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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 12 May 2013
UPDATED 1612 Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) suffered a left lower leg fracture after he crashed at turn seven in the first timed practice session at a wet Assen circuit. Initial tests at the local Assen hospital indicated that he had suffered breaks in his tibia and fibia quite close to the left knee, which will require specialist surgery ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 April 2013
Sam Lowes has cruised to his first pole position of 2013 on his Yakhnich Yamaha, with his time from qualifying 1 good enough to ensure that no one could match him in the second session. His blistering lap in Q1, the fastest 600 lap ever of the coastal circuit, was over a second faster than his nearest rival, Kenan Sofuoglu, ...
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- World Superbikes
- 23 February 2013
The first round of testing got underway at Phillip Island today with factory Aprilia man Eugene Laverty taking first blood to top the timesheets at the end of day one.The 26 year old Irishman set a 1’31.7s best on the newly surfaced Phillip Island track in dry conditions.Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider Leon Camier showed just how far he and the ...
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- World Superbikes
- 14 February 2013
Ducati has issued a press statement finalising its plans for the 2013 World Superbike Championship, both in the development of the 1199 Panigale and how it will participate in the series. Ducati say they have already confirmed the renewal of its contract with Carlos Checa, who won the 2011 World Superbike Championship on a Ducati 1198, and the Spanish rider ...
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- World Superbikes
- 29 October 2012
World Supersport sensation Jules Cluzel has signed for the British Fixi Crescent Suzuki team to race in WSB in 2013. Cluzel arrived in the WSB paddock riding the PTR Honda in WSS in 2012, finishing runner-up in the standings with four wins and eight podiums to his credit. The exuberant Frenchman showed both pace and consistency which as a result ...
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- World Superbikes
- 29 October 2012
We bumped into James Toseland at Silverstone WSB in the paddock on Sunday morning and instead of doing the bare minimum he could get away with, he was very happy to chat and spent about 10 minutes with us. Very down to earth and a lovely bloke! Thanks James - it was much appreciated and made our day.
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- World Superbikes
- 07 August 2012
Frenchman Loris Baz has won the first Superbike race at Silverstone in a tricky race which saw both wet and dry conditions. The first run of the race was red-flagged after several riders fell off on the opening lap. Ducati rider Carlos Checa got off to a good start in the race, which was declared wet, but the following pack ...
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- World Superbikes
- 05 August 2012
Marco Melandri scored a double today. Winning the second race of the weekend at Brno. Melandri made a final pass on Tom Sykes in the final lap with just enough space on the final few corners to make sure the Englishman would finish second, by only 0.140 seconds. Carlos Checa finished in third place with championship leader Max Biaggi ) in fourth. Eugene ...
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- World Superbikes
- 22 July 2012
