September

Year: 2014

Month: September

Le Mans 24hr: Honda take second ahead of strong British field

19 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

The Honda Racing team of MCE BSB racers Julien Da Costa, Freddy Foray and Jason O’Halloran, joined by former world champion Sebastian Gimbert, will start tomorrow’s Le Mans 24hr race from second...

WSB extend Pirelli tyre contract until 2018

11 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

World Superbike organisers have extended their one-make tyre deal with Pirelli until the end of the 2018 season, extending the deal until its fifteenth year. Javier Alonso, WSBK Executive Director...

Donington BSB: Kiyo takes the double to set up Showdown

07 September 2014 by Sports desk

Ryuichi Kiyonari celebrated his second double win of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, holding off a hard-charging Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne in the second race at Donington Park, as the...

Donington BSB: Kiyo from Byrne in epic first race

07 September 2014 by Sports desk

The MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship ‘War for Four’ titles continued to rage between Ryuichi Kiyonari and Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne in an epic opening race at Donington Park as the pair...

Jerez WSB: Melandri wins as Guintoli keeps title fight alive

07 September 2014 by Sports desk

The drama in race 2 at Jerez began almost immediately as best EVO classified rider in race one David Salom (Kawasaki Racing Team) crashed out on lap one with Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team)...

Jerez WSS: Van Der Mark wins title in style with epic race victory

07 September 2014 by Sports desk

A race long fight at the front involving 5 riders raged in Spain this afternoon as Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport Team) became the 2014 World Supersport Champion in style by winning...

Jerez WSB: Melandri wins Spanish thriller

07 September 2014 by Sports Desk

In of the closest races of the season so far Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) has taken the win in race one at Jerez after a 20 lap encounter that saw the leading group of eight riders exchanging...

Jerez WSB: Baz storms to pole with new circuit record

06 September 2014 by Sports Desk

An intense Tissot-Superpole second session has been won by Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) who claimed Pole Position today at Jerez. the young Frenchman will move off ahead of everyone else in the...

Baz hits back at teammate Sykes

02 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Loris Baz has hit back at Kawasaki WSB teammate Tom Sykes ahead of this weekend’s round at Jerez, after a number of incidents all year long have increased tensions in the reigning champions’ pit...

Bimota out of World Superbikes

01 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Bimota have now been officially blocked from further competition in the 2014 World Superbike championship, after failing to make the minimum production quantities needed for FIM homologation. Under...