2015

Year: 2015

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Biaggi leads after sole dry session in Sepang

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

In a proverbial day of two halves a double WorldSBK champion shone as brightly as the Malaysian morning sun to lead the field of 22 riders on the time sheets, the only one that would count, at...

Zanetti leads - then rain decends

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Lorenzo Zanetti (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) finished on top of the first day time sheets at the Sepang round of the FIM Supersport World Championship with a 2’09.235 lap set in the dry conditions of the...

Biaggi speaks testing future

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Regular Aprilia test rider and Sepang wild card Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) spoke at Sepang about his potential future role for Aprilia as a test rider. “Nothing is clear, because the factory...

Tight fight between Kawasaki riders in Laguna

24 July 2015 by Steve English

Laguna Seca saw a thrilling battle between the Kawasaki teammates, Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea, with the Englishman coming out on top in both races and clawing back eight points in the title standings.

Davies: This is the fruit of our labours

24 July 2015 by Steve English

A double win for Chaz Davies brought him within 20 points of Tom Sykes in the fight for second in the World Superbike standings. The Ducati rider was on fire all weekend and easily the class of the...

Guintoli and Lowes explain race two crash

24 July 2015 by Steve English

Sylvain Guintoli’s weekend in California was solid with a seventh place finish in race one, having ran in the top five at one point, but his outing in race two was short lived. A first lap crash with...

Difficult weekend yeilds top tens for van der Mark

24 July 2015 by Steve English

Laguna Seca is still one of the most challenging circuits for any rider to learn. Last weekend’s World Superbike round showed this for Michael van der Mark with the Dutchman having a difficult weekend...

Dani Rivas and Bernat Martinez have died

20 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Dani Rivas and Bernat Martinez have lost their lives after a multiple-bike collision at turn one during the opening lap of yesterday’s MotoAmerica race at Laguna Seca. Running as a support series for...

Davies doubles up at Laguna

20 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WSB) overcame the worrying drops of rain on his visor in the first few laps to once again run away with the race win at Laguna Seca, making it a double for the...

Davies scores Laguna race one win

19 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WSB) secured his second race win of the season after 25-intense laps at the 3.610km Laguna Seca circuit in Monterey. The holeshot rider from pole, Davies ran out...

Davies takes first ever Superpole win

19 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WSB) scored his first career Superpole win with a 1’22.101 second lap in Superpole 2 at Laguna Seca. A Ducati block-out of the top two places saw Davide Giugliano...

Davies leads the lot on day one

18 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WSB) led the first day of practice that counts towards qualifying at Laguna Seca with a 1’23.633 lap, despite running wide at turn two near the end of a busy...

Laguna's secrets explained by Davies

18 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

haz Davies (Aruba.it Racing Ducati WSB) looks forward to Laguna Seca more than any other circuit on the calendar and he proved he had early pace as he finished the first practice session in third...

Van der Mark: ‘If Guintoli is not happy, he has to go’

03 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Pata Honda World Superbike rider Michael Van der Mark has answered paddock speculation about the future of his teammate Sylvain Guintoli by saying that if the Frenchman isn’t happy with his current...

Checa completes successful Ducati WSB test

03 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Carlos Checa has completed a successful return to World Superbikes for the first time since his retirement at the end of the 2013 season, completing a three day test on the factory Panigale at...

Guintoli: We need to improve

30 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Reigning World Superbike champion Sylvain Guintoli has admitted that his Pata Honda World Superbike team have to find improvements from the CBR1000RR before long, after a difficult start to his first...

WSB stars take to the Hill at Goodwood

30 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Some of the top names in the World Superbike championship have been in attendance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend, with championship leader Jonathan Rea, reigning champion Sylvain...

Checa returns to WSB Ducati – but only for testing

29 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Former World Superbike champion Carlos Checa will return to the championship for the first time since his retirement at the end of the 2013 season – but only in a testing capacity, as he replaces...

Albesiano: Biaggi ‘did something wonderful’ at Misano

24 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Red Devils Roma Aprilia team boss Romano Albesiano says that former World Superbike champion Max Biaggi ‘did something wonderful’ for fans of the sport after his triumphant return from retirement for...

Rea scoops race two at Misano

21 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) eased to the second race win at Misano, after changing to the same ‘A’ rear tyre all his opponents used in race one. It was his 11th race win of 2014 and extended...

Cluzel wins two in a row

21 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) scored a clear race win in the WSS class at Misano setting a new lap record on lap six, of 1’38.239, in the process. In second place PJ Jacobsen (Core”...

Sykes controls from Rea and Davies

21 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) took his third race win of the year, in perfect conditions at Misano, leading from flag-to-flag and finishing 3.613 seconds ahead of his eventual closest challenger,...

Cluzel tops Misano qualifying

20 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) scored pole in the WSS class at Misano with a 1’37.482 lap after a fight with two riders on four cylinder machines, Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) who...

Sykes overcomes early problems for Superpole win

20 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) set a new track best of 1’34.486 in the first Superpole session, and then bettered it with the final new track best of 1’34.212 in Superpole 2, to score pole position...

Biaggi leads day one in wildcard return

19 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) continued his strong early form in his comeback wildcard weekend by blitzing to the fastest lap on day one, a 1’35.380, with Davide Giugliano (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WSB)...

Biaggi back - and fastest!

19 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) shocked some parts of the WSB world by taking an early lead in the time sheets with a fast 1’35.684 lap at Misano in the first session at the 4.226km circuit. Biaggi, now...

Rea leads after morning test session

08 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

A Superbike only test at the round seven venue of Portimao, only one day after the race weekend itself, was held in dry and occasionally hot weather in the morning. Nineteen riders were present at the...

Portimao WSB: Rea doubles up

07 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

In a dry 20-lap race two Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) completed a double at Portimao, winning by 5.416 seconds from Davide Giugliano (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WSB) and having time to wave at...

Portimao WSS: Cluzel breaks Sofuoglu's winning streak

07 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

After the wet of the first Superbike race finish, the track was dry for the WSS race start, with eventual winner Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) taking an early advantage. He and Kenan Sofuoglu...

Portimao WSB: Rea clinches victory in the rain

07 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) were disputing the win in dry conditions until lap 14 of the 20-lap WSB opener in Portugal, when gentle and then heavy rains...

World Superbike stars set for TT visit

01 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

The front runners of the World Superbike championship are set to visit this year’s Isle of Man TT, with reigning champion Sylvain Guintoli, points leader and Isle of Man resident Jonathan Rea,...

Terol lucky to avoid further injury

31 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Althea Ducati’s Nico Terol was lucky to avoid further injury at Donington Park last weekend, according to the former World Champion. He crashed out of race two, high siding at Coppice during the...

Badovini pleased with Donington results

30 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ayrton Badovini says he’s delighted with his progress on the BMW Italia S1000RR since he replaced Frenchman Sylvain Barrier earlier in the season. Now four rounds into his tenure with the squad, the...

Camier rues Donington fall

26 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Leon Camier has been left rueing his Donington Park results, after throwing away the chance for MV Agusta’s best ever Word Superbike result in the second race after crashing out of fifth place. The...

Sykes doubles up at Donington

24 May 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Tom Sykes (KRT) put on his best weekend of the year to record his second win of the day at home in Donington Park, running out 9.772 seconds ahead of his team-mate Jonathan Rea (KRT). Rea had almost...

Sofuoglu takes Donington win

24 May 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) scored yet another win in the WSS class but he had his hands full with early leader Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and British wild card Kyle Ryde...