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 ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- World Superbikes
- 25 May 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 25 May 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 25 May 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 24 May 2013
Leon Haslam was declared fit to race for the European round of the FIM World Superbike Championship at a wet and windy day at Donington Park.Limping to his Honda PATA bike in the afternoon for the first qualifying practice, the discomfort from the leg that he broke just four weeks ago was obvious, but his performance to finish the session in fourteenth was a ...
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- World Superbikes
- 24 May 2013
Factory Aprilia man Eugene Laverty has plenty of room for improvement this weekend at Donington Park. The 26 year old currently sits second in the overall championship standings after the opening four rounds, but has a shocking record at the Donington Park track. From two years and four races at the Leicestershire track, Laverty’s best result is 14th. Speaking to ...
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- World Superbikes
- 24 May 2013
The Friday, Supersport qualifying practice got underway at Donington for the European round of the FIM World Championship under grey, rain clouds and blustery, windy conditions.With the track still wet but with the promise of dryer, warmer conditions for the remainder of the race weekend, Sam Lowes left it until the last 10mins before coming out onto a drying track to post ...
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- World Superbikes
- 24 May 2013
Four rounds done in the World Superbike championship, and things are starting to heat up, with Sykes and melandri finding their form at Monza to challenge the Aprilia domination. Here's how it stands after eight races.
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- World Superbikes
- 14 May 2013
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
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 12 May 2013
