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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 14 April 2013
2002 World Champion Fabien Foret rode to a win in the WSS race at Motorland Aragon following a series of crashes and DNFs among his fellow title favourites. A mistake on the first lap saw Sofuoglu go wide, allowing Sam Lowes to push forward to take the lead from Dutch youth Michael van der Mark on the Pata Honda. A ...
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- World Superbikes
- 14 April 2013
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. ...
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- 14 April 2013
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 ...
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- 13 April 2013
Kenan Sofuoglu stormed to victory in the opening round of the 2013 World Supersport Championship at Phillip Island, steering his Mahi Kawasaki to the win ahead of Brit Sam Lowes. After a race-long battle that saw multiple overtakes, the Turkish rider put his head down on lap 14 to set the fastest lap of the race and distance Lowes, to ...
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- 24 February 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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- 23 February 2013
Alstare Ducati rider Carlos Checa went some way to answering the critics of the new Panigale superbike by putting it on pole for the opening round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship. The UK riders showed their form earlier in Superpole, with Tom Sykes topping Superpole 1 and Eugene topping SP2, before Laverty eventually finished second to the veteran Spaniard ...
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- 23 February 2013
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 ...
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- 07 February 2013
Ten Kate Honda unveiled their new bikes and riders yesterday in Verona, with crisp manufacturer Pata taking over as principal backer of the Dutch team. The team will this year feature two British riders, with Jonathan Rea being joined by Leon Haslam for the 2013 World Superbike Championship. Dutch rookie Michael van der Mark and Italian Lorenzo Zanetti, who will ...
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- 21 January 2013
