May

Year: 2011

Month: May

Checa does the double at Miller, winning second WSB race

31 May 2011 by Tom Cambio

Championship leader Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) completed his consistent domination at Miller Motorsports Park to win the second World Superbike race on a considerably drier track, enabling...

Checa wins race one in Utah

30 May 2011 by Tom Cambio

Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) won an eventful race one at Miller Motorsports Park, Utah. Leading an all-Ducati podium, Checa took first on the seventh lap and pulled away from the chasing pack,...

Checa snatches pole position at Miller

29 May 2011 by Tom Cambio

Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) continued his domination at Miller Motorsports Park, snatching pole position back from Jakub Smrz (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) in the last lap of the wet, cold...

Checa dominates opening day at Miller, Camier second

29 May 2011 by Michael Guy

Championship leader Carlos Checa lived up to all the hype that he will be the man to beat by decimating his rivals during the opening free practice and qualifying sessions at Miller. The Althea Ducat...

James Ellison’s meet and greet party

26 May 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Since James Ellison is racing abroad this year and won’t get as much of an opportunity to meet his fans in the UK as he likes, he’s organized his own meet and greet party in Matlock, this Sunday (May...

WSB set for Russian round of the championship in 2012

23 May 2011 by Michael Guy

The World Superbike championship is set to break new ground in motorsport by having a Russian round of the series in 2012. While other race series such as F1 and MotoGP are concentrating on races in...

Laverty and Melandri get Aragon test underway

13 May 2011 by Michael Guy

The factory Yamaha World Superbike team of Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty will begin their second day of testing at the Aragon Motorland circuit today. The two riders completed a successful day of...

Checa back to his best at Misano test

12 May 2011 by Michael Guy

Carlos Checa shrugged of what was a difficult weekend at Monza where by finishing the two day test at Misano fastest to reassert his previous dominance back on the championship. The Althea Ducati...

Biaggi leads the way at Misano test

11 May 2011 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi reacted to his extreme disappointment of missing out on victory at Monza on Sunday by dominating the opening day of testing at Misano yesterday. The reigning World Superbike champion...

Monza WSB: Laverty does the double

08 May 2011 by Liam Marsden

Factory Yamaha rider Eugene Laverty has won both superbikes races at Monza today after Max Biaggi was given a ride through penalty. Max Biaggi got a good start and pulled away from the rest of the...

Monza WSB: Davies dominates for second WSS win

08 May 2011 by Liam Marsden

Brit Chaz Davies dominated the World Supersport race from start to finish to take his second victory in as many races today at Monza. Davies was quickest off the line and from then on nobody was able...

Monza WSB: Laverty takes first WSB win

08 May 2011 by Liam Marsden

Factory Yamaha rider Eugene Laverty has taken his first victory in World Superbikes after dominating race one at Monza today. Laverty took the lead on the second lap, but pole-setter Max Biaggi was...

Monza Superpole: Biaggi smashes best lap record to secure pole

07 May 2011 by Michael Guy

World Champion Max Biaggi annihilated his own best lap record of Monza to secure pole position for Sunday’s two 18 lap races. The factory Alitalia Aprilia rider led the final Superpole session...

Monza WSB: Haslam storms to the front in Monza qualifying

06 May 2011 by Michael Guy

Leon Haslam stormed to the top of the timesheets onboard his BMW Motorrad S1000RR in qualifying at Monza today. The 27 year old Brit held first position for the majority of the session until Max...

Monza WSB: Chaz Davies in control

06 May 2011 by Michael Guy

Chaz Davies stamped his authority on day one of the Monza World Supersport round by setting the fastest time in both free practice and first qualifying today. The ParkinGo Yamaha R6 rider set a best...

Recovering Toseland aims for Monza return

03 May 2011 by Michael Guy

James Toseland will fly to Monza tomorrow (Wednesday) with the intention of riding his BMW Motorrad Italia S1000RR for the first time since suffering his serious hand injury in testing. The former two...

Lowes set to fight again at Monza

03 May 2011 by Michael Guy

Despite suffering a sickening high side at Assen just 16 days ago where he shattered his collarbone and was knocked unconscious, Sam Lowes is set to race this weekend at Monza. The gutsy 20 year old...