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Video: Marco Melandri's first taste of the Yamaha R1

5 April, 2020
Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty are currently testing at Phillip Island and we can now give you a video courtesy of Italy’s Superbike.TV, who followed the former MotoGP rider to Valencia earlier this month and filmed his first outing on…

WSBK: Shane Byrne to Althea Ducati?

5 April, 2020
It looks like Shane Byrne is going to be leaving Marco Borciani’s Team Sterilgarda BRC Racing and is heading towards Althea Ducati in 2010.The British rider had been spotted entering the Althea Honda (before switching to Ducati ) truck during…

Marco Melandri and others talk about Brno WSBK races

5 April, 2020
Marco Melandri not only scored the first double victory for BMW at Brno, but he also shortened his points gap from Max Biaggi to 21 points in the riders championship, he also given the German manufacturer the lead in the…

WSBK 2013, Aragon: here come the Paddock Girls

5 April, 2020
Welsh rider Chaz Davies is by far the real surprise of the first two rounds of the World Superbike 2013 season. The 26 year old of the BMW Motorrad Goldbet SBK team simply destroyed the competition in the Aragon GP,…

WSBK Misano: Carlos Checa leads in QP1

5 April, 2020
After seeing Casey Stoner crush the field during FP2 and no one able to get close to him, and the QP1 lap times in WSBK at Misano, you don’t have to be a genius to understand that there’s going to…

Andrew Pitt to Pedercini WSBK team?

5 April, 2020
If we were to place a rider in a top ten 2010 horrid season list, it would have to be Andrew Pitt. The two times world supersport champion and veteran world superbike and MotoGP rider started this season with Reitwagen…

WSBK Nurburgring Preview

5 April, 2020
The WSBK Championship will be back this weekend at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany after the long summer break. Noriyuki Haga, the championship points leader is back to full fitness after his horrific highside at Donington and ready to take…

FIM confirms Istanbul Park World Superbike round

5 April, 2020
The FIM has officially released a revised 2013 World Superbike calendar today, officially confirming that Istanbul Park, Turkey would be will now be hosting a round of the Superbike this season. The Turkish venue therefore will be hosting the tenth…

British Superbikes Ducati 1199 RS Panigale

5 April, 2020
The Ducati 1199 Panigale will not be competing only in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, but will also be debuting in this season’s British Superbike championship.Two teams, Moto Rapido and Jentin Doodson Motorsport will be debuting the new Superbike and…

WSBK Miller: Jakub Smrz on first provisional pole

5 April, 2020
Jakub Smrz sure likes Miller Motorsports Park. The Liberty Racing rider posted this morning’s best time in the wet and went on to the top the chart in the first qualifying practice which was luckily dry and even if it…

Troy Bayliss Monza 2000

5 April, 2020
Troy Bayliss will be present at this weekend’s WSBK races at Monza. Here’s a small flashback from nine years ago at the Monza circuit and watch Troy Bayliss do magic and overtake four riders in one braking pass.

WSBK Kawasaki Team trucks and techs involved in drug bust

5 April, 2020
This has to be the worst story of the day, according to The Telegraph UK Border Agency has allegedly found a large quantity of drugs and a firearm in trucks belonging to Paul Birds WSBK Kawasaki team.The trucks were stopped…

World Superbike 2011 Silverstone brolly girls

4 April, 2020
These fine young ladies from the World Superbikes ninth round at Silverstone, will certainly wake you up this Tuesday morning and make you wish that you had your own paddock and grid girl following you around.To enjoy even more pics,…

Davide Giugliano pips Sykes in QP2 at Assen

4 April, 2020
Althea’s Davide Giugliano took the top of this morning’s second qualifying practice at the Van Drenthe circuit at Asses was finally dry, and despite the very cold temperatures, lap times dropped. The Italian in his last flying lap of the…

WSBK Valencia: Max Biaggi takes QP2 by 0,002s

4 April, 2020
Max Biaggi took the top spot in highly competitive QP2 session pushing Althea’s Carlos Checa, who dominated most of the session in second by just two thousandths of a second with a last minute run of 1′34.218. The field is…

WSBK Portimao: Carlos Checa takes provisional pole

4 April, 2020
Carlos Checa set the pace in this afternoon’s QP1 at Portimao. The Althea Ducati rider had to work for it, as the top of the timesheet changed hands several times between Jonathan Rea, Sylvain Guintoli and Eugene Laverty in the…

WSBK Misano: Carlos Checa on pace in FP1

4 April, 2020
If at Silverstone MotoGP lap times weren’t even close, there was slightly a different story in FP1 at the Misano circuit. Points leader Carlos Checa started the weekend by bagging the top spot, but he was tightly tailed by Max…

Tension between Sylvain Guintoli and Liberty Racing?

4 April, 2020
So far it is just a rumor that is circulating in the Italian and French media, but it seems that there is some tension between Sylvain Guintoli and his Effenbert Liberty team .The 30-year old French rider is currently 8th…

WSBK – Tom Sykes to Kawasaki with Vermeulen?

4 April, 2020
According to Bikesportnews, Tom Sykes maybe partnering MotoGP refugee Chris Vermeulen in the Paul Bird Kawasaki World Superbike team next season.Sykes performances in Yamaha have been completely overshadowed by the team mate Ben Spies, who will be fighting for the…

Aprilia presents 2013 Superbike team

4 April, 2020
The Spazio Broletto in Milan once again hosted Aprilia’s Superbike factory team launch where they officially presented to the press their 2013 rider line-up: Eugene Laverty who is will be starting his second year with the Italian manufactuer, and Sylvain…

Lavilla to Wildcard at Assen?

4 April, 2020
According to Spanish website Solo Moto and Italian Gpone, former two times BSB Champion Gregorio Lavilla has signed with Guandalini Racing to wildcard at this weekend’s WSBK double header at Assen. The Spanish rider was also contacted by Guandalini Team…

Sylvain Guintoli fastest in damp FP2 at Istanbul

4 April, 2020
After the very wet conditions at Istanbul Park for QP2, and an oil spill during the Supersport session that caused proceedings to be delayed, the World Superbike riders were finally able to return to track for their second free practice…

WSBK: Kart race at Miller Motorsports Park (w/video)

4 April, 2020
The World Superbike weekend at Miller Motorsports Park got underway on Friday on four wheels not the usual two, with the first ever MMP Celebrity Mega Kart Race, and thanks to Honda Europe Racing and Jonathan Rea we can show…