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Milwaukee BMW pulls covers off new S1000RR

25 February 2016 by Simon Patterson

Milwaukee BMW pulls covers off new S1000RR

Reigning MCE British Superbike champions SMR have pulled the covers off their new BMW S1000RR machinery as they prepare for their World Superbike debut this weekend in Phillip Island. Switching to BMW...

Swiss Krummenacher the swiftest

24 February 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Swiss Krummenacher the swiftest

After four track sessions over two days, the top WSS rider at the official DWO tests was a rookie – if not exactly an inexperienced rider – Randy Krummenacher (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing). He said of...

Sykes fastest as Phillip Island takes its toll

23 February 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Sykes fastest as Phillip Island takes its toll

The second and final day of action at Phillip Island saw a rash of crashes and some injuries, all of which led to lost track time for all at the awesome but tricky 4.445km track in Australia. As the...

Randy leads the way in WSS day one

22 February 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Randy leads the way in WSS day one

In the Supersport World Championship division first time WSS rider Randy Krummenacher held off his Kawasaki Puccetti team-mate Kenan Sofuoglu to record the fastest testing time of day one. His...

Day one testing honours go to KRT pair

22 February 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Day one testing honours go to KRT pair

With the start of a new-look WorldSBK Championship only a few days away the action in Australia got underway in testing mode on Monday 22nd February. Sessions were held on a dry track that was...

Watch Kawasaki's WSB team launch live here

11 February 2016 by Liam Marsden

Watch Kawasaki's WSB team launch live here

With just two weeks to go until the first round of the 2016 World Superbike championship, Kawasaki will be launching their 2016 team at 7pm GMT in Barcelona, and you can watch the event live here. The...

World Superbikes to remain on Eurosport until 2019

08 February 2016 by Simon Patterson

World Superbikes to remain on Eurosport until 2019

World Superbikes will remain with Eurosport until at least the end of the 2019 season, after the pair announced an extension to their deal this morning. An extension to a long-term deal that will...

Rea to run number one plate in 2016

05 February 2016 by Simon Patterson

Rea to run number one plate in 2016

2015 World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea will run the number one plate on his Kawasaki Racing Team ZX-10R in 2016 as he sets out to defend his title. The Northern Irishman has been debating in...

WorldSBK and WSS entry lists finally released

04 February 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

WorldSBK and WSS entry lists finally released

It has taken a long time but the final shape and size of the WorldSBK grid has finally arrived, with 24 regular Superbike entries – including the once impossible reappearance of two Aprilia RSV4...

Sykes scores best Jerez test time

28 January 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Sykes scores best Jerez test time

On what was a less grippy track surface than the previous Jerez tests in November Tom Sykes (KRT) left the Andalusian circuit with the fastest time of all, the only rider to lap under the 1’40...

Van der Mark tries new Honda engine spec

27 January 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Van der Mark tries new Honda engine spec

After having to cut his previous Jerez test sessions in November short, to go back home to go and have surgery on a wrist problem, second-season WorldSBK rider for Honda Michael van der Mark made his...

2016 Öhlins WSBK forks explained

27 January 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

2016 Öhlins WSBK forks explained

For 2016 the majority of the WorldSBK field will run on Öhlins suspension and for those who want the latest material the forks will be all-new RVP25s (Rod Valve Piston, in 25mm piston diameter). The...

Sykes leads day one as WSBK pack reconvenes

27 January 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Sykes leads day one as WSBK pack reconvenes

A damp start but a busy and dry finish on the first day of Jerez WorldSBK testing saw some familiar names at the top of the time sheets, as Tom Sykes (KRT) finished the first eight hours on top, with...

Lowes back into battle again

27 January 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Lowes back into battle again

Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider Alex Lowes is still recovering from a significant shoulder injury received in the previous Jerez tests last November even though he has already been out on track on his new...

Lowes keen to gauge shoulder injury in WSBK test

22 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Lowes keen to gauge shoulder injury in WSBK test

Alex Lowes says he’s keen to return to the track for the first time since badly damaging his shoulder in a testing crash last November, as he sets out to gauge the level of recovery he’s achieved...

Althea Racing pull covers off BMW S1000RR

22 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Althea Racing pull covers off BMW S1000RR

Althea Racing riders Marcus Reiterberger, the 2015 German Superbike champion, and Jordi Torres, the only non-British rider to win a World Superbike race last season, have pulled the covers off the BMW...

Pata Yamaha World Superbike contender breaks cover

18 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Pata Yamaha World Superbike contender breaks cover

The Pata Yamaha World Superbike machine of former World Superbike champion Sylvain Guintoli and former MCE British Superbike champion Alex Lowes has broken cover for the first time as part of Yamaha’s...

Milwaukee BMW set to ‘do their own thing’

11 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Milwaukee BMW set to ‘do their own thing’

Milwaukee BMW boss Shaun Muir is hoping for close cooperation between his SMR squad and the Althea team as both make the move to BMW machinery for the 2016 World Superbike campaign. Speaking to...

Muir: ‘Brookes and Abraham can fight for podiums’

07 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Muir: ‘Brookes and Abraham can fight for podiums’

Milwaukee BMW team boss Shaun Muir says he believes that his riders, reigning MCE British Superbike champion Josh Brookes and former Grand Prix race winner Karel Abraham, can fight for podiums this...

Homologation changes for World Superbikes

16 December 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Homologation changes for World Superbikes

Arguably most significant of all the new rules announced today by World Superbike organisers Dorna are that there will be less stringent homologation rules in terms of outright numbers of new machines...

World Superbikes to end two-race format

16 December 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

World Superbikes to end two-race format

The long-awaited official notification that WSBK racing will now be run in a two-day format has come through from the FIM. In a heavily revamped weekend schedule WSBK race one will now be held on...

Brookes and Abraham to make shock WSBK switch with Milwaukee BMW

02 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes and Abraham to make shock WSBK switch with Milwaukee BMW

Reigning MCE British Superbike champion Josh Brookes will have his wishes granted for 2016, as he and his title-winning Milwaukee SMR team step to the World stage – but with a dramatic switch from...

Sykes leaves Jerez fastest on busy final day

28 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Sykes leaves Jerez fastest on busy final day

The last day of the final 2015 season group WSBK tests at Jerez saw the top WSB riders lap as fast if not faster than the top GP riders, with Tom Sykes (KRT) posting a 1’39.316 lap that was easily the...

Jacobson carries on despite sponsor loss

27 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Jacobson carries on despite sponsor loss

With his WSS future up in the air still after the loss of 2016 sponsorship from his 2015 team, Core” Motorsport Thailand, America’s PJ Jacobsen was carrying on regardless at Jerez, checking out the...

Guintoli peaking about new Yamaha performance

27 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Guintoli peaking about new Yamaha performance

2014 World Champion Sylvain Guintoli continues to be amazed by the performance of his new Pata Yamaha WSBK machine this early in its development cycle. He said after day one, “I immediately felt the...

Ten Kate explains VDM medical plan

27 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Ten Kate explains VDM medical plan

After pulling out of the tests at Jerez after only part of day one had been completed, Honda WSBK rider Michael van der Mark will now wee two specialists to examine his problem, according to his team...

Rea back on track and back into the 1’40s

27 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Rea back on track and back into the 1’40s

After one day of rest, having worked on track at Jerez with his KRT squad on Monday and Tuesday, world champion Jonathan Rea was on track again on Thursday. With an all-new 2016 Ninja ZX-10R to still...

Giugliano builds his way back into WSBK

27 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Giugliano builds his way back into WSBK

In making a return to the track after recovery from what was his second vertebrae injury of the 2015 season, Aruba.it Racing Ducati WSBK rider Davide Giugliano has had to ease his way back into action...

Davies evaluates major Ducati test items

27 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Davies evaluates major Ducati test items

Chaz Davies made up for some track time lost to bad weather at Motorland Aragon last week by working through some major component changes on his official Aruba.it Racing Ducati WSBK Panigale vee-twin...

Sykes fastest as track conditions change

27 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Sykes fastest as track conditions change

The fourth day of tests at Jerez for the WSBK riders was the third for the Kawasaki Racing Team riders, but they dominated the time sheets for those running transponders, with Sykes on a 1’40.316 and...

Aprilia Chief Speaks About Last WSBK Chances

26 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Aprilia Chief Speaks About Last WSBK Chances

Romano Albesiano, Aprilia Racing chief, was hard at work at Jerez getting the final version of the 2015 RS-GP vee-four to work with the new control electronics and Michelin tyres, but he took some...

Lowes ruled out of Jerez test

26 November 2015 by Steve English

Lowes ruled out of Jerez test

Alex Lowes has been forced to sit out the remaining two days of the Jerez WSBK test following his crash yesterday afternoon. The Yamaha rider had a heavy crash at turn three that left him with a...

Lowes Fast, Then Crashes

25 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Lowes Fast, Then Crashes

Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha) was not running a transponder on his new YZF-R1 machine on his first test day at Jerez but independent sources say he did a 1’40.8 best to make him the quickest rider on day...

Camier Finds Improved MV After Melandri Test

25 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Camier Finds Improved MV After Melandri Test

On the first two days of the tests at Jerez Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) gave way to new test rider Marco Melandri, but on Wednesday he got to ride how own bike again with some improvements...

Rea At Near Track Best Pace at Jerez, Ellison fifth

25 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Rea At Near Track Best Pace at Jerez, Ellison fifth

A quick lap, one of many from Jonathan Rea (KRT), saw him edge away from the chasing pack once again at Jerez on the second day of testing. His 1’40.139 was done on a race tyre but was tantalisingly...

Rea Fast In Pace And Race Modes

24 November 2015 by Michael Guy

Rea Fast In Pace And Race Modes

On the first day of the Jerez tests Jonathan Rea (KRT) was as fast as we have come to expect and again he was out ahead of the rest with a 1’40.826 lap, only closely followed by his own team-mate Tom...