August

Year: 2008

Month: August

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Jonathan Rea declared winner after two red flags stop race

03 August 2008 by Liam Marsden

Ex-BSB racer Jonathan Rea has won the World Supersport race at Brands Hatch after it was interrupted with two red flags. The race was declared a dry race, but the red flags came out on lap nine of 23...

Video: Kiyo wins first race at Brands Hatch World Superbikes

03 August 2008 by Angus Farquhar

Ryuichi Kiyonari has taken his first World Superbike win in the first race at Brands Hatch and we caught the post race press conference on video for you to se just how excited he was. Check out the video below to see Max Biaggi, Troy Bayliss and, or course, Kiyonari interviewed on stage after the race.

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Kiyonari wins, Tom Sykes retires

03 August 2008 by Liam Marsden

Hannspree Ten Kate rider Ryuichi Kiyonari has won his first World Superbike race after an epic battle with Troy Bayliss, at Brands Hatch. Video: Kiyo wins first race at Brands Hatch World...

Jett's WSB heroes

02 August 2008 by steve paris

Here’s some pictures of my son jett at the Brands Hacth World Superbike round, with a few of his and my heroes.

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss takes pole for Brands Hatch WSB clash

02 August 2008 by James Keen

Troy Bayliss backed up his good performance in qualifying this morning by taking pole position in today’s Superpole session. The Australian Ducati Xerox rider put in a lap time of 1’25.656 in order to...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss laps fastest during free practise

02 August 2008 by James Keen

In the final World Superbike free practise before Superpole, Xerox Ducati rider Troy Bayliss lapped Brands Hatch in 1’25.416, just over one tenth of a second faster than Kiyonari on his Honda...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Brit Jonathan Rea puts in solid performance in the second qualifying session

02 August 2008 by James Keen

British rider Jonathan Rea claimed second place today in the second World Supersport qualifying session, just behind French rider Matthieu Lagrive who took first place with a time of 1’28.003. It’s...

VIP treatment at Alstare Suzuki

02 August 2008 by oakleyspatz

Recently I had my K8 Suzuki GSX-R1000 resprayed in Fonsi Nieto’s Alstare WSB colours by Altamura Paint in Camberley. They did a truly stunning job with everything on the bike completed in paint, no...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss tops the time sheets in second qualifying session

02 August 2008 by James Keen

At Brands Hatch this morning Ducati Xerox rider Troy Bayliss topped the time sheets in the World Superbike qualifying session, leaving Ryuichi Kiyonari, fastest rider in yesterday’s session, in very...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Kiyonari takes provisional pole

01 August 2008 by Angus Farquhar

Ryuichi Kiyonari has taken the fastest lap on the opening day of qualifying for the Brands Hatch World Superbike round. Kiyo held off Noriyuki Haga, the fastest man in the morning practice session, to...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Jonathan Rea tops first qualifying

01 August 2008 by Angus Farquhar

Jonathan Rea has taken the top spot in the first qualifying session for the Brands Hatch round of the World Superbike championship. Rea set a best lap of 1:28.117 around the Kent circuit, 0.223...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Haga tops first practice

01 August 2008 by Angus Farquhar

Noriyuki Haga has topped the first free practice session for the Brands Hatch round of the World Superbike championship. The time sheets were dominated by Japanese riders with Ryuichi Kiyonari taking...

Video: Ducati invades Carnaby Street

01 August 2008 by Michael Guy

Ducati invaded London’s Carnaby Street ahead of this weekend’s Brands Hatch round of the World Superbike championship with loads of Ducati motorcycles blocking the road and WSB rider Michel Fabrizio doing a burnout in the middle of the street. Check out the video below to see all the action and hear what team-boss Davide Tardozzi said about the weekend’s racing.