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World Superbikes will race at Silverstone in 2013

Richard Newland, 08 March 2013 09:27

Silverstone has confirmed that it WILL host this year’s British round of the FIM Superbike World Championship (SBK) on 02-04 August The announcement follows discussions between the circuit and Dorna regarding the long-term future oftwo-wheel international events at Silverstone, and resulting rumours that the 2013 round may be cancelled. Richard Phillips, Managing Director of Silverstone Circuits Limited, commented: “In late 2009, when ...

WSB Phillip Island: Checa answers critics with Superpole victory

Simon Patterson, 23 February 2013 05:40

Alstare Ducati rider Carlos Checa went some way to answering the critics of the new Panigale superbike by putting it on pole for the opening round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship. The UK riders showed their form earlier in Superpole, with Tom Sykes topping Superpole 1 and Eugene topping SP2, before Laverty eventually finished second to the veteran Spaniard ...

WSS Phillip Island: Lowes Leads The Lot On Day One

Gordon Ritchie, 22 February 2013 09:06

British rider Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha) pushed his way to the fastest Supersport time Phillip Island has ever seen in first qualifying, with a 1’32.545 lap that comfortably bettered the existing race lap record and track best. In his first event on his R6, after years spent on Honda machinery, Lowes headed off reigning champion Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Mahi ...

WSB Phillip Island: Privateer Fabrizio Leads The Early Charge, all Brits running inside top ten

Gordon Ritchie, 22 February 2013 08:59

Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Roma Aprilia) underlined the unpredictable nature of SBK racing at Phillip Island by posting the fastest lap of the first qualifying session, a 1’31.31, on his leased Aprilia, to ease out the factory Aprilia Racing vee-four of Eugene Laverty. Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet) was third despite continuing to struggle with a shoulder injury, while Leon ...

Lowes sets pace in World Supersport testing

Michael Guy, 18 February 2013 15:17

Sam Lowes got his pre-season testing campaign off to a perfect start by setting the fastest time of the day onboard his Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha R6. The 21-year-old set a best lap of 1.39.950 to pip reigning WSS champion Kenan Sofuoglu onboard his Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki. Third place went to Lowes’ team-mate Vladimir Leonov despite crashing out at ...

Camier tops the timesheets again in Phillip Island

Michael Guy, 18 February 2013 14:26

The first day of official World Superbike testing concluded today with Britain’s Leon Camier picking up where he left off in last week’s private testing by setting the overall fastest time. The Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider spent the day dialling in his GSX-R1000 after the team had to rebuild it following his 125mph crash last week. He said: “We changed ...

Sykes diagnosed with fractured radius

Michael Guy, 14 February 2013 12:59

Tom Sykes has suffered a fractured radius in a testing crash at Phillip Island today. The 27 year old factory Kawasaki rider crashed six laps into the opening session of day one of testing.A team insider told MCN: “The crash was completely unexpected. Tom wasn’t pushing and after studying the data we can see that he did absolutely nothing different ...

Chaz Davies aims for more WSB victories in 2013

Matthew Birt, 11 February 2013 15:24

Chaz Davies is confident he can build on his impressive first season in the World Superbike championship by adding more victories when the 2013 campaign gets underway in Australia later this month. Davies will partner Italian Marco Melandri on a BMW S1000RR machine this season and after breaking his victory duck at the Nurburgring in Germany last year, the British ...

Pata Honda team unveiled at Verona

Simon Patterson, 21 January 2013 10:46

Ten Kate Honda unveiled their new bikes and riders yesterday in Verona, with crisp manufacturer Pata taking over as principal backer of the Dutch team. The team will this year feature two British riders, with Jonathan Rea being joined by Leon Haslam for the 2013 World Superbike Championship. Dutch rookie Michael van der Mark and Italian Lorenzo Zanetti, who will ...

Honda satisfied after final round of testing in Jerez – Sykes leads

Michael Guy, 28 November 2012 09:27

In what will be the final week of World Superbike testing of 2012 before the winter testing ban comes into effect all of the top teams descended on the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. With action scheduled for the full week not all the teams are testing at the same time. Honda, Kawasaki and Aprilia were the main teams to ...