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Byrne tops BSB qualifying at Croft

Gary Pinchin, 14 May 2011 20:14

Shane Byrne is in pole position for tomorrow’s third round of the MCE British Superbike championship at Croft. The HM Plant Honda rider set a best lap of 1m 20.069secs to pip Swan Yamaha rival Michael Laverty by 0.125s. BSB points leader Byrne, has never won a BSB race at Croft, but said: “I’m happy to be on pole but ...

Hill tops Croft BSB practice

Gary Pinchin, 13 May 2011 17:09

Tommy Hill ignored the pain from his injured shoulder to post the fastest time in free practice today at Croft in preparation for Sunday's third rounds of the MCE British Superbike championship. The Swan Yamaha rider damaged his left shoulder in a crash at Oulton Park two weeks ago and was riding at Croft with the injury strapped up but ...

Mixed fortunes for Swan Yamaha at Snetterton BSB test

Gary Pinchin, 14 April 2011 10:00

It was a day of mixed fortunes for Swan Yamaha at Snetterton yesterday (Wednesday) in the final BSB pre-season shakedown before the teams go to Brands Hatch next weekend for the first round of the championship on Easter Monday. Michael Laverty topped the unofficial times, the only rider to get into the 1:48s on the new Snetterton 300 circuit while ...

Shane Byrne fastest at Cadwell BSB test

Gary Pinchin, 25 March 2011 11:30

There were two major highlights of the two-day Cadwell Park BSB on Wednesday and Thursday. The first was Shane Byrne, head down, full-gas with the HM Plant Honda, charging out of the Gooseneck. The second was Ryuichi Kiyonari slamming his Honda through Hall Bends like he was on a last gasp qualifier for pole in a BSB round. Both of ...

BSB Testing Blog: Viva Espana! Day Three

Gary Pinchin, 04 March 2011 09:41

Cartagena, Thursday, March 3 Another day, another race track. We’re at Cartagena now and it feels more like a normal BSB meeting than a pre-season test – packed garages, loads of new bikes, chilled air even with the sun out. Like Brands in Spring…..? First thing, I saw Conor Cummins wandering through the paddock but didn’t really cotton on. Ten ...

BSB pre-season testing blog: Viva Espana! Day Two

Gary Pinchin, 03 March 2011 10:53

It didn’t seem such a busy day on track for the boys at Calafat today, compared to Tuesday – but everyone seemed happy enough with the way things had gone.It was pretty cold early in the morning and took ages to warm-up so no one was out until gone 11.00am. But it did warm up later so the laps the ...

Andrews signs For PR Racing

Gary Pinchin, 18 February 2011 09:07

Simon Andrews has signed to ride for PR Racing in the 2011 MCE British Superbike Evo class on a Kawasaki ZX-10R. The deal maintain Andrews link with Kawasaki, after previously racing for the official MSS Colchester team in BSB for two years, and he said: “I am really looking forward to being back on a Kawasaki for the third year ...

Rutter and Jessopp get factory Ducatis for BSB

Gary Pinchin, 02 February 2011 10:10

When team owner Phil Jessopp reveals his Rider Ducati team plans at the MCN Carole Nash London Motorcycle Show tomorrow (Thursday, February 3) it’s going to be more than a new title sponsorship deal with Rapid Solicitors and Bathams Brewery, he’ll be unleashing on BSB. It’s going to be two more factory bikes gracing the BSB grid with Michael Rutter ...

Swan Yamaha reveal factory R1s

Gary Pinchin, 27 January 2011 15:48

Swan Yamaha riders Tommy Hill and Michael Laverty will be racing 2010 factory R1s in this year’s MCE British Superbike championship. The team built the bikes in the WSB factory team’s workshop in Italy and then shipped them back to their Guisborough-based workshop where MCN photographed them last week. The deal has been made possible because the stock of 2010 ...

Hutchinson signs for Swan Yamaha

Gary Pinchin, 27 January 2011 15:06

Ian Hutchinson has signed a two-year deal to ride for Swan Yamaha in the major international road races and selected rounds of the British Supersport series. Hutchy is still recovering from the broken leg he suffered at Silverstone last year but is hoping to be ready to race again by April. And Hutchinson – who won a record-breaking five solo ...