World Superbikes

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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...

WSB: Davies breaks collarbone again

31 August 2018 by Greg Haines

Chaz Davies has suffered another setback after re-breaking his right collarbone in a supermoto accident at MotorLand Aragon on Thursday. The Aruba Ducati World Superbike team has confirmed that the...

WSB: Ducati confirm Bautista and Davies for 2019

23 August 2018 by Oli Rushby

Alvaro Bautista and Chaz Davies will form Aruba Ducati’s World Superbike line up for the 2019 season aboard the all new 1000cc V4 Panigale. 2006 125cc World Champion Bautista announced that he would...

WSB: Bautista set to confirm Ducati deal

23 August 2018 by Oli Rushby

Alvaro Bautista is set to announce a move to World Superbikes for 2019 with the Aruba Ducati squad. The news is expected to be announced in this afternoon’s British MotoGP Press Conference, which is...

SBK Team Manager simulator game announced

21 August 2018 by Ben Clarke

Have you ever had to sit around while your friends ramble on about their fantasy Football Manager teams, or the time they won the World Cup with Haiti without having a clue what they were talking...

Video: How to build Honda Fireblade World Superbike

09 August 2018 by Dan Sutherland

Honda Pro Racing have released a new video looking into the complex world of developing a competitive World Superbike. Featuring insights from Honda World Superbike Operations Manager, Chris Pike, as...

WSB: Haslam confirmed alongside Rea for 2019

25 July 2018 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam will join Jonathan Rea in the factory Kawasaki Racing Team for the 2019 World Superbike Championship season. Speculation has been circulating about the move since the end of last month,...

WSB: Lowes and Van der Mark stick with PATA Yamaha for 2019

20 July 2018 by Greg Haines

Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark will stay with the PATA Yamaha World Superbike team into the 2019 season. The move comes after significant improvements from the Yamaha squad in 2018 have seen both...

WSB: What next for Tom Sykes?

18 July 2018 by Oli Rushby

Last night it was confirmed that Tom Sykes and Kawasaki would go their separate ways at the end of the 2018 Superbike World Championship after a nine-year partnership. Over the last decade, the...

WSB: Kawasaki confirm Sykes departure

18 July 2018 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes and the Kawasaki Racing Team will part ways at the end of the 2018 Superbike World Championship after a nine-year relationship. Sykes first joined Kawasaki in 2010 and went on to win 34...

WSB: Rea carves through pack for Misano double

08 July 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea carved through the pack to take victory in a tight second World Superbike race in Misano. Saturday’s race winner had his work cut out starting ninth on the grid and it’d take him until...

WSB: Commanding victory for Rea in Misano

07 July 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea cruised to a comfortable victory in the opening World Superbike race in Misano. The Kawasaki Racing Team rider took one step closer to a record fourth world title with the commanding win,...

WSB: Van der Mark: 'Misano suits the R1'

04 July 2018 by Kristen Cummings

Michael Van der Mark is aiming for a podium return as the Superbike World Championship heads to the Misano Marco Simoncelli Circuit this weekend. After doing the double in Donington, Van der Mark has...

WSB: Davies looking to gain momentum ahead of summer break

03 July 2018 by Kristen Cummings

Chaz Davies heads into Ducati’s second home round of the 2018 Superbike World Championship hoping for positive results after disaster struck on the final lap at the Misano circuit last year. After...

WSB: Rea 're-charged' ahead of Misano

03 July 2018 by Kristen Cummings

Jonathan Rea hopes to strengthen his lead in the 2018 World Superbike Championship as the paddock heads to the Misano Marco Simoncelli Circuit this weekend. After two consecutive race wins at the...

WSB: Haslam in line to join Rea in factory Kawasaki squad

28 June 2018 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam has said riding alongside Jonathan Rea in the factory Kawasaki World Superbike team is an offer he’d be ‘mad not to consider’ as rumours about his future gather momentum. The British...

WSB: Rea dashes to Laguna double as 2019 takes shape

25 June 2018 by Greg Haines

Jonathan Rea and Kawasaki strengthened their stranglehold on the World Superbike Championship with a sublime double at Laguna Seca last weekend. The 31-year-old overhauled Ducati’s Chaz Davies for...

WSB: Lowes takes maiden victory in Brno

11 June 2018 by Oli Rushby

Alex Lowes was thrilled to take his maiden World Superbike victory in a dramatic race in Brno yesterday. Just two weeks after his team-mate took Yamaha’s first World Superbike wins since 2011, Lowes...

WSB: Rea signs two-year Kawasaki extension

11 June 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea will remain with Kawasaki in the Superbike World Championship for the next two years, it has been confirmed. The Ulsterman, who surpassed Carl Fogarty’s all-time World Superbike win...

WSB: van der Mark does the Donington double

27 May 2018 by Oli Rushby

Michael van der Mark controlled this afternoon’s second World Superbike race as he stormed to a terrific double at Donington Park with Puccetti Kawasaki’s Toprak Razgatlioglu getting the better of...

WSS: Cortese takes Donington win

27 May 2018 by Oli Rushby

Sandro Cortese took a controlled victory in today’s World Supersport race at Donington Park, pushing him to the top of the championship standings. It was polesitter Jules Cluzel who took the lead in...

WSB: Rea denies Sykes battle cost him the win

26 May 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea has denied that battling with Tom Sykes cost him the win in today’s opening World Superbike race at Donington Park. The Kawasaki duo were scrapping from the word go in today’s opening...

WSB: Van der Mark: 'The bike is at 95%'

26 May 2018 by Oli Rushby

Michael van der Mark has said the Yamaha World Superbike is still only at 95% despite clinching his debut victory in the series in a tense race at Donington Park. The Dutchman held off the Kawasaki of...

WSB: Van der Mark takes first Yamaha win since 2011

26 May 2018 by Oli Rushby

Michael van der Mark took a jubilant debut World Superbike victory in a tense opening race at Donington Park this afternoon to deny three-time World Champion Jonathan Rea the all-time World Superbike...

WSB: Sykes breaks Corser's record with Donington pole

26 May 2018 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes will start on pole position for this afternoon’s opening World Superbike race after shattering Troy Corser’s all-time pole record at Donington Park. Now with 44 pole positions to his name,...

WSB: Rea on top as Brit wildcards impress at Donington

25 May 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea led the way on the opening day at Donington Park, outpacing team-mate Tom Sykes by 0.2 seconds but the long list of British wildcards also made their mark. After heavy rainfall in the...