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Francis Batta blasts Gobmeier and then makes peace

2 April, 2020

We’ve kept repeating that Monza isn’t a track for twin cylinders because of its high speeds, but that isn’t exactly true, because a certain Troy Bayliss on a Ducati won there several times in the past, because the Italian manufacturer…

Australia's Team Honda Racing to wildcard in WSBK and WSS 2013 season opener

2 April, 2020

While the 2013 World Superbike grid has only 16 riders permanent riders so far, the season opener at Phillip Island in February will at least look slightly healther as Australia’s Team Honda Racing has decided to wildcard two-time ASBK champion…

Regis Laconi returns to France

2 April, 2020

According to French website Motorevue, Regis Laconi ‘s health is steadily getting better. His friend and lawyer Paul-Louis Collignon was on hand when Laconi landed in a Paris for a rest stop before being flown the next day to Marseilles,…

Stuart Easton to replace Chris Vermeuelen in Kawasaki SBK test at Sepang

2 April, 2020

Apparently Paul Bird of PBM Kawasaki doesn’t believe that Chris Vermeulen will still not be fit enough to test the new 2011 Ninja in next month’s four day test in Sepang, because he’s already arranged to have Stuart Easton to…

Max Biaggi's wildcard entry request revealed by Gregorio Lavilla

2 April, 2020

The rumors of Max Biaggi wanting to race in next month’s World Superbike round at Monza, have been confirmed by Dorna’s World Superbike representative Gregorio Lavilla.According to an interview published in Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport Lavillia revealed that the Roman…

WSBK Nurburgring: all the pics from the paddock

2 April, 2020

The German GP surely turned out to be a pivotal moment in the 2012 World Superbike Championship, with Max Biaggi taking advantage of Marco Melandri’s unfortunate double blunder to get back at the top of the table with a decent…

Tom Sykes leads the field in QP2 at Phillip Island

2 April, 2020

Tom Sykes jumped to the top of the timesheets in QP2 at Phillip Island ahead of this afternoon’s first Superpole of 2012 World Superbike championship season.The Kawasaki rider set the best lap of the 45 minute session in 1.31.323, which…

Eugene Laverty takes victory in race 2 at P.I

2 April, 2020

Phillip Island has officially become an Aprilia stronghold. After a 1-2-3 podium in race 1 with a victory by Sylvain Guintoli, race 2 saw team mate Eugene Laverty take the win - his second with the Italian manufacturer. Completing the…

Superbikes Parade Lap at San Marino (w/videos)

2 April, 2020

One of the event to promote this weekend’s World Superbike round at Misano was a ride around the historic and tiny town center of San Marino, the oldest republic in the world.All seven manufacturers were present: Ducati, Suzuki, Aprilia, Kawasaki,…

Photo of the Day: Why we Prefer Motorcycle Racing to Football

2 April, 2020

With the World Cup stealing viewing audiences left and right, world superbike rider Luca Scassa decided to take the situation in hand and with a variation on “racing because football, baseball, bowling and golf only require one ball” exhibited this…

Jules Cluzel meets his Suzuki and World Superbike crew

2 April, 2020

FIXI Crescent Suzuki new signing Jules Cluzel made his first visit to the team’s headquarters in Verwood, England today to get his first chance to meet his crew and try out for size the Suzuki GSX-R1000 that he will be…

Loris Baz to also miss Laguna Seca WSBK round

2 April, 2020

More bad news for Loris Baz. The Kawasaki rider will also be forced to miss the 12th round of the World Superbike championship at Laguna Seca.Baz crashed out during warm-up practice at Nurburgring fracturing his T4 vertebra and was forced…

WSBK – Davide Tardozzi becomes BMW’s Team Manager

2 April, 2020

The rumors were circulating for several weeks, but Italian website Motosprint has now former Ducati Xerox manager Davide Tardozzi almost signed up with WSBK’s official BMW team.Tardozzi left Ducati after almost twenty years of service and eight Riders’ Championships, first…

Tom Sykes breaks record to take Monza Superpole

2 April, 2020

Monza’s Superpole was about taking advantage of tows and slipstreams, but Tom Sykes didn’t need to use any of these tatics with his Kawasaki ZX-10R as he scored his third consecutive Superpole of the season.Eugene Laverty was the first rider…

Place your bets: Max Biaggi and the SBK championship at Imola

2 April, 2020

Will he or won’t he? The Italians are so desperate to get through this weekend to see if Max Biaggi will be able to pull off a Superbike World Championship win on home turf that we’re glad it’s him in…

Motorcycles and iPads review: get your GP fix via iPad

2 April, 2020

What can an iPad offer a die-hard motorcycle fan? The chance to get full MotoGP coverage, GPS imagery and live circuit maps all in real time. As the guys at Bonadjalins doing the iPad review from a biker’s perspective say,…

Max Biaggi still has to sign with Aprilia

2 April, 2020

The city of Noale, Aprilia’s home town, held a big bash for Max Biaggi and the manufacturer in the town’s historic square on Friday evening to celebrate the championship titles and we were expecting to hear the official news that…

Carlos Checa on being Ducati's MotoGP test rider

2 April, 2020

In an interview with Spain’s Marca website reigning Superbike champion Carlos Checa talked about swimming with sharks, skiing and the Dakar rally and being Ducati’s test rider for their 2012 MotoGP project. Checa has already ridden the GP0 twice and…

WSBK Imola: Carlos Checa brings it home in Race 1

2 April, 2020

After two glorious days at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari circuit at Imola, today’s World Superbike’s Race 1 was raced under cloudy skies and a stiff cold wind blowing, Italian bookies had given the odds that Althea’s Carlos Checa would…

WSBK Nurburgring: Jonathan Rea takes comfortable victory in Race 1

2 April, 2020

Jonathan Rea took his fourth World Superbike Championship win of the season in Race 1 at Nurburgring. The race which was red flagged on the opening lap when Leon Haslam highsided at turn four taking out Troy Corser and James…

Joan Lascorz leaves intensive care unit

2 April, 2020

Kawasaki Provec Racing has released a new statement (in Spanish) regarding the condition of its rider Joan Lascorz following his serious accident during World Superbike testing at Imola.The new press release reports that Lascorz is now breathing unaided and is…