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Monza WSB: Melandri takes race one win

Liam Marsden, 12 May 2013 12:00

GoldBet BMW rider Marco Melandri took his first race win of the season in the first race at Monza after a race long battle with Tom Sykes, Eugene Laverty and Sylvain Guintoli. Melandri was third at the end of the penultimate lap but passed both Sykes and Laverty to claim the win. Sykes took advantage of Melandri's last lap move ...

Monza WSB: Sykes grabs pole

Liam Marsden, 11 May 2013 14:54

Motocard Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes will start tomorrow's WSB races from pole position after setting the fastest time ever around the Monza circuit with a best lap of 1:41.223. Current championship leader Sylvain Guintoli will start from third on the grid after snatching the final spot on the front row from Pata Honda rider Jonathan Rea in the final moments of ...

Monza WSB: Melandri leads the pack into superpole

Gordon Ritchie, 11 May 2013 10:00

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) used his Friday lap time to enter Superpole as fastest rider after combined qualifying. Heavy overnight thunderstorms ensured that track conditions did not improve today, although the track was fully dry in almost all areas. Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda Word Superbike) remained second because of his Friday time and although Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing) ...

Monza WSB: Melandri tops Friday qualifying

Gordon Ritchie, 10 May 2013 17:26

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) bounced back from the relative depression of Assen to an impressive fastest time in the Friday qualifying session at Monza. It was called a wet session but Melandri’s time of 1’42.883 was under the previous race lap record, if not quite at Cal Crutchlow's SBK track best. Melandri was 0.274 seconds ahead of a ...

WSBK Race Two: Laverty matches pace and snatches win from Sykes

Steve Hunt, 28 April 2013 15:17

The second ‘big bike’ race from Assen saw Sykes looking to build on his emphatic first race win and to truly begin his assault on the championship that he so desperately desires. With the chasing riders having had time to tweak and adjust their bike settings – as well as their mental preparation and race plans – it was never ...

Giugliano Beats Sykes To Fastest Qualifying Time

Gordon Ritchie, 27 April 2013 13:22

Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Aprilia) surprised the leading pack at Assen by posting the fastest combined qualifying time in the only truly dry qualifying session of the weekend so far. Giugliano goes into Superpole 0.069 seconds ahead of Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) and his Bol d’Or winning KRT team-mate Loris Baz. Jonathan Rea did his best to raise the ...

WSB Assen: Sykes Splashes To Provisional Pole

Gordon Ritchie, 26 April 2013 16:16

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) extended the advantage he already had in wet conditions in the first qualifying session at Assen to record a lap of 1’57.190 and push himself fully 1.634 seconds ahead of second place rider and championship leader, Sylvain Guintoli. The Frenchman’s fellow Aprilia Racing rider Eugene Laverty was third, one place ahead of Marco Melandri (BMW ...

WSB Aragon Race 1: Davies scorches to victory after Laverty and Sykes DNFs

Simon Patterson, 14 April 2013 12:12

Welshman Chaz Davies scorched to his debut BMW win in the first WSB race at Motorland aragon after DNFs handed him the lead early on. Eugene Laverty lead off the line, with Davies passing Tom Sykes on the second lap to take second. However, Laverty was cursed with electrical problems, sitting up then retiring on lap four with electrical problems. ...

WSB Aragon: UK riders dominate in superpole

Simon Patterson, 13 April 2013 17:47

Tom Sykes looked to continue his 2012 superpole record as he took pole position for tomorrow’s WSB races under the Spanish sun, leading out Eugene Laverty and Chaz Davies for the front row. France control the second row with Sylvain Guintoli fourth, Jules Cluzel fifth and Loris Baz sixth. The session was led early on by Laverty, but Sykes wrestled ...

WSB Phillip Island: Aprilias dominate race one as Guintoli wins

Anonymous, 24 February 2013 01:44

Aprilia dominated the opening round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship, with factory riders Sylvain Guintoli and Eugene Laverty first and second, and Red Devils Roma Aprilia rider Michael Fabrizio rounding out the podium. Laverty led off the line for the first half of the race, until Guintoli picked his way through the battle for second at the half way ...