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 ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- World Superbikes
- 09 June 2013
Sam Lowes claimed his fourth victory in a row in Portimão to remain on top of the FIM World Supersport championship table. The reigining champion - Kenan Sofuoglo - and Fabian Floret on the MAHI Racing Kawasaki's went into the final laps in first and second place, with the ZX-6R's making the most of their straight-line speed. But Lowes - ...
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- World Superbikes
- 09 June 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 09 June 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 08 June 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 07 June 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 07 June 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 07 June 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 27 May 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 May 2013
Sam Lowes stormed to a World Supersport victory at Donington Park with an untouchable 11.1 second lead over second placed, Sofuoglu. In doing so he also beat the lap record of 1’31.094 – set by himself in 2011 – with a fastest time of 1’30.927. With his nearest championship rival, Foret only managing a ninth place and Van De Mark ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 May 2013
