2015

Year: 2015

Month: ALL

JR Racing turmoil explained

18 March 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

After the realisation that the required funds to get the entire JR Racing WSB team up and running in 2015 have still not appeared, and do not look likely to according to Team Manager Gemma Voces Pons,...

Bayliss: The Return II

17 March 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

With a second round to compete in after his surprise WSB return at Phillip Island with the official Aruba.it Racing Ducati squad, Troy Bayliss feels he is even more prepared for the challenge of...

Yamaha 2015 WSB wildcard plans as yet unknown

17 March 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

With an all-new Yamaha R1 and R1M in its stable for 2015 the Yamaha Road Racing arm of the reorganised Yamaha Europe racing effort features a whole portfolio of strong entries in domestic and World...

Davies escapes carjacking attempt

16 March 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Factory Aruba.it Racing Ducati WSB rider Chaz Davies was the victim of an attempted carjacking in Barcelona recently, on the day he went to watch a friend compete in an Indoor Enduro event. As he went...

Biaggi tests Aprilia WSB machine again

14 March 2015 by Simon Patterson

Former world champion Max Biaggi has once again tested the Aprilia RSV4 World Superbike machine, taking to his local track of Vallelunga for three days. The double WSB winner, who took the Aprilia to...

Kawasaki boss: 'I expect a clean fight between Rea and Sykes'

11 March 2015 by Simon Patterson

Kawasaki WSB team boss Guim Roda says he expects a clean fight this season between former world champion Tom Sykes, now in his fourth year with the team, and new boy Jonathan Rea, who won the first...

Canepa aiming for Hero return in Thailand

11 March 2015 by Simon Patterson

Niccolò Canepa is hoping to return to the World Superbike championship in ten days in Thailand, despite still suffering from the effects of his heavy crash during race one at Phillip Island last...

Giugliano: ‘It’s an honour to be replaced by Bayliss’

10 March 2015 by Simon Patterson

As Davide Giugliano continues his recovery after suffering damage to three vertabre in a Phillip Island testing crash prior to the first round of the 2015 World Superbike season, the Aruba Ducati...

Corser’s WSB team dead in the water

10 March 2015 by Simon Patterson

Troy Corser’s World Superbike project appears to be dead in the water, with team manager Gemma Voces Pons releasing a statement yesterday slamming the team’s financiers and threatening legal action...

Ten Kate and the 2015 effect

08 March 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

With a flatter and more accessible technical landscape that is certain to help the push of the CBR1000RR in WSB in 2015, and two new talented riders to boot, the Pata Honda WSB team has already seen a...

Bayliss set to extend comeback for Thailand WSB?

04 March 2015 by Simon Patterson

Paddock speculation is rife that Troy Bayliss will continue with his WSB return for a further three rounds. The former triple champion made a return to racing at the opening Phillip Island round after...

Ducati WSB chief Marinelli takes stock ahead of round two

04 March 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Even as the many experienced heads and hearts in the WSBK paddock go, Ernesto Marinelli has pretty much seen it all over the years. Even so, the visit of the WSB world to Australia for the final...

Maria Costello appointed Women's European Cup mentor

03 March 2015 by Simon Patterson

British racer Maria Costello has been appointed as the rider mentor for FIM Europe’s new Women’s European Cup. The championship will run alongside the PATA European Junior Cup at the European rounds...

Salom returns to riding after Phillip Island smash

03 March 2015 by Simon Patterson

Team Pedercini Kawasaki rider David Salom has returned to track only a week after the huge smash in Superpole 2 that ruled him out of racing at the opening round of the 2015 World Superbike...

Canepa set for strong comeback

01 March 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

After a tough and unrewarding 2014 rookie season the Hero EBR bosses back home cleared the decks and started again for 2015, with Larry Pegram’s AMA squad forming the template for the official Hero...

Fast off the WSB Mark

01 March 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Of the many things to get excited about at the first round of the season the sheer pace and carefree performances of WSB rookie Michael van der Mark on the Pata Honda was a major highlight, if...

Yamaha set for WSBK return

27 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Yamaha are set for a return to the World Superbike stage with their new R1 machine – but will wait until 2016, and instead concentrate on turning the machine into a competitive package at national...

Davies ready for new Thai challenge

26 February 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

No sooner than he had scored two brilliant Phillip Island podiums on the official Ducati Panigale last weekend Chaz Davies was asked about his prospects for the next round, to be held at the Chang...

Guintoli pleased with results after difficult Phillip Island

26 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Reigning World Superbike champion Sylvain Guintoli has left the first round of the 2015 season content with his fifth and seventh at Phillip Island after a difficult opening to his first season as a...

Canepa aiming for Thai return

24 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Niccolo Canepa is aiming for a Thailand return to the World Superbike series on a month’s time, after falling out of race one at Phillip Island last weekend and heavily injuring his left foot. The...

First WSB top ten for de Puniet despite ‘horrible Sunday’

24 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki rider Randy de Puniet has described his maiden World Superbike race day as a ‘horrible day,’ after the Frenchman was left badly battered and bruised in a testing crasj only...

Australian WSB: Haslam pips Rea for dramatic race win

22 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Leon Haslam has returned to the top step of the World Superbike podium after five years, pipping Jonathan Rea on the line in Phillip Island to win by only 0.01. Chaz Davies completed his second visit...

Australian WSS: Cluzel and Zanetti make it MV one-two

22 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Jules Cluzel and Lorenzo Zanetti have made it an MV Agusta one-two in Phillip Island, clearing off at the front to leave the opposition out of sight. Frenchman Cluzel led almost flag to flag, with...

Australian WSB: Rea draws first blood after hard fought battle

22 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Jonathan Rea has drawn first blood in the opening round of the 2015 World Superbike championship, after coming out on top of a hard fought battle between fellow Brits Leon Haslam and Chaz Davies. Pole...

Salom discharged from hospital after Superpole crash

21 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Team Pedercini Kawasaki rider David Salom has been released from hospital after a high-speed crash during Superpole 2 for tomorrow’s Phillip Island opening round of the World Superbike...

Bayliss looks to raceday after early weekend dramas

21 February 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

It was hardly a smooth re-introduction to WSB for Troy Bayliss at the Phillip Island WSB weekend, but the three time World Champion gave it his all to qualify 14th and then get promoted to 13th on the...

Australian WSS: Cluzel on pole for season opener

21 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Frenchman Jules Cluzel has taken the first pole position of 2015 on the MV Agusta, holding off former champion Kenan Sofuoglu in a tightly fought battle for the front row. The second MV of Lorenzo...

Australian WSB: Rea gifted superpole after red flagged session

21 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Jonathan Rea has been gifted the first World Superbike pole position of 2015, after a red flag in the second superpole session caused WSBK officials to take the unusual decision of abandoning the...

World Superbikes weekend coverage guide

20 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

The 2015 racing season kicks back into life this weekend after a long break, with World Superbikes at Phillip Island in Australia. It’s an eleven hour time difference, though, and that means that it’s...

Australian WSB: Lowes top early on, Bayliss held back

20 February 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

After all the hype and hometown happiness, a calibration error on Troy Bayliss’s Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WSB Panigale meant he only did a handful of laps in the morning session at PI, then only...

Australian WSS: Cluzel and Sofuoglu slug it out

20 February 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

The new WSS season got underway with two old hands out front and on top, provisional pole man Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing), with Sofuoglu in...

Video: WorldSBK 2015 preview

19 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

With the start of the 2015 World Superbike season only days away, we look at the year ahead – and the year just past – in preparation!

Bayliss: The Phillip Island viewpoint

19 February 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Fergus Cameron, the Managing Director of the Phillip Island circuit, was asked about the ‘Bayliss Factor’ the day before track action took place at Phillip Island, but he was still unsure of how many...

Bayliss: His new rivals’ viewpoint

19 February 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

After the reality of Troy Bayliss being the replacement for the injured Davide Giugliano sank in with the WSB paddock, his rivals this weekend gave their viewpoints on what it means to compete against...

Giugliano disappointed but fortunate

19 February 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

The severity of the L1 and L2 vertebrae fractures suffered by Davide Giugliano in recent PI tests means he will miss out on any track action for 90 days, which will take him right through to the gap...

Bayliss: 'Why not?' to WSB return

19 February 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

The whirlwind induction of three-time WSB Champion Troy Bayliss into the Aruba.it Ducati Racing Team after the injury of regular rider Davide Giugliano has been the only story in Superbike town at...