March

Year: 2016

Month: March

Davies takes a double win

03 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) secured his second win of the Motorland Aragon WorldSBK weekend, by 6.471 seconds from Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team). Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) was...

First 2016 win for Sofuoglu

03 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) took the early lead and kept it from pole position, with his team-mate Randy Krummenacher (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) second after 16-laps of running in the...

Davies the Destroyer in race one

02 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) became the first non-Kawasaki race winner of the 2016 season when he took the opening race win after 18-laps at Motorland Aragon. He broke the lap record on lap...

Kenan cracks the 25 barrier

02 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) took a comfortable win in the pre-race Superpole 2 contest inside the WorldSSP class, but did not get close to the previous track best from 2015 despite...

Superpole 32 and new track best for Tom Sykes

02 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

2013 world champion Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) won the pre-race Superpole qualifying contest at Motorland Aragon on his KRT machine, making it 32 pole wins in his career and his second top...

Cluzel ahead of shaken up first day qualifying order

01 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

A remarkable opening day of WSS qualifying placed regular championship contender Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) into first place on the time sheets but a 16-year-old ESS rider, Axel Bassani...

Sykes fastest after first day in Spain

01 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) ended his first day at Motorland Aragon fastest of all, with a lap time that was fully 0.375 seconds quicker than next best qualifier Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing –...

Monza World Superbike round cancelled

01 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

World Superbike shave confirmed that the round planned for Monza on the 22-24 July this year has been cancelled, after planned upgrades to the track were unable to be completed in time. However, in a...

Video: Aragon World Superbike Preview

29 March 2016 by James Archibald

This weekend sees the World Superbike grid reforming in Aragon, Spain, for the third round of this year’s championship, and to whet your appetite Dorna have released a teaser film to get you in the...

Sykes, Rea and Davies 1-2-3 in hectic second race

13 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) and Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) finished in that order, all covered by only 0.314 seconds, after a tough fight for the...

Cluzel takes clever win in Thailand

13 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

After a 17-lap race held in high 36°C air temperatures Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was the eventual winner, after a near race long leading stint from PJ Jacobsen (Honda World Supersport...

Rea wins close race from teammate Sykes

12 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea (KRT) kept his 100% record rolling into the third race of the new season with a close win over his team-mate Tom Sykes after 20-laps at an overheated Buriram circuit in Thailand. Rea and...

Cluzel and MV go top after WSS Superpole

12 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

In the Supersport World Championship Superpole contest Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) led the field, with a 1’38.383 lap that held off the Kawasaki Puccetti Racing duo of randy Krummenacher...

First Superpole win for Honda sensation Van Der Mark

12 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Former Stock 600 and WSS Champion Michael van der Mark (Honda World Superbike Team) enjoyed his first Superpole win in Thailand today, shortly before the start of the first race of the...

Local rider Wilairot fastest in WSS free practice

11 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

In the 2016 FIM Supersport World Championship category at the 4.554km long Buriram circuit a local rider led the qualifying field, with Ratthapong Wilairot and his A.P. Honda Racing CBR600RR setting...

Van der Mark quickest on Friday in Thailand

11 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

The fastest man on the first day of qualifying at the FIM Superbike World Championship round in Thailand was precocious podium rider from the opening round, Michael van der Mark (Honda World Superbike...

ITV to screen World Superbike highlights

02 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

ITV have announced an eleventh hour deal to screen highlights of the 2016 World Superbike series, as they further expand their already comprehensive motorcycling highlights package. The free-to-air...