World Superbikes

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WSB: Rea quickest as pre-season testing draws to a close

21 February 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea led the field home on the final day of pre-season testing, posting a 1’30.545 that was well under the race lap record and closing in towards the Superpole best from 2016. Marco Melandri...

WSS: Champion Sofuoglu out for first two rounds

21 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Reigning World Supersport Champion Kenan Sofuoglu will miss the opening two rounds of the 2017 season after finding he was unable to ride in this week’s Phillip Island test. It was always going to be...

WSB: Fores on top as Phillip Island test gets underway in mixed conditions

20 February 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

The WorldSBK Championship riders had a changeable day of testing action to negotiate as the final track sessions before the start of the season begins at the magnificent Phillip Island circuit in...

WSS: Race against time for Sofuoglu to be fit for Phillip Island

19 February 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Multiple World Supersport champion Kenan Sofuoglu has already had a troubled approach to his latest championship defence after dislocating and breaking a bone in his right thumb during a training...

WSB: Bradl confident of success with new Fireblade

16 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Stefan Bradl has said he is confident that the Red Bull Honda team will be able to make a success of the all-new Honda Fireblade SP2 despite the challenges they face after getting the bike just a few...

WSB: Melandri: 'It's not going to be easy'

15 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Aruba Ducati’s new recruit Marco Melandri is not expecting it to be easy when the 2017 Superbike World Championship gets underway at Phillip Island next week marking his return to racing after two...

WSB: Davies: 'The best is yet to come'

14 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Chaz Davies has said he is ready to start from scratch with the Aruba Ducati team at the first round of the 2017 Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island next week despite winning seven out of...

WSB: Hayden: 'We have a big job ahead of us'

13 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Nicky Hayden has said the new-look Red Bull Honda team have a big job ahead of them as they prepare to debut the Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR SP2 at Phillip Island later this month. The ten Kate team...

WSB: Sykes working on change of style ahead of Phillip Island

13 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes is hoping for a significant turnaround in performance in this year’s Superbike World Championship after a change of focus during the winter has seen him attempt to adapt his style to suit...

Gallery: Kawasaki unveil 2017 WSB livery

10 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Kawasaki Racing unveiled their 2017 livery in Barcelona last night. The colours follow the now traditional design of the Monster Energy-backed championship-winning squad. The team have just two days...

WSB: Kawasaki uncover 2017 livery in Barcelona

10 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike Champions Kawasaki Racing have unveiled their 2017 colours ahead of flying to Australia for the opening round of the season. Back-to-back champion Jonathan Rea and team-mate Tom Sykes...

WSB: Brookes launches Go Fund Me campaign for Phillip Island wildcard

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Josh Brookes has put out a request to his fans to help raise vital funds for his wildcard appearance at the opening round of the 2017 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island. Determined to...

Gallery: PATA Yamaha lift covers off 2017 YZF-R1

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

The PATA Yamaha World Superbike Team lifted the covers of its 2017 YZF-R1 at the Yamaha Racing headquarters in Italy yesterday. The bike’s livery remains largely unchanged from last year, but with...

Gallery: Aruba Ducati launch 2017 World Superbike effort

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Ducati’s World Supersbike effort has been unveiled ahead of the 2017 season kicking off in Phillip Island in just over two weeks’ time. Minimal changes have been made to the striking fluorescent red...

WSB: Ducati unveil 2017 challenger

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri have uncovered the 2017 Panigale R they will race in the 2017 World Superbike Championship at the team launch in Italy. Welshman Davies heads in to the 2017 season a...

Gallery: Red Bull Honda launch 2017 WSB campaign

07 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl lifted the covers off the all new Red Bull Honda World Superbike challenger at a presentation in Austria yesterday. The team will race the all-new CBR1000RR Fireblade...

WSB: PATA Yamaha launch 2017 livery

07 February 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

A multi-discipline pre-season launch of Yamaha’s official racing teams, from WorldSBK to off road and back again, took place at 11am on 7 February 2016, at the racing headquarters in Gerno di Lesmo,...

WSB: Jerez confirmed as penultimate round

07 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Jerez has been confirmed as the penultimate round of this year’s Superbike World Championship as the FIM release the finalised calendar for 2017. It was well rumoured that the Andalusian circuit would...

WSB: Honda unveil stunning Red Bull-liveried Fireblade

06 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Honda’s World Superbike team have announced a new sponsorship deal with energy drinks firm Red Bull for the 2017 World Superbike season. Former Grand Prix World Champions Nicky Hayden and Stefan...

WSB: Rea ends European testing on a high

03 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Reigning World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea heads to Australia brimming with confidence after a positive European testing programme. Since November, Rea and his Kawasaki team have tested three...

WSB: Breakthrough for Laverty in Portimao

01 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Eugene Laverty and the Milwaukee Aprilia squad were able to make a breakthrough in their final European pre-season test before heading to Phillip Island to start the 2017 Superbike World...

WSB: Tough debut tests for new Fireblade

30 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

Honda’s World Superbike team endured a tough time in the opening two tests of 2017 with both Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl struggling on their first outings with the new CBR1000RR Fireblade. With the...

WSB: Haslam impresses among WSB stars

30 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

BSB series runner-up Leon Haslam showed he’s still got what it takes to run with the World Superbike boys with an impressive showing at the Portimao test this weekend. Deputising for the injured...

WSB: Davies on top in Portimao

30 January 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies led the second major pre-season test in the absence of his main rivals from KRT, Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes. Davies set a 1’41.813 on Sunday 29th to go 0.189 seconds faster than the next...

WSB: Haslam gets Puccetti Kawasaki call up for Portimao test

26 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam will join the Puccetti Kawasaki World Superbike team for testing in Portimao this weekend after Randy Krummenacher was injured at Jerez. Krummenacher was involved in an incident with...

WSB: Hayden: 'We look closer than we are"

26 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

Nicky Hayden has said the time he set as the first World Superbike test of 2017 came to a close in Jerez yesterday isn’t reflective of how far off their competitors the Honda team are with the new...

WSB: Savadori mixes up the order on Day 2 in Jerez

25 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

Italian youngster Lorenzo Savadori impressed in Jerez this week as he mixed it up with the factory Kawasaki and Ducati machinery to place second at the end of the two days on track. The former...

WSB: Rea quickest as Savadori impresses in Jerez

25 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea remained in control as the 2017 season got underway in Jerez this week as he set the quickest time on both days of the first pre-season test. Rea was almost...

WSB: 'Stopping and turning' holding Laverty back in Jerez

25 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

Eugene Laverty is hoping to reap the benefits of the work done by Aprilia in their title winning year in 2014 as the 2017 Superbike World Championship gets underway. Laverty, alongside new team-mate...

WSB: Encouraging new Fireblade debut for Hayden

24 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl got a first taste of the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2 they will campaign in the 2017 Superbike World Championship as testing got underway at Jerez today. As would be...

WSB: Rea quickest as 2017 testing gets underway

24 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea started the 2017 season where he left off last year as he stormed to the top of the timesheets on the first day of testing at Jerez. The double champ pipped...

Gallery: Milwaukee Aprilia team launch

24 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

As the first test of the 2017 Superbike World Championship got underway in Jerez this morning, the British-based Milwaukee Aprilia squad lifted the covers off the RSV4-RF Aprilia Eugene Laverty and...

WSB: Milwaukee Aprilia lift covers off RSV4 challenger

24 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

Milwaukee Aprilia this morning lifted the covers off the all new RSV4-RF Eugene Laverty and Lorenzo Savadori will campaign in the 2017 Superbike World Championship. Unveiling the livery for the...

WSB: Brookes to be reunited with BSB-winning R1 for Phillip Island wildcard

20 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

Josh Brookes will be reunited with his 2015 MCE British Superbike-winning YZF-R1 as he makes a one-off wildcard appearance in the opening round of the Superbike World Championship at Phillip...

WSB: Lavilla explains controversial grid rules

19 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

When World Superbike bosses announced they would introduce a radical new system to compose the grid for Sunday’s second races, it’s fair to say there was a mixed response. Reverse grids are nothing...

WSB: Ten Kate Honda take delivery of new Fireblade

06 January 2017 by Oli Rushby

Ten Kate Racing have finally taken delivery of the 2017 Honda CBR1000RR SP2 that Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl will race in this year’s Superbike World Championship. The team had been hoping to take...