2006

Year: 2006

Month: ALL

Corser tests Yamaha

21 October 2006

Troy Corser has tested with the Yamaha Motor Italia squad for the first time, following his switch from Alstare Suzuki. Corser rode a 2006-spec YZF-R1 for 74 laps of the Mugello circuit in Italy to...

Corser on French pole

07 October 2006

Sebastien Charpentier has kept his World Supersport title hopes alive by taking pole position for the final race of the series on Sunday. The Frenchman posted a time of 1:42.506, over half a second...

Corser moves to Yamaha

07 October 2006

Troy Corser has signed for the Yamaha Italia team in WSB after being dropped by the Alstare Suzuki squad last week. Corser will line-up alongside rival Noriyuki Haga in what will be a Yamaha dream...

Haga stays fastest

07 October 2006

Cold and wet conditions for the second qualifying session at Magny Cours mean that Noriyuki Haga goes into Superpole top of the timesheets, as no rider was able to improve on first session times. ...

Yamaha keep WSS duo

07 October 2006

Kevin Curtain and Broc Parkes will stay with the Yamaha Motor Germany team for 2007, despite Curtain crashing out of the World Supersport title at the final round at Magny-Cours on Sunday, October 8,...

Biaggi tests WSB Suzuki

07 October 2006

These are the first pictures of Max Biaggi testing for the Alstare Suzuki team for 2007. Biaggi appears to be riding the 2006 Suzuki GSX-R1000 to get an idea of handlebar and footpeg positions etc...

Stiggy signs 2007 riders

07 October 2006

Swedish World Supersport rider Johan Stigefelt will concentrate on team management in 2007 with new rider Yoann Tibeiro joining Robbin Harms on Honda CBR600RRs. Dark Dog Stiggy Motorsports will be...

Toseland/Bayliss win

07 October 2006

James Toseland and Troy Bayliss have both taken wins at the final round of the World Superbike championship as Sebastien Charpentier retained his World Supersport title. Race one saw Toseland fight...

Brookes signs for 2007

01 October 2006

Former Australian Superbike champion Josh Brookes will stay with the Team Bertocchi squad in World Superbikes in 2007, riding a Honda Fireblade. The team will be totally restructured, with new owners...

Haga on provisional pole

01 October 2006

Noriyuki Haga is on provisional pole for the final WSB round of 2006. The Yamaha rider posted a time of 1:40.474 to put himself ahead of James Toseland with 1:40.734, and Lorenzo Lanzi on 1:40.821.

Kawasaki riders for 2007

01 October 2006

Both the PSG-1 Kawasaki WSB team and the Team Gil Motorsport World Supersport team have announced their riders for 2007, and Britain’s Chris Walker won’t be riding for PSG-1. Despite taking a first...

Corser tops WSB times

01 October 2006

Troy Corser has topped the free practice times for the final round of the World Superbike championship at Magny-Cours in France. Despite fellow Australian Troy Bayliss winning the championship at the...

Spies takes AMA title

01 October 2006

Suzuki’s Ben Spies won the 2006 AMA Superbike championship on Sunday October 1, 2006, with a seventh place in the race at Mid-Ohio. The race was won by team-mate Mat Mladin from fellow Suzuki rider...

Bayliss takes WSB title

01 October 2006

Troy Bayliss has secured the World Superbike title after a fifth place and a win at Imola. The Ducati rider is now 98 points ahead of James Toseland with only 50 points left at the last round in...

Bayliss takes Imola pole

30 September 2006

Troy Bayliss has taken pole position for the penultimate round of the World Superbike champiship at Imola. The Ducati rider was only fifth fastest in the final qualifying session but pulled it out of...

2007 WSB riders

23 September 2006

As the season ends and riders confirm where they will be riding in 2007, we’ve compiled all the latest moves and teams, so you can find out easily who will be riding which bike next season. 2007 WSB...

Suzuki win WEC title

16 September 2006

The Castrol Suzuki team has claimed the 2006 World Endurance Championship with victory at the final round at Magny Cours in france on September 16, 2006. Suzuki Endurance Racing Team rider Keiichi Kitagwa crossed the finishing like of the Bol d’Or 24 hr race at 3pm local time, 13 laps ahead of nearest rivals Yamaha Austria. The race had been one of the toughest of the year, with wet qualifying...

Martin moves to DFX

16 September 2006

Australian WSB rider Steve Martin has signed for the DFX Treme team for 2007, joining MIchel Fabrizio on Hondas. Martin has ridden for Foggy Petronas for two seasons, but with the Petronas...

Bol d'Or warm-up

16 September 2006

There’s renewed hope for the British teams competing at the Bol d’Or 24 Hrs race today, Saturday, September 16, 2006, as dry conditions have seen the Diablo team jump from 32nd to 4th fastest, and Phase One jump up to 8th quickest. The time sheets were headed by the Suzuki Castrol team, from Yamaha GMT 94 and Team Kawasaki Fuchs. Diablo’s Mark Rohtlaan put in the fastest time for the squad and...

Bayliss on pole

09 September 2006

Troy Bayliss has continued his domination at the Lausitz Ring taking pole position for Sunday’s race. The Ducati rider set the best lap in the qualifying session then went on to take the top spot by...

Wins for JT and Yukio

09 September 2006

Troy Bayliss failed in his attempt to wrap up the World Superbike title early after conceding the Lausitz Ring races to Yukio Kagayama and James Toseland. Bayliss look like he was going to take the...

Suzuki on Bol d'Or pole

09 September 2006

Julian da Costa has put the number two Suzuki team on pole position for the final round of the World Endurance championship at Bol D’Or on September 16, 2006, amid persistent rain. The number one...

Biaggi signs up for WSB

09 September 2006

After months of rumours Max Biaggi has finally signed for the Alstare Corona Suzuki World Superbike team. The Italian lost his ride in MotoGP at the end of 2005 and failed to get a ride in 2006 but...

Corser takes Assen pole

02 September 2006

Troy Corser has stormed to pole position after a dry superpole session for the Assen round of the World Superbike championship. The Suzuki rider was the only rider to drop below the 1:39 mark in the Superpole session. Noriyuki Haga stormed to second place on the grid just 0.044 seconds behind Corser followed by Corser’s team-mate Yukio Kagayama and Troy Bayliss taking the final place on the...

Bayliss top at Lausitz

02 September 2006

Troy Bayliss has set the fastest lap after the first day at the Lausitz Ring World Superbike round. Bayliss could rap up the title this weekend if he continues this form, but Troy Corser seems...

Assen WSB results

02 September 2006

Chris Walker has taken his first World Superbike race win in dramatic style at a wet Assen circuit, see the full results below. Race 1: C.WALKER A. PITT 4.97 M.FABRIZIO 24.13 F. NIETO 36.97 N. ABE 37.18 M.NEUKIRCHNER 37.32 L. LANZI 40.93 R. ROLFO 41.86 K. MUGGERIDGE 53.38 J. TOSELAND 55.87 I. CLEMENTI 1:39.835 S. MARTIN 1:59.724 S. NAKATOMI 1 Lap H. VAN BEEK 1 Lap V. IANNUZZO 5...