World Superbikes

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Yukio on provisional pole

07 October 2005

Yukio Kagayama has topped the first day of qualifying for the final round of the World Superbike championship at Magny Cours. The Japanese Suzuki rider is one of the few riders to have tested at the...

Toseland misses out

07 October 2005

Honda’s Chris Vermeulen and Ducati rider Lorenzo Lanzi took one win each at the final round of the WSB series at Magny-Cours. Newly-crowned WSB champ Troy Corser (who started from the fourth row)...

Corser wins WSB title

01 October 2005

Troy Corser is celebrating taking his second World Superbike championship following the cancellation of the second race at Imola in Italy, due to heavy rain. The first race of the day saw Chris...

WSB season finale

01 October 2005

Despite winning the World Superbike championship at the previous round, Troy Corser still has a major point to prove at the season finale at Magny Cours in France on Sunday, October 9, 2005. The Team...

WSB: Vermeulen on pole

01 October 2005

Chris Vermeulen will start the Imola round of the World Superbike championship from pole position after a Superpole lap around 0.5 seconds faster than the rest of the field. Second fastest was factory Ducati rider Regis Laconi, returning following injury. Third was championship leader Tory Corser, with Britain’s James Toseland fourth quickest. The injured Chris Walker finished Superpole as the...

WSB: Corser fastest

30 September 2005

Troy Corser has dominated the first qualifying session for the imola round of the World Superbike championship, claiming provisional pole with a time of 1:49.161. The Australian Suzuki rider...

Endurance season finale

23 September 2005

The Suzuki Castrol team have won the final round of the World Endurance championship, the Vallelunga 200, despite their star rider being unable to ride following a qualifying crash. The duo of...

Yamaha keeps WSS duo

23 September 2005

Yamaha will stick with current riders Kevin Curtain and Broc Parkes for the 2006 season on the new Yamaha YZF-R76. The Yamaha Motor Germany squad will again field the two Australians with official...

British endurance glory?

16 September 2005

The British Diablo 666 Endurance team will be going for glory this weekend at the final round of the championship at Vallelunga in Spain. The Suzuki castrol team may have taken the championship, but...

Vermeulen tops QP2

09 September 2005

Double Assen winner Chris Vermeulen is on provisional pole for the WSB round at Eurospeedway Lausitz on Sunday, September 11, 2005. The Australian Ten Kate Honda rider completed 22 laps with a best 1:39.847, to qualify ahead of championship leader Tory Corser. Corser completed 25 laps with a time of 1:40.092, with Noriyuki Haga third with 1:40.102. Britian’s James Toseland slipped down the order...

Lanzi takes surprise pole

09 September 2005

Lorenzo Lanzi has taken his first pole position in World Superbikes after taking the factory Ducati to the fastest ever lap of the Lausitzring, Germany. The Italian rider is filling in for the...

Lanzi takes first win

09 September 2005

Lorenzo Lanzi has taken a race win in his debut for the factory Ducati Squad, sharing the spoils at the German Lausitzring with fellow winner Chris Vermeulen. Lanzi started both races from pole while...

Vermeulen Assen double

02 September 2005

Chris Vermeulen has won both races at the Assen round of the World Superbike championship. The Australian had dominated the first race, but found the going harder for his second attempt. Sixth off...

Vermeulen on Assen pole

02 September 2005

Australian Chris Vermeulen will start from pole position for the World Superbike round at Assen on Sunday, Septmeber 4, 2005, having pulled out a lap of 2:04.179 from apparently nowhere. Britain’s...

Lanzi in for injured Laconi

02 September 2005

Italian Lorenzo Lanzi will ride for the Xerox Ducati World Superbike team as a replacement for the injured Regis Laconi this weekend at Eurospeedway Lausitz. Laconi was injured during the first...

Sidecar legend retires

02 September 2005

British sidecar legend, Steve Webster M.B.E., has announced his immediate retirement from the sport after 25 years and 10 world championship titles. His retirement was announced amid emotional scenes...

Nieto loses WSB ride

02 September 2005

Fonsi Nieto has lost his place in the Scuderia SC Caracchi Ducati team, as revealed in an official press release by the team. “Luckily Gianluca Nannelli in Supersport and Lorenzo Lanzi in Superbike...

Mladin is AMA champion

02 September 2005

Mat Mladin claimed his sixth AMA Superbike title in the final race of the season at Road Atlanta on Sunday. The Australian gave himself a challenge after initially making a good start. With the race...

Toseland tops Assen

02 September 2005

James Toseland has topped the timesheets for the first qualifying session at the Assen World Superbike round. The reigning champion posted a time of 2:04.742 on his factory Ducati 999F05. He was...

Mladin close to AMA title

26 August 2005

Mat Mladin won both races at the penultimate round of the 2005 AMA Superbike championship as Britain’s Neil Hodgson struggled to lone fifth place after a race one crash. Mladin looks likely to take...

Bid for signed leathers

26 August 2005

MCN Auctions is offering you a unique opportunity to own a set of leathers that have featured in a well-known biking DVD AND been signed by a host of top WSB, Supersport and British Superbike riders –...

Goorbergh tests Suzuki

19 August 2005

Jurgen van den Goorbergh has tested the Riza Suzuki GSX-R100 he will use at the Assen round of the World Superbike championship at a private test at the Silverstone circuit on Tuesday, August 23,...

Mladin 'would walk WSB'

19 August 2005

Neil Hodgson has ruled out a return to MotoGP and claims that AMA star Matt Mladin – and four or five other AMA riders – would walk off with the WSB title if they rode in the world championship. ...

Rizla Suzuki to race WSB

12 August 2005

The Rizla Suzuki squad will race at the Assen round of the World Superbike championship with a wildcard entry for Jurgen Van Den Goorbergh. The Dutch rider began the 2005 season riding in World...

Lougher tops Ulster GP

12 August 2005

Honda rider Ian Lougher has taken three wins out of five at the Ulster GP. Lougher dominated all the 1000cc races taking the win in the Superstock and both Superbike races, while also taking fourth...

Endurance win for Suzuki

12 August 2005

Castrol Suzuki has secured the World Endurance championship after winning the Oschersleben 24 hour race, which saw the MCN-backed British team Kawasaki Diablo 666 finish in third. After taking the...

12-page Brands special

05 August 2005

Relive Brands if you were there – or feel as if you were – with our 12-page special on the WSB round. You’ll find it – starting on the back page – in the this week’s MCN – out August 10, 2005.. The...

Jones 8th in Supersport

05 August 2005

Stephan Charpentier has taken the win in the Supersport race at Brands Hatch but it was the Brit wildcards that put on the best show. Northpoint Honda rider Craig Jones was the man of the race,...

Prepare for Brands WSB

05 August 2005

Brands WSB remains one of the biggest bashes on the biking calendar. Make the most of it with the free guide in this week’s MCN (out on Wednesday, August 3) – edited by James Toseland, ably assisted...

Brands: Friday

05 August 2005

The Brands Hatch round of the World Superbike championship is now officially underway. We’ll be updating live from the event throughout the weekend. And if you’re going to Brands, take your camera.

Brands WSB in pitlane

05 August 2005

Our intrepid MCN reporters have been braving the dangers of the Brands Hatch WSB pitlane during qualifying to give you the best view of the action in both pictures and video. Throughout the Brands...

Brands in pictures

05 August 2005

There was so much going on at Brands Hatch for World Superbikes that the only way you can really get a feel for what was going on is to see it, so here are the best pictures of everything that’s been...

Haga takes second race

05 August 2005

Noriyuki Haga has taken the win in the second race at Brand Hatch World Superbikes after another fairing bashing battle with championship leader Troy Corser. Haga dominated the race but only managed...

Haga tops warmup

05 August 2005

Noriyuki Haga has topped the World Superbike warmup session on a gloriously sunny Sunday morning at Brands Hatch. The crowds have already poured in to catch the first session of the day and see the...

Corser on Pole

05 August 2005

Troy Corser continued his domination of Brands Hatch World Superbikes by taking the pole position for Sunday’s race. The Aussie was the last man out and slowed in the first split but he managed to...

Brands: Your pictures

05 August 2005

We asked you to send in your pictures of Brands Hatch world superbikes and here are some of the best that we’ve had so far. Click the images on the right to view a larger picture then check out our...