May

Year: 2013

Month: May

Leon Camier Donington crash

27 May 2013 by Shawn Poll

Leon Camier’s crash at Donington Park WSB 2013.

Double winner for the grinner!

27 May 2013 by Richard Moss

Had a great day out at Donington WSB – met lots of riders but none more friendly than Tom Sykes who, after his double race win, took time out to pose with the wife. Two grinners indeed!

Donington Weekend with Leon Haslam

27 May 2013 by Steve Hunt

For Leon Haslam, recovering from an operation undertaken to fix a double-fracture of his lower, left leg – suffered during a wet, practice session at Assen just four weeks ago – in time to race at his...

WSB Donington Race Two: Sykes secures first ever double-podium at Donington.

26 May 2013 by Steve Hunt

Race two of the European round of the FIM World Superbikes at Donington Park began with Sykes looking to secure his first, ever double-podium and with the locally-based Frenchman, Guintoli looking to...

WSS Donington: Lowes wins by eleven seconds

26 May 2013 by Steve Hunt

Sam Lowes stormed to a World Supersport victory at Donington Park with an untouchable 11.1 second lead over second placed, Sofuoglu. In doing so he also beat the lap record of 1’31.094 – set by...

WSB Donington, Race One: Sykes takes home win

26 May 2013 by Steve Hunt

A faultless ride from Tom Sykes saw him cruise to his second victory of the season at Donington Park for the European round of the FIM World Superbikes. It was a mixed race for the homegrown...

Sykes storms to another superpole at Donington

25 May 2013 by Steve Hunt

Tom Sykes continued his fantastic qualifying run- and added to his growing watch collection – with another Superpole victory here at a sunny Donington park for the European FIM World Superbike...

Haga back to WSB

25 May 2013 by Michael Guy

Noriyuki Haga will make a dramatic return to the World Superbike Championship later this year. The 43 time race winner who last rode in the championship in 2011 onboard the PATA Aprilia will ride for...

Gino Rea on stand by at Donington Park

25 May 2013 by Michael Guy

Moto2 rider Gino Rea is at Donington Park this weekend on stand- by for the Kawasaki Supersport team. The 23 year old who is operating his own team at selected rounds of the Moto2 championship in 2013 running in the top 12 at Le Mans last weekend before a technical problem. His next Moto2 race is scheduled for Assen on 27th to 29th June. As a result of not competing in every Moto2 race, Rea is an...

Rea: “Engine braking strategy key to success at Donington”

24 May 2013 by Michael Guy

Jonathan Rea made an encouraging start to the Donington Park race weekend after finishing second fastest at the end of the opening first qualifying session. Since the start of the season the team have...

Haslam declared fit, Sykes still in command despite fall

24 May 2013 by Steve Hunt

Leon Haslam was declared fit to race for the European round of the FIM World Superbike Championship at a wet and windy day at Donington Park. Limping to his Honda PATA bike in the afternoon for the...

Laverty confident of improved Donington Park result

24 May 2013 by Michael Guy

Factory Aprilia man Eugene Laverty has plenty of room for improvement this weekend at Donington Park. The 26 year old currently sits second in the overall championship standings after the opening four...

Lowes fastest in qualifying practice

24 May 2013 by Steve Hunt

The Friday, Supersport qualifying practice got underway at Donington for the European round of the FIM World Championship under grey, rain clouds and blustery, windy conditions. With the track still...

Monza WSB: Championship Dashboard

14 May 2013 by MCN

Four rounds done in the World Superbike championship, and things are starting to heat up, with Sykes and melandri finding their form at Monza to challenge the Aprilia domination. Here’s how it stands...

Monza WSB: Laverty battles to race two victory

12 May 2013 by Liam Marsden

Factory Aprilia rider Eugene Laverty prevailed in the second race at Monza today to take his sixth World Superbike victory and third of the season. It was another race long battle between Laverty,...

Monza WSB: Melandri takes race one win

12 May 2013 by Liam Marsden

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...

Monza WSS: Lowes piles in to take pole

11 May 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Racing Yamaha) left it to the very last minute to take pole in the Supersport World Championship class at Monza, although not reaching the previous best lap, set in 2010 by Eugene...

Monza WSB: Sykes grabs pole

11 May 2013 by Liam Marsden

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...

Monza WSB: Melandri leads the pack into superpole

11 May 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) used his Friday lap time to enter Superpole as fastest rider after combined qualifying. Heavy overnight thunderstorms ensured that track conditions did not...

Monza WSB: Melandri tops Friday qualifying

10 May 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) bounced back from the relative depression of Assen to an impressive fastest time in the Friday qualifying session at Monza. It was called a wet session but...

Monza WSS: Coghlan fastest in first practice

10 May 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Kevin Coghlan (DMC-Lorenzini Kawasaki) made the best of tricky damp track conditions at the fast Monza circuit to lead the field in the first timed Supersport World Championship qualifying session...

BMW prepare for high speed Monza race with wind tunnel testing

02 May 2013 by Michael Guy

Britain’s Chaz Davies has undergone the best possible preparation for the fourth round of the World Superbike championship at Monza by completing time in BMW’s wind tunnel facility in Munich. Monza is...