April

Year: 2017

Month: April

WSB: Jonathan Rea's Assen column

01 May 2017 by Jonathan Rea

What a weekend! I honestly can’t believe we have walked away with another 50 points after an incredible double in two very different races. I always get a warm feeling driving under the tunnel and...

WSB: Rea edges Sykes for Assen double

30 April 2017 by Oli Rushby

Despite both riders starting from their now customary third row grid positions, Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) ended up the leading duo for much of the 21 lap...

WSB: Rea wins as disaster strikes for Davies on last lap

29 April 2017 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) won the first race of the Assen weekend after his closest championship rival Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) lost his chance of any kind of podium, with just...

WSB: Handbags out as Rea and Davies clash after qualifying

29 April 2017 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea has been penalised three grid places after a controversial coming together with rival Chaz Davies towards the end of this morning’s second Superpole session. After completing his record...

WSB: Rea fastest after first day in Holland

28 April 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

WorldSBK Championship leader Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) secured the fastest lap of day one at Assen with a 1’35.383, displacing his own team-mate Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) from his...

WSB: Rea set for 200th race start in Assen

28 April 2017 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea will start his 200th WSB race at the TT Circuit Assen this weekend as he looks to further extend his already dominant championship lead. After the first three...

WSB: No let up by Kawasaki WSB duo

22 April 2017 by Michael Guy

The factory Kawasaki team of Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes completed a two-day test at the Portimao circuit this week in a bid to continue dialing in the already dominant ZX-10RR. With WSB not racing...

Video: World Superbike's new South American home

15 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the announcement last weekend at the Argentinian Grand Prix that World Superbikes would be joining their Grand Prix brethren in South America from 2018, most assumed that the production racing...

WSB: Argentina to host World Superbike from 2018

10 April 2017 by Oli Rushby

Argentina is set to host a round of the Superbike World Championship from 2018 with the brand new Villicum Circuit, in the province of San Juan, joining the calendar next season. Already in...

WSB: Jonathan Rea's Aragon column

07 April 2017 by Jonathan Rea

It was really positive weekend. Aragon has never been one of my strongest tracks. Last year I was 2nd and 3rd, the year before was 1-2 but bar-to-bar racing with Chaz in the first and in the second he...

WSB: Lowes: 'The podium was in our sights'

06 April 2017 by Oli Rushby

Alex Lowes feels missing a gear in Sunday’s second World Superbike race saw him miss out on a potential podium finish. Starting on pole positin after his fourth place finish in race one, Lowes took...