A late charge by championship leader Max Biaggi in the dying minutes of second qualifying saw him move to the top of the time sheets onboard his factory Aprilia. He was followed him by in form Brit Tom Sykes who also left it to the final minutes of the session to move up the leader board. The two men knocked ...
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- World Superbikes
- 22 September 2012
Sam Lowes started as he means to go on by setting the fastest time in the first qualifying session at Portimao today. The 21-year-old Bogdanka PTR Honda rider secured provisional pole position ahead of rival and team-mate Jules Cluzel. Fabien Foret secured third place ahead of Ten Kate Honda man Broc Parkes. Championship leader Kenan Sofuoglu secured sixth. Britain’s Dan ...
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- World Superbikes
- 21 September 2012
MCN has teamed up with the French Magny-Cours circuit to offer a pair of tickets to the World Superbike season finale on the weekend of October 6-7. Beyond the massive British contingent including the likes of Leon Haslam, Jonathan Rea and Leon Camier, Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes could still leave France as the 2012 WSB champion. The tickets offer not only ...
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- World Superbikes
- 20 September 2012
2010 WSB champion Max Biaggi took advantage of a rare mistake by BMW rider Marco Melandri to take victory at the Nurburgring and the championship lead by 6.5 points. Melandri was in third place behind Tom Sykes and Biaggi when he crashed out after running wide on lap five. Kawasaki rider Sykes led for the first half of the race ...
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- World Superbikes
- 09 September 2012
Frenchman Jules Cluzel claimed his fifth pole position of the 2012 season with a brilliant 1’59.201s lap. Currently second place in the championship standings Cluzel sits 33 points behind leader Kenan Sofuoglu with three races remaining.Second spot went to Brit Sam Lowes despite not being able to improve on his first qualifying best time set on Friday.Australian Broc Parkes secured ...
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- World Superbikes
- 08 September 2012
Max Biaggi fired a warning shot to his championship rivals by taking an unexpected Superpole win – his first pole position of the 2012 season. Following a string of disappointing results in recent races that has seen Biaggi surrender his series lead to Marco Melandri, the factory Aprilia man showed once again that he can never be written off.He said: ...
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- World Superbikes
- 08 September 2012
Sam Lowes started the weekend as he means to go on by topping the time sheets in the opening qualifying session at the Nurburgring today. The-21-year-old Bogdanka PTR Honda rider claimed provisional pole ahead of his team-mate Jules Cluzel and fellow Frenchman Fabien Foret. Lowes said: “"It was a good start to the weekend. We had a good pace today ...
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- World Superbikes
- 07 September 2012
Kenan Sofuoglu secured victory in the 10th round of the World Supersport championship to extend his championship lead to a commanding 33 points. Sofuoglu’s victory came after an intense early battle with Frenchman Jules Cluzel, but in the closing laps Sofuoglu’s superior pace saw him pull away to win by over five seconds.Sofuoglu said: “This is an important win for ...
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- 26 August 2012
PTR Honda rider Jules Cluzel secured pole position for the Russian round of the World Supersport Championship today. The French rider finished ahead of championship leader Kenan Sofuoglu and Brit Sam Lowes with Australian Broc Parkes rounding out the front row onboard his Ten Kate Honda.With just 14 points separating Sofuoglu and Lowes in the standings and Cluzel another 14 ...
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- 25 August 2012
Carlos Checa secured pole position for tomorrow’s two WSB races at the Moscow Raceway after setting a stunning 1.34.193s lap during Superpole 3. The Spanish rider gained most of his time in the tight and twisty first sector and was also able to exploit the superior grip of the soft tyre on his Althea Ducati, an area where his four ...
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- World Superbikes
- 25 August 2012
