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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 ...

Nurburgring WSB: Biaggi wins to take championship lead

Liam Marsden, 09 September 2012 11:45

2010 WSB champion Max Biaggi took advantage of a rare mistake by BMW rider Marco Melandri to take victory at the Nurburgring and the championship lead by 6.5 points. Melandri was in third place behind Tom Sykes and Biaggi when he crashed out after running wide on lap five. Kawasaki rider Sykes led for the first half of the race ...

Donington Park WSB: Smrz ends first qualifying on top

Liam Marsden, 11 May 2012 17:34

Team Effenbert Liberty Ducati rider Jakub Smrz has taken provisional pole after setting the fastest lap during the weekend's opening qualifying session. The rain flags came out for a short while at the beginning of the session, but conditions quickly improved. Honda rider Jonathan Rea posted the second fastest time ahead of current champion Carlos Checa in third. Local boy ...

Donington Park WSB: Sykes heads FP1

Liam Marsden, 11 May 2012 13:37

Tom Sykes finished the first session of the Donington Park WSB weekend on top after setting a fastest time of 1'30.756 in dry but windy conditions. Fellow Brit Leon Camier finished FP1 in second place, less than a tenth behind Sykes. Jakub Smrz, Michel Fabrizio and Marco Melandri round out the top five, with Leon Haslam in sixth. Tickets are ...

Assen WSB: Rea takes first win of 2012

Liam Marsden, 22 April 2012 15:08

Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea has taken his first race win of 2012 in drying conditions during the second superbike race at Assen. The drying conditions meant tyre choice would be critical, with Rea opting for hard slick tyres, which improved towards the end of the race enabling Rea to push through to the front. Effenbert Liberty Ducati rider ...

Assen WSB: Guintoli takes first win in two part wet race

Liam Marsden, 22 April 2012 12:16

Effenbert Liberty Ducati rider Sylvain Guintoli has taken his first ever WSB win in a two part race one, with the restart run in torrential conditions. Guintoli started from second on the grid for the restart, but was down in eighth position after the end of the first lap. Guintoli patiently worked his way through to the front and was ...

Assen WSB: Sykes takes third pole in a row

Liam Marsden, 21 April 2012 15:02

Brit Tom Sykes has made it three pole positions from three, setting the fastest time in tricky conditions during superpole at Assen today. Superpole was run under wet conditions, meaning there were only two sessions instead of the usual three. Only the top eight riders went through to superpole 2. The second session was almost completely dry, allowing Sykes to ...

Imola WSB: Checa takes race one win

Liam Marsden, 01 April 2012 11:38

Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes was unable to hold off reigning world champion Carlos Checa in race one at Imola despite leading the first half of the race. Sykes got the holeshot from pole position, and looked comfortable in the lead for the first half of the race, before Checa took the lead on lap 12 and then set a new ...

Imola WSB: Checa wins race two as Rea retires

Liam Marsden, 25 September 2011 15:05

Althea Ducati rider Carlos Checa moved to within a whisker of securing his first World Superbike championship with victory in race two at Imola after Jonathan Rea suffered a mechanical problem while leading the race. Checa leads championship rival Marco Melandri by 97 points going into the final two rounds, as Melandri finished sixth, despite running off track. Rea again dominated ...