James Toseland has withdrawn from the World Superbike round at Brno after the first free practice session this morning. The BMW Motorrad Italia rider completed 15 laps during the hour long session finishing up in 18th place with a lap time 2.399 seconds off pace setter Jakub Smrz. Toseland is still recovering from a serious wrist and hand injury sustained ...
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- World Superbikes
- 08 July 2011
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- 08 April 2011
Chris Vermeulen will make his long awaited return to racing this weekend when first free practice kicks off for the MCN-backed Donington Park WSB round, but it is unlikely he will actually race on Sunday. The factory Kawasaki man completed 30 laps at Cadwell Park on Wednesday and while it was positive for him to be back on a bike, ...
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- World Superbikes
- 24 March 2011
Three time WSB race winner Lorenzo Lanzi believes that it could be his last chance in WSB after resigning to ride the DFX Corse Ducati 1098R in 2010. The 28 year old rode for the Italian squad for ten races in 2009 with a best result of 11th place at Donington Park. With 102 races completed including three wins and ...
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- World Superbikes
- 11 February 2010
Yukio Kagayama may have left WSB at the end of 2009, but he’ll back in the paddock for two rounds in 2010 onboard a Team Yoshimura GSX-R1000 in addition to his full time job of riding for the Worx Suzuki squad in BSB. Kagayama has spent the last five years with the factory Alstare Suzuki squad during which time he ...
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- World Superbikes
- 10 February 2010
American WSB sensation Ben Spies is hoping for a good clean race with Noriyuki Haga on Sunday to decide who will be crowned 2009 World Champion. With just ten points separating the two men, Spies wants the battle at the front to be between the two of them, but with the early pace shown by Jonathan Rea, Michel Fabrizio and ...
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- 24 October 2009
The 2010 World Superbike calendar will feature a total of 13 rounds with the series no longer travelling to the Losail circuit in Qatar. Other noticeable changes include the Portugal round of the series at Portimao being moved from the final race of the year to the second round. British fans will get just one date to watch their heroes ...
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- World Superbikes
- 07 October 2009
Cal Crutchlow saw his once commanding championship lead get slashed to just two points in a two part aggregate race at Imola. Despite being the fastest man on track, Crutchlow suffered a false neutral on the way into the fast Acque Minerali corner and crashed out of the lead gifting Ten Kate Honda man Kenan Sofuoglu the win. Despite suffereing ...
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- 27 September 2009
Australian Karl Muggeridge will replace German Max Neukirchner in next weeks WSB round at the Nurburgring. Neukirchner has been sidelined with injury since the fourth round of the championship at Monza when he was involved in a horrific first corner crash. The 26 year old Alstare Suzuki shattered his Femur and sustained serious ankle injuries in the crash. Neukirchner made ...
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- 28 August 2009
Championship leader Noriyuki Haga maintains he is suffering no serious side effects from his 148mph collision with a bird at Monza just five days ago. The Xerox Ducati rider suffered a heavily bruised right arm in the first lap incident in race two, which caused him to crash on lap three. In the opening free practice session at Kyalami, Haga ...
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- 15 May 2009
