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UK riders claim entire front row in Assen Superpole

Steve Hunt, 27 April 2013 15:04

Riders were finally greeted by a dry track in Assen for the World Superbike Superpole sessions. From the fifteen riders from session one, only twelve progress and although there was little by the way of surprise to see Clementi and Iannuzzo drop off from the boards going into session two, it was an afternoon of disappointment for the champion of ...

WSB Aragon Race 2: Davies dominates in Aragon

Simon Patterson, 14 April 2013 15:14

Chaz Davies dominated race two at Aragon to complete a perfect weekend, walking away with a full complement of 50 points and establishing himself as a championship contender. The race start was delayed when Jules Cluzel had problems on the line, forcing his bike off the grid and leading to a second warm-up lap. Eugene Laverty led away from the ...

Aragon WSB: Sykes takes charge in second qualifying, Rea storms to third

Michael Guy, 13 April 2013 11:23

Tom Sykes re-asserted his dominance to qualifying at Aragon today by becoming the only man to set a sub 1.58s lap with a 1.57.785 onboard his Kawasaki Superbike. The 27 year old made a few minor set-up changes to his ZX-10R and now looks comfortable on the bike and free of injury following his fractured wrist and ribs sustained in ...

Aitchison back in WSB with Effenbert Ducati

Gordon Ritchie, 05 April 2013 09:21

Mark Aitchison will make a return to the WSB paddock in 2013, alongside the returning Effenbert Team, which had an incident-laden 2012 season. Despite the Ducati 1098’s homologation now expired due to the arrival of the 1199 Panigale, the team have been given late dispensation allowing the 1098R to return to battle once more. Aitchison, was set to race in ...

Lowes sets the bar high in final day of testing

Michael Guy, 19 February 2013 13:39

Sam Lowes picked up where he left off on the opening day of testing to secure top spot at the end of the final day. The Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha rider slashed a massive 0.443 seconds off his day one best to finish ahead of multiple world champion Kenan Sofuoglu on his Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki. Sofuoglu ended the day ...

Alstare Ducati unveil new WSB contender

Simon Patterson, 07 February 2013 12:00

Alstare Ducati have unveiled their 2013 colour scheme, as the Belgian-owned team become the official Ducati Corse WSB squad. The Panigale 1199 will make its World Superbike debut this year after a disappointing 2012 running the 1098R under the Althea banner. The new paint job will make its track debut next week at Philip Island prior to the first round of ...

500cc four-stroke class to join World Superbike schedule?

Matthew Birt, 17 January 2013 11:18

A non-world championship category for 500cc four-stroke machinery could join the World Superbike schedule from 2015 onwards. With MotoGP rights owners Dorna now controlling World Superbikes too, plans to drastically reduce costs and the technical specification of machinery in WSB and World Supersport means the European Superstock 1000 and 600 classes look certain to be cut off the schedule in ...

Ducati confirm Alstare WSB partnership for 2013 and 2014

Michael Guy, 11 November 2012 19:58

Ducati’s official World Superbike effort will be run by the Belgian Alstare squad in a new two man team called Team Ducati Alstare.The two year deal will see riders Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini campaign the all new Ducati 1199 Panigale.Alstare wre the long tie factory Suzuki team competing in WSB until they left the championship for financial reasons at ...

2013 WSB Calendar confirmed

Michael Guy, 06 October 2012 13:35

The 15 round World Superbike Calendar has been confirmed in Magny Cours today. The unconfirmed race on 23 June is expected to take place in Brno, Czech Republic. 24 February Australia Phillip Island 10 March India Buddh Circuit 7 April Spain Aragon 28 April The Netherlands Assen 12 May Italy Monza 26 May UK Donington 9 June Portugal Portimao (STC) ...

WSB Moscow: Melandri takes race two win and championship lead

Michael Guy, 26 August 2012 14:05

Marco Melandri stormed to his sixth race win of the season with a brilliant ride in race two at Moscow Raceway. The 29 year old Italian made his way up through the field and although unable to pull away at the front held on for victory onboard his factory BMW.His win sees him move to the top of the WSB ...