The Althea Racing Team unveiled the new livery of its 2011 bike during Termignoni Day at the exhaust company's headquarters in the town of Predosa in northern Italy, according to www.worldsbk.com Race fans and industry figures turned out to see team representative Moreno Coppola and Ducati Corse Superbike manager Ernesto Marinelli, take the wraps off the team's Ducati 1198F. The ...
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- World Superbikes
- 21 December 2010
Leon Camier is poised this week to sign for the factory Aprilia team alongside Max Biaggi. Rumours suggested the deal would be finalised today (Monday) and an official announcement would be made by Aprilia this afternoon but when MCN contacted the company to get confirmation, spokesman Daniele Tosatti said: “We are not expecting to make any announcement until the test ...
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- World Superbikes
- 16 November 2009
Newly-crowned European Superstock 600 champion Gino Rea has just completed a hugely impressive test aboard Cal Crutchlow's title-winning Yamaha World Supersport R6 at Portimao. The young Londoner’s best lap of 1:46.423 was just a second adrift of the pace set by race winner Eugene Laverty (Honda) at the same venue on Sunday - and would have seen him finishing tenth, ...
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- World Superbikes
- 29 October 2009
Sylvain Guintoli will make a dramatic switch to WSB with Alstare Suzuki – replacing Max Neukirchner, who has signed for Ten Kate Honda. Guintoli’s move has been sanctioned by the Suzuki factory – even though the 27-year old has already signed a contract with the British-based Crescent Suzuki team that runs the BSB operation. And Guintoli’s departure has opened the ...
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- World Superbikes
- 12 October 2009
British Superbike rider Tommy Hill will be testing the World Supersport SSP Yamaha at Magny Cours, France next week. It’s the same bike he raced to fifth place in the Brands Hatch round recently and he said: “It’s a good team – there’s a similar kind of enthusiasm to the Virgin team and I learned so much from that one ...
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- World Superbikes
- 15 August 2007
British Superbike’s Tommy Hill could have done enough in his debut World Supersport ride at Brands Hatch to secure a full time slot with the factory Yamaha team. Tommy Hill survived three spectacular crashes during practice and left his team with a big repair bill, but rewarded them at the end of the day with an impressive top five finish ...
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- World Superbikes
- 08 August 2007
GR Motorsport have one of the few British wild card entries at this weekend’s Brands Hatch World Superbikes round but are intending to use it as a springboard to a return to the European stage. The team, run by former racer Brent Gladwin have an entry for the FIM Cup Superstock race and will field regular rider Jon Boy Lee. ...
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- World Superbikes
- 31 July 2007
Even if WSB don’t follow BSB’s rules package for 2008, it seems unlikley to make any different regarding potential wild card entries in World rounds. For the first time ever, there will be no British wild card entries in the WSB round at this weekend’s Silverstone round – and that’s down to lack of interest from the British riders and ...
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- World Superbikes
- 22 May 2007
