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WSB Portimão Race Two: Disaster for Sykes as Laverty takes victory

Steve Hunt, 09 June 2013 16:10

It was a disastrous second race in Portimão for pole-sitter, Tom Sykes after he dropped his bike on the sighting lap; smashing his screen, denting his tank and requiring a brake lever change from the pit-lane before being forced to start the race from his Kawasaki KRT garage.This effectively meant that Eugene Laverty – who had his own misfortune in ...

WSB Race One: Melandri wins thrilling first race in Portimão

Steve Hunt, 09 June 2013 12:55

Marco Melandri took his second win of the year in today's first of two races in a much dryer Portimão. A good start from Tom Sykes - starting from pole - saw him chased by an initial surge from Eugene Laverty with the pair trading the advantage until his Aprilia expired in a cloud of smoke, ending his race and leaving ...

Sykes, Laverty & Rea on front row after Superpole

Steve Hunt, 08 June 2013 16:02

The wet weather of Portimao played a large part in today's Superpole session for the FIM World Superbike Championship with a combined, wet and twenty minute session of Superpole being declared. This session saw Sykes narrowly taking first spot on the grid by just a single, thousandth of a second from Eugene Laverty and an improved Jonathan Rea in third. The second row of ...

FRIDAY SBK QUALIFYING: Rea, Laverty and Sykes Head Up Day One

Gordon Ritchie, 07 June 2013 16:42

Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda) once more proved that Portimao is one of his favourite circuits as he led the first qualifying session at the intense 4.592km track on the Algarve, heading off Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing) by 0.052 seconds. Regular session leading rider Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was third today, although only 0.097 seconds behind Rea. The top three ...

Donington Weekend with Leon Haslam

Steve Hunt, 27 May 2013 10:14

For Leon Haslam, recovering from an operation undertaken to fix a double-fracture of his lower, left leg – suffered during a wet, practice session at Assen just four weeks ago - in time to race at his home circuit at Donington Park was always going to be a race against time. When the news came that the doctors had given him the all-clear ...

WSB Donington Race Two: Sykes secures first ever double-podium at Donington.

Steve Hunt, 26 May 2013 17:13

Race two of the European round of the FIM World Superbikes at Donington Park began with Sykes looking to secure his first, ever double-podium and with the locally-based Frenchman, Guintoli looking to maintain his championship points lead. As in race one, Sykes was fast out from the lights and within three laps had broken the lap record that he had ...

WSB Donington, Race One: Sykes takes home win

Steve Hunt, 26 May 2013 13:28

A faultless ride from Tom Sykes saw him cruise to his second victory of the season at Donington Park for the European round of the FIM World Superbikes.It was a mixed race for the homegrown contingent with the news that Leon Haslam would be withdrawing due to issues with the leg that he had undergone surgery on just four weeks ...

Sykes storms to another superpole at Donington

Steve Hunt, 25 May 2013 16:39

Tom Sykes continued his fantastic qualifying run- and added to his growing watch collection - with another Superpole victory here at a sunny Donington park for the European FIM World Superbike Superpole. Leon Haslam posted a promising first lap of 1’29.172 to mark his fastest of his rides all weekend, but it wasn’t enough to secure his place into the second ...

Rea: “Engine braking strategy key to success at Donington”

Michael Guy, 24 May 2013 17:54

Jonathan Rea made an encouraging start to the Donington Park race weekend after finishing second fastest at the end of the opening first qualifying session. Since the start of the season the team have had to overcome set-up problems of an all new HRC derived electronics system, but now five rounds in Rea believes the bike is close to where ...

Haslam declared fit, Sykes still in command despite fall

Steve Hunt, 24 May 2013 16:33

Leon Haslam was declared fit to race for the European round of the FIM World Superbike Championship at a wet and windy day at Donington Park.Limping to his Honda PATA bike in the afternoon for the first qualifying practice, the discomfort from the leg that he broke just four weeks ago was obvious, but his performance to finish the session in fourteenth was a ...