July

Year: 2013

Month: July

Suzuka 8hrs: Haslam becomes second British winner in two years

29 July 2013 by Simon Patterson

For the second year in a row, a British rider has triumphed at the Suzuka 8hr race, as the MuSASHI Harc-Pro Honda team of Leon Haslam, Michael van der Mark and Takumi Takahashi took the win by a...

Suzuka 8-hour: Monster Yart Yamaha team on pole

27 July 2013 by Simon Patterson

The Monster YART squad of Kats Nakasuga, Broc Parkes and Josh Waters continued to top the time sheets in this afternoon’s delayed final qualifying session to take pole for tomorrow’s Suzuka 8 hours...

BMW withdraw from WSB

24 July 2013 by Michael Guy

BMW have confirmed today that they will terminate their involvement in the World Superbike championship at the end of the 2013 season. BMW joined WSB with a big budget full factory team with their...

WSB Moscow Race One: Eventful race sees Melandri take victory

21 July 2013 by Steve Hunt

The twenty-five laps of race one at the tight Moscow raceway saw Chaz Davies make a great start to lead from turn one. The same could not be said of Carlos Checa however, who was taken out on only the...

WSS: Sofuoglu gains advantage with pole

20 July 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

With the weather conditions that met the WSS second qualifying session proving to be intermittently rainy, Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Yamaha) had one last chance to to ride to pole on his very last lap. His bike developed an engine problem however, which suddenly lost him power. Lowes almost crashed shortly after and although his third sector time showed that up until that point he was going to take the...

WSB Moscow: Sykes crashes out, Giugliano on pole.

20 July 2013 by Steve Hunt

Despite leading the qualifying times in all of the previous sessions, Tom sykes crashed out of Superpole three in Moscow, leaving him unable to complete a lap, and forcing him to start back in ninth...

Checa Crashes After Engine Problem

20 July 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Carlos Checa suffered a fast crash on the Moscow Raceway straight in wet conditions when the rear tyre of his Ducati Alstare Panigale 1199 locked up and eventually spat him off, landing him hard on his hip, shoulder and head. Ducati SBK racing boss Ernesto Marinelli said that that the exact reason for the crash was as yet unknown but confirmed that it appears to have been an engine problem. “It...

Big discounts on Early Bird tickets for Silverstone WSB

19 July 2013 by MCN Staff

As Silverstone prepares to host the British round of World Superbike Championship on 2nd to 4th August time is running out to get an early bird deal for greatly reduced ticket prices. The Early Bird offer comes to a close at 12 noon on Tuesday 23 July. While admission for children is free in non-reserved seats*, the ‘Early Bird’ offer presents savings against on the day prices of up to £35 on...

WSB Moscow Q1 – Sykes on provisional pole, Checa in the mix

19 July 2013 by Michael Guy

Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes continued his seemingly unstoppable momentum which has seen him win four of the last six races with another day at the top of the timesheets after the opening qualifying session at Moscow Raceway. Sykes posted a 1’35.567 on the 19th and final lap of the session to secure provisional pole ahead of in form Italians David Giugliano and Marco Melandri. While Sykes’ leader...

Moscow WSS Q1 - Sofuoglu from Lowes at Moscow Raceway

19 July 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Kenan Sofuoglu drew first blood in Russia to secure provisional pole position for round eight of the World Supersport Championship at the Moscow Raceway. His 1’38.088 lap time was more than 0.152 seconds ahead of championship leader Sam Lowes and 0.6 seconds better than Lowes’ Yakhnich Motorsports Yamaha team-mate Vladimir Leonov in third. Kawasaki privateer Alessandro Antonelli (GO Eleven Team)...

WSB Moscow FP1 – Melandri sets the pace in opening session