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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 ...

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 ...

FRIDAY WSS QUALIFYING: Lowes Goes To Provisional Pole

Gordon Ritchie, 07 June 2013 15:07

British rider Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Racing Team Yamaha) carried on his dominant form in the WSS class by taking provisional pole at Portimao after the first qualifying session with a 1’45.724 lap time that none of his rivals could get near. He was 0.522 seconds ahead of the reigning champion Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Mahi Racing Team India) although none of ...

New SBK Rules Agreement Reached

Gordon Ritchie, 07 June 2013 13:08

The shape of SBK technical regulations in 2014 and beyond came one step closer to completion with a joint statement on Friday at Portimao, from the FIM, Dorna and MSMA, stating that a ‘framework’ for the new rules had finally been worked out.There is now an agreement of the main technical rules and costs for complete bikes, lease packages and ...

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 ...

Haga back to WSB

Michael Guy, 25 May 2013 12:56

Noriyuki Haga will make a dramatic return to the World Superbike Championship later this year. The 43 time race winner who last rode in the championship in 2011 onboard the PATA Aprilia will ride for the Grillini BMW team. The 38 year old Japanese star is expected to make his wild card appearance at the Imola round of the championship ...

Gino Rea on stand by at Donington Park

Michael Guy, 25 May 2013 12:50

Moto2 rider Gino Rea is at Donington Park this weekend on stand- by for the Kawasaki Supersport team. The 23 year old who is operating his own team at selected rounds of the Moto2 championship in 2013 running in the top 12 at Le Mans last weekend before a technical problem. His next Moto2 race is scheduled for Assen on ...

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 ...