2015

Year: 2015

Month: ALL

Denning Explains New Tyco Link

21 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Denning Explains New Tyco Link

The Crescent Suzuki team had formed a new partnership with international security products brand Tyco, but the deal according to team principal Paul Denning is not for title sponsorship. “The team...

Albesiano speaks Aprilia’s 2015 language

21 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Albesiano speaks Aprilia’s 2015 language

With two major racing projects to look after – a completely new one in MotoGP and a whole new set of regulations in WSB – Aprilia and its racing chief Romano Albesiano have had a busy few months...

Still an Evo engine for Salom at Motorland and Jerez

21 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Still an Evo engine for Salom at Motorland and Jerez

The 2014 Evo Champion David Salom has made the swap to Team Pedercini this year, with support from Kawasaki in the form of machinery and some staff to bolster the otherwise privateer WSB squad in...

WSB top three finally get some Aragon laps in

20 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

WSB top three finally get some Aragon laps in

After a full morning of sunshine on the track surface at Motorland Aragon the temperatures trickled up high enough for the first action to be joined by some of the big name riders. Both Pata Honda WSB...

Pedercini still deciding on team size

20 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Pedercini still deciding on team size

In landing the services of 2014 WSB Evo championship winner David Salom and with those some extra support from Kawasaki in terms of technical parts and staff, Team Pedercini may well be looking at the...

Sykes speaks of new internal challenge

20 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Sykes speaks of new internal challenge

Of all the possible rivalries in WSB in 2015 the most eagerly anticipated is the one between 2013 World Champion Tom Sykes and his new official KRT team-mate Jonathan Rea. Last year some expected...

First day no show from top riders

20 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

First day no show from top riders

Because of seriously low track temperatures none of the Kawasaki Racing Team and Pata Honda riders took the chance to ride on day one Motorland Aragon testing. Only the Iron Brain Grillini Kawasaki...

Cold freezes top rider action at Aragon

20 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Cold freezes top rider action at Aragon

During the first day of the Motorland Aragon tests the Pata Honda team measured the track temperature at 1.8°C at one stage; readings so cold they kept the teams inside their garages as there is...

No action yet at Aragon WSB test

19 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

No action yet at Aragon WSB test

With track temperatures in single figures and a damp track surface lingering after overnight rain 12.30pm came and went without any track action at Motorland Aragon, where KRT, Grillini Kawasaki,...

Dry and wet for Pata Honda tests

19 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Dry and wet for Pata Honda tests

The official Pata Honda WSB duo of Sylvain Guintoli and Michael van der Mark found both dry and wet weather conditions at Portimao over their three-day opening test session of 2015, with wet winning...

Van der Mark laps Portimao in wet and dry

16 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Van der Mark laps Portimao in wet and dry

The Pata Honda WSB squad has been the first major team out of the starting blocks in pre-season testing, with WSS champion Michael van der Mark and WSB champion Sylvain Guintoli starting to lap...

Official Phillip Island test schedule announced

16 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Official Phillip Island test schedule announced

The massed ranks of WSB and WSS riders will get the first chance to face absolutely all of their rivals during the first official test sessions of the 2015 season, which will be held just a few days...

KRT now sponsored by Monster

16 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

KRT now sponsored by Monster

The official Kawasaki Racing Team WSB squad will add Monster to their list of sponsors for 2015 in a move that can be seen as a positive initiative for the Superbike series in general. The new...

Tech guru Smart talks new WSB rules

15 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Tech guru Smart talks new WSB rules

The final 2015 technical regulations that will take WSB into a more stock-based era from now on were ratified shortly before Christmas but the vast majority of the new limitations were already agreed...

Suzuki using 2014 electronics for first two WSB rounds

14 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Suzuki using 2014 electronics for first two WSB rounds

The Voltcom Crescent Suzuki WSB team will take advantage of a dispensation in the 2015 technical rules to run their 2014-style Motec ECU at the first two rounds of the new season. This will give them...

Coghlan looks forward to strong Superstock season

09 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Coghlan looks forward to strong Superstock season

Britain’s Kev Coghlan looks like being a real challenger for success with his MRS team in the 2015 FIM Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, riding the all new Yamaha R1 alongside French rider and former WSS rival...

New Ducati title sponsor Aruba takes on team role

08 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

New Ducati title sponsor Aruba takes on team role

The official Ducati World Superbike Team will now be called the ‘Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike Team’ as Italian web hosting and cloud services company Aruba joins with the existing factory Ducati...

Pata Honda nears first 2015 test dates

08 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Pata Honda nears first 2015 test dates

The number one plate holders will get a jump on most of their 2015 WSB competitors when Pata Honda riders Sylvain Guintoli (2014 WSB champ) and Michael van der Mark (2015 WSS champ) start testing at...

Team EBR Hero start early testing

07 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Team EBR Hero start early testing

Team EBR Hero riders Larry Pegram and Niccolò Canepa have kickstarted their 2015 testing early, making the most of the Southern US sunshine to get in track time at Louisiana’s NOLA circuit and also at...

2015 WSB testing updates

06 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

2015 WSB testing updates

With the 2015 FIM Superbike World Championship being the first major road racing series to kick off the new season the top teams are now preparing for their last European tests before they head off to...