- 08 June 2012
Despite being delayed for over an hour, the second race at Miller was well worth the wait. After a brilliant race long battle, Italian Marco Melandri claimed a hard fought victory ahead of Jonathan Rea after making a decisive move into turn one on the final lap of the race. His win marked BMW’s second ever WSB victory and escalates ...
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- 29 May 2012
After the last statement issued on April 27, Joan has been recovering respiratory capacity after post-traumatic complications after the accident. A few days ago the medical team at Hospital Vall d'Hebron withdrew the cannula tracheostomy thanks to good performance of Joan’s respiratory system. Joan remains fully conscious, talking, without any mental consequences and remembers all the Imola crash, which in ...
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- 17 May 2012
Kawasaki man Tom Sykes secured his maiden WSB win in dry conditions in a shortened second race at Monza today. The 27 year old who started on the front row made a blistering start and was never headed during the shortened eight lap race.With a clear track, Sykes lapped over a second faster than his rivals and enjoyed a massive ...
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- 06 May 2012
Brit Sam Lowes asserted his dominance at the top of the timesheets to secure provisional pole position at Monza today. The Bogdanka Honda rider set a lap time equal to Eugene Laverty’s 2010 circuit best lap. The 21 year old leads two time WSS champion Kenan Sofuoglu on the DeltaFin Kawasaki. Third place went to Sofuoglu’s team-mate Sheridan Morais with ...
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- 04 May 2012
British rider Sam Lowes finished the opening qualifying session in provisional pole position with a lap time of 1.38.900s. The Bogdanka Honda rider set his best time on his seventh lap, mid way through the 45 minute session and before light rain began to fall at the Dutch circuit. With more unsettled weather forecast for Tomorrow and Sunday, Lowes’ time ...
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- 20 April 2012
Following his testing crash at Imola and subsequent surgery in Italy, Joan Lascorz has been transferred to the Valle Hebron hospital in Barcelona. The 27 year old Spaniard was operated after the crash on Monday to relocate his C6 vertebra. It remains unclear the extent of any neurological damage and this will not be known until the swelling around the ...
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- 05 April 2012
