March

Year: 2009

Month: March

WSS Qatar: ‘Laverty Can Be Top Brit’

11 March 2009 by Mike Nicks

Ahead of the second round of the World Supersport Championship at Qatar on Saturday, Parkalgar Honda team manager Simon Buckmaster believes that Eugene Laverty represents the best chance for any Irish...

Brit Fans Follow Our Super Seven in Qatar

11 March 2009 by Mike Nicks

Thousands of loyal enthusiasts are expected to tune into Eurosport on Friday and Saturday to follow the adventures of Britain’s Super Seven in the second round of the World Superbike and Supersport...

Shane Byrne Fights Back

11 March 2009 by Mike Nicks

British Superbike champion Shane Byrne approaches Saturday’s second round of the World Superbike Championship in Qatar in a confident mood on his Sterilgarda Ducati despite crashing twice in the...

Biaggi convinced of podium potential

11 March 2009 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi remains adamant that he can fight for podiums and race wins in 2009. Despite riding the all-new Aprilia RSV4 the Italian showed his and the bikes potential in Australia two weeks ago by...

Me at Philip Island WSB

06 March 2009 by Mike Guymer

Me at Phillip Island WSB. Nice track but not a patch on Brands for atmosphere. I am an ex TT rider and would love to be able add this to my favorite list of tracks: 1. IOM 2. Spa 3. Donington

Max's Phillip Island crash

06 March 2009 by Jim Cottee

WorldSuperBikes – Phillip Island, Race 2, Lap 14, Siberia corner. Max had to take evasive action in a tight bunch of riders & ended up in the kitty litter on his new Aprilia. Luckily he bounced off...

Cal Crutchlow: "I could have won it"

02 March 2009 by Michael Guy

Cal Crutchlow and Eugene Laverty confirmed they will be title contenders in the World Supersport championship after finishing fourth and fifth, separated by 1/1000th of a second and just one second...

Phillip Island WSB gossip

02 March 2009 by Michael Guy

41 riders fined for speeding A total of 41 riders were fined for breaking the 60kph pit lane speed limit during the Phillip Island meeting. Pit lane speed is usually controlled by a marshal sitting at...

WSB Blog: Phillip Island Race

02 March 2009 by Michael Guy

Well it’s fair to say that the opening round of the World Superbike championship lived up to all the hype. Ben Spies proved beyond doubt that he is the real deal by setting pole and winning race two...

Reading MCN at Phillip Island

01 March 2009 by Paul Saint

Here’s a couple of pictures that were taken of us reading MCN at turn 1, WSB Phillip Island.

Phillip Island WSB: Haga and Spies share spoils

01 March 2009 by Liam Marsden

Ducati rider Noriyuki Haga and WSB rookie Ben Spies took a win each at the opening round of the season at Phillip Island. Race one Haga made his intentions for the season clear by taking the win in...