July

Year: 2017

Month: July

WSB: Giugliano in line for Red Bull Honda ride

27 July 2017 by Oli Rushby

Davide Giugliano could be set to join Stefan Bradl in the Red Bull Honda World Superbike squad for the rest of the season after a successful test with the team at the Lausitzring. The Italian, who...

WSB: Giugliano to test Red Bull Honda at Lausitzring

22 July 2017 by Oli Rushby

Davide Giugliano will test the Red Bull Honda World Superbike machine at Lausitzring next week as the Ten Kate squad continue to search for a full-time replacement for the late Nicky Hayden. The...

WSB: Ducati CEO: 'WSB needs to find its own place'

14 July 2017 by Oli Rushby

Ducati Chief Executive Claudio Domenicali has suggested the popularity problems facing the Superbike World Championship is because it is no longer a different proposition to MotoGP. Despite not having...

WSB: Jonathan Rea's Laguna column

14 July 2017 by Jonathan Rea

I don’t know what it is with Laguna. I missed the first time we went back there due to injury and then I came back the following year and was on the podium. It’s a track I really enjoy; all the big...

WSB: Series bosses considering scrapping reverse grid

11 July 2017 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike bosses are considering scrapping the controversial reverse grid system introduced for the 2017 season after it hasn’t worked out as they expected. The convoluted system sees the top...

WSB: Ducati confirm no racing for V4 until 2019

10 July 2017 by Oli Rushby

Ducati have confirmed that they won’t race their all-new V4 superbike until the 2019 season. Speaking at the recent WSB round at Laguna Seca, Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali confirmed the Italian...

WSB: Sykes insists title fight not over

10 July 2017 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes insists there is ‘still a long way to go’ in the 2017 Superbike World Championship fight despite team-mate Jonathan Rea heading into the summer break with a whopping 59-point lead. Rea beat...

WSB: Opening laps hamper Davies in race two

10 July 2017 by Oli Rushby

Chaz Davies has said not cutting through the pack as quick as his rivals in the early stages cost him the chance of fighting for a better result in Sunday’s second World Superbike race at Laguna...

WSB: Rea romps to another win before summer break

09 July 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) took little time in hitting the front of the second 25-lap WorldSBK race at Laguna Seca, and then simply eased away from early leader and his own team-mate Tom...

WSB: Davies triumphs at Laguna Seca

09 July 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) overcame a recent fracture to one of his vertebrae to secure a stunning win in race one at Laguna Seca, riding at full pace for all 25-laps of the intense...

WSB: Race director clarifies new direction

08 July 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

After some outspoken media comments from overall Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta in the run-up to the Laguna Seca weekend, the WorldSBK Series Director Dani Carrera gave some clarification of what will...

WSB: Sykes yet again In Laguna superpole

08 July 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) came good on his Friday promise to find improvements in his overall set-up and scored his third Superpole win of the year as a result. He lifted his career Superpole...

WSB: Davies hits back after Misano injury

08 July 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Despite suffering a back injury at the previous round in Misano just a couple of weeks before the start of the Laguna Seca round of the championship, Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) stamped his...

WSS: CIA Insurance Honda truck damaged in fire

06 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

The CIA Insurance Honda team truck has been badly damaged in a fire, after bursting into flames last month on it’s return from the last round of the championship in Misano. The extensive damage was...

WSB: Jake Gagne joins Red Bull Honda for Laguna Seca

03 July 2017 by Oli Rushby

Jake Gagne will join the Red Bull Honda World Superbike team for this weekend’s Laguna Seca round in place of the late Nicky Hayden. The 2010 Red Bull Rookies Cup Champion will join Stefan Bradl in...

WSB: Two new compounds as Pirelli warns teams about tyre pressures

03 July 2017 by Oli Rushby

Pirelli will take two new rear tyre compounds to Laguna Seca this weekend for the seventh round of the 2017 Superbike World Championship after major tyre issues blighted some riders at the previous...