Josh Brookes leads the MCE British Superbike Championship by two points from Shane Byrne after two epic races at Assen, Holland. Byrne claimed an historic first Assen race win this morning on his return from injury and moved to the top of the Showdown standings as dramatically Tommy Hill failed to score after being involved in an incident before the ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 23 September 2012
The future of the Manx Grand Prix has been decided. The Isle of Man Department of Economic Development and the Manx Motorcycle Club have issued this joint statement: Following discussions between the Manx Motor Cycle Club and the Department of Economic Development regarding the future direction of the Manx Grand Prix Festival, a provisional proposal and schedule has been agreed ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- TT & road races
- 06 August 2012
Frenchman Freddy Foray has quit the Liverpool-based Quattro Plant Kawasaki team citing a lack of machine development as a prime reason. He follows Gary Mason who left the team several weeks ago. Foray – a World Endurance champion and one of BSB’s real characters - issued this press statement: "The BSB was a huge challenge for me asking me financial ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 03 August 2012
The Samsung Honda team completed a successful day of testing at Assen ahead of the British Superbike Championship debut at the circuit later in the season as Michael Laverty and Jon Kirkham now prepare for Brands Hatch next weekend (20-22 July). The team crossed the Channel following last weekend’s Oulton Park event and spent a day on circuit in both ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 13 July 2012
Peter Hickman has signed to remain with Buildbase BMW for the second half of the MCE British Superbike championship season. He joined the team at Knockhill in June, filling in for an injured Dan Linfoot and despite very little time to acclimatise to the S1000RR, he quickly got to grips with the BMW and has since delivered a top-ten finish ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 12 July 2012
An official Splitlath Redmond team press statement has announced that the Aprilia BSB team has parted company with Florian Marino. The statement reads: “The Splitlath Redmond team has parted company with young French rider Florian Marino. The 19-year-old from Cannes joined the team at the start of this season to make his Superbike debut after a successful 2011 in the ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 11 July 2012
MSS Bathams Kawasaki have promoted their Team Green Superstock rider Danny Buchan to the blue riband MCE British Superbike Championship ranks. But he’ll have to wait until a bit later in the season before he can make his BSB debut. Unfortunately by a cruel twist of bad luck, the 19-year-old from Essex ruled himself out of this weekend’s Knockhill round ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 20 June 2012
