June

Year: 2012

Month: June

Aragon WSB: Sykes dominates to take pole

30 June 2012 by Liam Marsden

Brit Tom Sykes took his sixth pole position of the season in spectacular fashion at Aragon today. Sykes was 0.708secs faster than second quickest man Max Biaggi. Biaggi’s team-mate Eugene Laverty...

Aragon WSB: Melandri ups the pace to take provisional pole

29 June 2012 by Michael Guy

Factory BMW man Marco Melandri demonstrated his affinity with the Aragon circuit to secure provisional pole ahead of fellow Italian and rival Max Biaggi. Last year Melandri and Biaggi shared the...

Aragon WSB: Biaggi makes ominous start to top first session

29 June 2012 by Michael Guy

World Superbike championship leader Max Biaggi made an ominous start to the Aragon race weekend by setting the fastest time in the opening Free Practice session at Aragon. Biaggi, traditionally a slow...

Video: Honda classic corners trailer

27 June 2012 by MCN

The Honda World Superbike Team has spent much of the 2012 SBK season looking at some of the most iconic corners on the World Superbike calendar. The team will be releasing five videos looking at five...

Checa completes first test on 1199 Superbike

21 June 2012 by Michael Guy

World champion Carlos Checa completed his first official test on the all new Ducati 1199 Panigale at Misano today. Riding at the Italian circuit which is currently playing host to World Ducati Week...

WSB Misano Race 2: Biaggi secures emphatic double

10 June 2012 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi stormed to his second race win of the day with a dominant performance in race two at Misano. The factory Aprilia rider was clearly buoyed by his race one win wasted no time getting to the...

WSB Misano Race 1: Biaggi wins thrilling race to extend championship lead

10 June 2012 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi secured a brilliant win in the opening WSB race of the day after an epic battle with Carlos Checa and his Davide Giugliano. The Factory Aprilia rider who’d only qualified in tenth place...

WSB Misano Superpole: Sykes claims Superpole number five

09 June 2012 by Michael Guy

Tom Sykes secured a brilliant Superpole win at Misano after dominating the second twenty minute session this afternoon. The factory Kawasaki rider cruised through Superpole 1 after making big changes...

WSB Misano: Sykes steps up in second qualifying

09 June 2012 by Michael Guy

After a difficult opening day at Misano yesterday, Tom Sykes scorched to the top of the time sheets during second qualifying this morning. The Kawasaki man overcame front grip issues on his ZX-10R to...

WSB Misano: Checa leads the way in first qualifying, One second separates top 16

08 June 2012 by Michael Guy

World Champion Carlos Checa set the fastest time of the day during the opening qualifying session at Misano today. The Althea Ducati rider posted a 1.36.521s best and will be determined to bounce back...

WSS Misano: Lowes in control after taking provisional pole

08 June 2012 by Michael Guy

Sam Lowes picked up where he left off after winning at Donington Park last time out to secure provisional pole position at Misano today. The 21-year-old overcame a crash at the end of this mornings...