World Superbikes
WSB: Sykes takes last pole for Kawasaki in Qatar
26 October 2018 by
Tom Sykes will start on pole position for the first of his final two races for Kawasaki after beating team-mate Jonathan Rea to the top spot in qualifying in Qatar. The Yorkshireman set a new pole...
WSB: Laverty: 'I have to consider everything'
26 October 2018 by
Eugene Laverty has refused to rule out a potential move to the British Superbike championship or even World Supersport as he is left searching for a job for the 2019 season at the eleventh hour. The...
WSS: Mahias appeal heats up Supersport title fight
26 October 2018 by
The battle for the 2019 World Supersport crown heated up before proceedings even got underway in Qatar as a successful appeal for Lucas Mahias and the GRT Yamaha team sees the Frenchman re-instated as...
WSB: Laverty leads the way in Qatar
25 October 2018 by
An unemployed Eugene Laverty led the way as the final round of the 2018 Superbike World Championship got underway under the floodlights in Qatar. The Milwaukee Aprilia rider was 0.183 seconds ahead of...
WSB: Sykes to front new factory-backed SMR BMW squad
22 October 2018 by
2013 World Superbike champion Tom Sykes will head-up a new-look factory-supported BMW squad in 2019 after signing a deal with Shaun Muir Racing. After two largely unsuccessful years with Aprilia, the...
WSB: Rea does the double in Argentina
14 October 2018 by
Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea has stormed to his fifth consecutive double win in Argentina and his sixth of the season, taking victory in the second race from Barni Racing Ducati’s Xavi Fores. Having...
WSB: Rea takes commanding race one win in Argentina
13 October 2018 by
Jonathan Rea has taken his ninth win in succession with a commanding race one victory in Argentina in mixed conditions, becoming the first rider to do so at the new circuit in the...
WSB: Melandri claims second pole position of the year in Argentina
13 October 2018 by
Marco Melandri has stormed to his second pole position of the season and the first-ever at San Juan Villicum Circuit in Argentina. After a session-long battle with Kawasaki Racing’s Jonathan Rea, the...
WSB: Rea sets the pace as riders find their feet in Argentina
12 October 2018 by
Recently crowned four-time world champion Jonathan Rea has continued his dominant run of form by setting the early pace at the inaugural World Superbike round from San Juan Villicum Circuit in...
WSB: Three race schedule to be introduced in 2019
11 October 2018 by
World Superbike bosses have announced that next year’s schedule will include three races at each round as they look to increase interest in the series. At the start of the 2016 season, series bosses...
Jonathan Rea MBE: world champion, family man, story teller
09 October 2018 by
After taking his fourth consecutive double-victory at Magny Cours last weekend, Jonathan Rea made history by becoming the first rider to ever win four World Superbike titles in succession and the most...
WSB: Champ Rea doubles up in France
01 October 2018 by
Four-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea continued to dominant in Magny Cours this weekend as he doubled up to take the second race win from Chaz Davies. Starting from second on the grid with...
WSB: Carrasco makes history with Supersport 300 crown
30 September 2018 by
Ana Carrasco made history today by becoming the first ever woman to win an FIM solo motorcycle world championship. Crossing the line 13th in the final race of the season at Magny Cours was enough to...
WSB: Rea: 'The best is yet to come'
29 September 2018 by
Jonathan Rea has said he believes ‘the best is yet to come’ despite having just clinched a record-equally fourth World Championship in Magny Cours. The Kawasaki rider has been unbeaten since 2015 and...
WSB: History maker Rea crowned 2018 World Champion
29 September 2018 by
Jonathan Rea became the most successful World Superbike rider of all time as he secured his fourth World Championship in Magny Cours this afternoon. The Ulsterman has been unbeaten since joining...
WSB: Sykes denies Rea Magny Cours pole
29 September 2018 by
Tom Sykes denied team-mate Jonathan Rea pole position in a record-breaking Superpole at Magny Cours. Champion-elect Rea had led the way for most of the Superpole 2 session when he blitzed his own time...
WSB: Champion-elect Rea leads way in Magny Cours
28 September 2018 by
Jonathan Rea once again led the way as the eleventh round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship got underway in Magny Cours. The soon-to-be four-time World Champion lapped underneath the race lap...
WSB: Rea poised to clinch historic fourth title
26 September 2018 by
Jonathan Rea is on the verge of clinching another historic World Superbike crown in Magny Cours this weekend. The triple-world champion is poised to become the most successful rider in the history of...
WSB: Rea takes dominant race 2 win in Portimao
16 September 2018 by
Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea has taken his second victory of the weekend in Portimao, seeing off a late charge from Pata Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark and the Ducati Panigale R of Marco Melandri. Taking...
WSB: Rea takes victory 65 as Fores and Laverty collide
15 September 2018 by
In an action-packed first World Superbike race from Portimao in which only 14 riders finished, it was Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea who emerged victorious. Followed across the line by Ducati’s Marco...
WSB: Laverty lands first pole for SMR at Portimao
15 September 2018 by
Eugene Laverty has stormed to a third WSB career pole position and his first in five years, seeing off championship leader Jonathan Rea by just 0.060 seconds in Portimao. With a lap time of 1:40.705,...
WSB: Rea sets the early pace in Portimao
14 September 2018 by
After a summer break lasting just over two months, the World Superbike Championship returned to action today, with the first three free practice sessions of the weekend from a sun-soaked Portimao...
WSB: No surgery for Davies, will attempt to race at Portimao
04 September 2018 by
Chaz Davies will not need another operation following his second training accident of the summer, while doing supermoto in Aragon last Thursday. Initially there was concern that the Aruba Ducati...
WSB: Davies breaks collarbone again
31 August 2018 by
Chaz Davies has suffered another setback after re-breaking his right collarbone in a supermoto accident at MotorLand Aragon on Thursday. The Aruba Ducati World Superbike team has confirmed that the...
WSB: Ducati confirm Bautista and Davies for 2019
23 August 2018 by
Alvaro Bautista and Chaz Davies will form Aruba Ducati’s World Superbike line up for the 2019 season aboard the all new 1000cc V4 Panigale. 2006 125cc World Champion Bautista announced that he would...
WSB: Bautista set to confirm Ducati deal
23 August 2018 by
Alvaro Bautista is set to announce a move to World Superbikes for 2019 with the Aruba Ducati squad. The news is expected to be announced in this afternoon’s British MotoGP Press Conference, which is...
SBK Team Manager simulator game announced
21 August 2018 by
Have you ever had to sit around while your friends ramble on about their fantasy Football Manager teams, or the time they won the World Cup with Haiti without having a clue what they were talking...
Video: How to build Honda Fireblade World Superbike
09 August 2018 by
Honda Pro Racing have released a new video looking into the complex world of developing a competitive World Superbike. Featuring insights from Honda World Superbike Operations Manager, Chris Pike, as...
WSB: Haslam confirmed alongside Rea for 2019
24 July 2018 by
Leon Haslam will join Jonathan Rea in the factory Kawasaki Racing Team for the 2019 World Superbike Championship season. Speculation has been circulating about the move since the end of last...
WSB: Lowes and Van der Mark stick with PATA Yamaha for 2019
20 July 2018 by
Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark will stay with the PATA Yamaha World Superbike team into the 2019 season. The move comes after significant improvements from the Yamaha squad in 2018 have seen both...
WSB: What next for Tom Sykes?
18 July 2018 by
Last night it was confirmed that Tom Sykes and Kawasaki would go their separate ways at the end of the 2018 Superbike World Championship after a nine-year partnership. Over the last decade,...
WSB: Kawasaki confirm Sykes departure
17 July 2018 by
Tom Sykes and the Kawasaki Racing Team will part ways at the end of the 2018 Superbike World Championship after a nine-year relationship. Sykes first joined Kawasaki in 2010 and went on to win 34...
WSB: Rea carves through pack for Misano double
08 July 2018 by
Jonathan Rea carved through the pack to take victory in a tight second World Superbike race in Misano. Saturday’s race winner had his work cut out starting ninth on the grid and it’d take him until...
WSB: Commanding victory for Rea in Misano
07 July 2018 by
Jonathan Rea cruised to a comfortable victory in the opening World Superbike race in Misano. The Kawasaki Racing Team rider took one step closer to a record fourth world title with the commanding win,...
WSB: Van der Mark: 'Misano suits the R1'
04 July 2018 by
Michael Van der Mark is aiming for a podium return as the Superbike World Championship heads to the Misano Marco Simoncelli Circuit this weekend. After doing the double in Donington, Van der Mark has...
WSB: Davies looking to gain momentum ahead of summer break
03 July 2018 by
Chaz Davies heads into Ducati’s second home round of the 2018 Superbike World Championship hoping for positive results after disaster struck on the final lap at the Misano circuit last year. After...