April

WSB Assen: Rea wins race two, Lowes second

27 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

Jonathan Rea has taken a flag to flag victory in a rainswept World Superbike race two at Assen, leading from start to finish in horrid conditions to better his race one podium finish. He initially...

WSB Assen: Guintoli benefitted by red flags to take race one from Sykes

27 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

Sylvain Guintoli has dominated the opening race of the weekend at Assen, taking his second World Superbike win of the year by a wide margin from Tom Sykes, but with red flags late in the race working...

WSS Assen: Marino takes first WSS pole

26 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

Florian Marino has held off the advances of triple champion Kenan Sofuoglu and hometown hero Michael van der Mark to take his first ever World Supersport pole position ahead of tomorrow’s Assen round...

WSB Assen: Baz sticks in his first ever pole with Sykes third

26 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

The rains that had been predicted at Assen came just at the right time to stop most of the SBK leading riders from getting in a final fast lap in Superpole two, but given the pace of Loris Baz...

Assen WSB: Rea and Sykes chase Giugliano on day one

25 April 2014 by MCN

After two WSB practice sessions at Assen British duo Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike) and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) sit second and third respectively. Davide Giugliano (Ducati World...

Coghlan the fifth element after first day at Assen

25 April 2014 by MCN

Spanish-based Brit Kev Coghlan (DMC Panavto Yamaha) ended up fifth fastest after the first two practice sessions at the classic Assen circuit in the Netherlands. The times were led by Frenchman...

Aragon WSB: Sykes wins from hard charging Melandri

13 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

Tom Sykes has fought off a charging Marco Melandri and teammate Loris Baz to take a double victory at Motorland Aragon in the second race of the weekend, after a frantic last lap battle. Sykes led for...

Aragon WSS: Coghlan denied win by Cluzel collision

13 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

Scotsman Kev Coghlan has been denied his first ever win in the World Supersport class after being knocked off his machine while in the lead with only two laps remaining, after Jules Cluzel left his...

Aragon WSB: Sykes delivers masterclass in race one

13 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

The Kawasaki Racing Team have delivered a masterclass in winning in the opening race of the day at Aragon, with Tom Sykes and Loris Baz delivering a one-two by over eight seconds from third...

Aragon WSS: Coghlan takes first ever pole

12 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

Scottish rider Kev Coghlan has taken his first ever pole position in World Supersport, taking his DMC Panavto Yamaha to the top spot at Aragon ahead of AMerican PJ Jacobsen. Coghlan was 0.138 ahead of...

Aragon WSB: Superpole Sykes takes the top spot

12 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

Reigning champion and Superpole master Tom Sykes has stormed to pole position for the first European races of the year, 0.2 seconds faster than his factory Kawasaki teammate Loris Baz with his...

WSS Aragon: MV rider Cluzel just heads off the Flying Coghlan

11 April 2014 by MCN

Kev Coghlan (DMC Panavto-Yamaha) looked on course to head up the 24-rider Supersport World Championship field after the first day of free practice, but he had to settle for second place, having led in...

Bimota BB3 makes first appearance ahead of Aragon

05 April 2014 by Simon Patterson

Bimota’s new BMW-powered BB3 machine has finally appeared ahead of next week’s second round of the World Superbike Championship, where British rider Christian Iddon will join Italian Ayrton Badovini...

Giugliano Lights Up The Times On A Qualifier

02 April 2014 by MCN

Davide Giugliano (Ducati World SBK) set a spectacular 1’40.166 lap of Jerez after fitting a qualifying rear tyre on the second day of private testing. His time was half-a-second under the track best...

Giugliano On Top As SBK Testing Gets Started At Jerez

01 April 2014 by MCN

A strong contingent of five top Superbike teams lined up in fair weather conditions on the first day of a planned three-day test at Jerez. Marco Melandri set the early test pace, but at the end the...