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Monza WSB: Championship Dashboard

MCN, 14 May 2013 15:34

Four rounds done in the World Superbike championship, and things are starting to heat up, with Sykes and melandri finding their form at Monza to challenge the Aprilia domination. Here's how it stands after eight races.

Monza WSB: Laverty battles to race two victory

Liam Marsden, 12 May 2013 15:03

Factory Aprilia rider Eugene Laverty prevailed in the second race at Monza today to take his sixth World Superbike victory and third of the season. It was another race long battle between Laverty, Marco Melandri, Tom Sykes and Sylvain Guintoli, with Laverty moving in to first place on the penultimate lap. The Irishman was able to hold his lead and ...

Monza WSB: Melandri takes race one win

Liam Marsden, 12 May 2013 12:00

GoldBet BMW rider Marco Melandri took his first race win of the season in the first race at Monza after a race long battle with Tom Sykes, Eugene Laverty and Sylvain Guintoli. Melandri was third at the end of the penultimate lap but passed both Sykes and Laverty to claim the win. Sykes took advantage of Melandri's last lap move ...

Monza WSS: Lowes piles in to take pole

Gordon Ritchie, 11 May 2013 16:30

Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Racing Yamaha) left it to the very last minute to take pole in the Supersport World Championship class at Monza, although not reaching the previous best lap, set in 2010 by Eugene Laverty, with his 1’47.899 today. Lowes had been baulked by a slower rider near the end of the second qualifying session, so had to work ...

Monza WSB: Sykes grabs pole

Liam Marsden, 11 May 2013 14:54

Motocard Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes will start tomorrow's WSB races from pole position after setting the fastest time ever around the Monza circuit with a best lap of 1:41.223. Current championship leader Sylvain Guintoli will start from third on the grid after snatching the final spot on the front row from Pata Honda rider Jonathan Rea in the final moments of ...

Monza WSB: Melandri leads the pack into superpole

Gordon Ritchie, 11 May 2013 10:00

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) used his Friday lap time to enter Superpole as fastest rider after combined qualifying. Heavy overnight thunderstorms ensured that track conditions did not improve today, although the track was fully dry in almost all areas. Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda Word Superbike) remained second because of his Friday time and although Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing) ...

Monza WSB: Melandri tops Friday qualifying

Gordon Ritchie, 10 May 2013 17:26

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) bounced back from the relative depression of Assen to an impressive fastest time in the Friday qualifying session at Monza. It was called a wet session but Melandri’s time of 1’42.883 was under the previous race lap record, if not quite at Cal Crutchlow's SBK track best. Melandri was 0.274 seconds ahead of a ...

Monza WSS: Coghlan fastest in first practice

Gordon Ritchie, 10 May 2013 15:25

Kevin Coghlan (DMC-Lorenzini Kawasaki) made the best of tricky damp track conditions at the fast Monza circuit to lead the field in the first timed Supersport World Championship qualifying session today (Friday). The Scot led a three rider Kawasaki surge to the top of the early rankings, with Andrea Antonelli (Goeleven) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Mahi Racing Team India) his closest ...

BMW prepare for high speed Monza race with wind tunnel testing

Michael Guy, 02 May 2013 14:36

Britain’s Chaz Davies has undergone the best possible preparation for the fourth round of the World Superbike championship at Monza by completing time in BMW’s wind tunnel facility in Munich. Monza is a circuit where riders reach speeds of up to 210mph making aerodynamics vitally important. At 1.83m tall Davies is already well accomplished at getting tucked in having come ...

WSBK Race Two: Laverty matches pace and snatches win from Sykes

Steve Hunt, 28 April 2013 15:17

The second ‘big bike’ race from Assen saw Sykes looking to build on his emphatic first race win and to truly begin his assault on the championship that he so desperately desires. With the chasing riders having had time to tweak and adjust their bike settings – as well as their mental preparation and race plans – it was never ...