September

Year: 2018

Month: September

WSB: Champ Rea doubles up in France

01 October 2018 by Oli Rushby

Four-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea continued to dominant in Magny Cours this weekend as he doubled up to take the second race win from Chaz Davies. Starting from second on the grid with...

WSB: Carrasco makes history with Supersport 300 crown

30 September 2018 by Oli Rushby

Ana Carrasco made history today by becoming the first ever woman to win an FIM solo motorcycle world championship. Crossing the line 13th in the final race of the season at Magny Cours was enough to...

WSB: Rea: 'The best is yet to come'

29 September 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea has said he believes ‘the best is yet to come’ despite having just clinched a record-equally fourth World Championship in Magny Cours. The Kawasaki rider has been unbeaten since 2015 and...

WSB: History maker Rea crowned 2018 World Champion

29 September 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea became the most successful World Superbike rider of all time as he secured his fourth World Championship in Magny Cours this afternoon. The Ulsterman has been unbeaten since joining...

WSB: Sykes denies Rea Magny Cours pole

29 September 2018 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes denied team-mate Jonathan Rea pole position in a record-breaking Superpole at Magny Cours. Champion-elect Rea had led the way for most of the Superpole 2 session when he blitzed his own time...

WSB: Champion-elect Rea leads way in Magny Cours

28 September 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea once again led the way as the eleventh round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship got underway in Magny Cours. The soon-to-be four-time World Champion lapped underneath the race lap...

WSB: Rea poised to clinch historic fourth title

26 September 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea is on the verge of clinching another historic World Superbike crown in Magny Cours this weekend. The triple-world champion is poised to become the most successful rider in the history of...

WSB: Rea takes dominant race 2 win in Portimao

16 September 2018 by Dan Sutherland

Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea has taken his second victory of the weekend in Portimao, seeing off a late charge from Pata Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark and the Ducati Panigale R of Marco Melandri. Taking...

WSB: Rea takes victory 65 as Fores and Laverty collide

15 September 2018 by Dan Sutherland

In an action-packed first World Superbike race from Portimao in which only 14 riders finished, it was Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea who emerged victorious. Followed across the line by Ducati’s Marco...

WSB: Laverty lands first pole for SMR at Portimao

15 September 2018 by Dan Sutherland

Eugene Laverty has stormed to a third WSB career pole position and his first in five years, seeing off championship leader Jonathan Rea by just 0.060 seconds in Portimao. With a lap time of 1:40.705,...

WSB: Rea sets the early pace in Portimao

14 September 2018 by Dan Sutherland

After a summer break lasting just over two months, the World Superbike Championship returned to action today, with the first three free practice sessions of the weekend from a sun-soaked Portimao...

WSB: No surgery for Davies, will attempt to race at Portimao

04 September 2018 by Greg Haines

Chaz Davies will not need another operation following his second training accident of the summer, while doing supermoto in Aragon last Thursday. Initially there was concern that the Aruba Ducati...