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Rider Quotes and Pics from the WSBK Assen Round

19 March, 2020
We’ve got a lot of rider quotes from yesterday’s World Superbike races at Assen, so you can find out who’s in seventh heaven, who’s happy and who’s disappointed and why. Jonathan Rea (Race - 1st, Race 2 - 1st):“You know,…

WSBK – Sponsorship problems and Sterilgarda drops Polita

19 March, 2020
Alex Polita who graduated from Sterilgarda’s BRC Racing Team in the Superstock 1000 Championship to ride in WSBK for Sterilgarda Ducati is now out of ride due to sponsorship economic woes thus leaving Shane Byrne as the sole rider for…

Loris Baz new helmet design and logo

19 March, 2020
The World Superbike teams will be arriving at the re-surfaced Phillip Island circuit this week for a private test that will take place on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th before the official two-day test on February 18-19 that leads up…

WSBK Kyalami Race 1 and 2 – Haga takes it all

19 March, 2020
Noriyuki Haga took a double victory yesterday at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa on board his Ducati Xerox with team mate Michel Fabrizio taking second place twice. Ben Spies took third in the first race, while in the second,…

WSBK Aragon tests: Carlos Checa fastest on day 1

19 March, 2020
Carlos Checa was the fastest rider during both the morning and afternoon WSBK unofficial test sessions at the Motorland Aragon circuit on day 1. The Spaniard stopped the clock at 1.58.3 with his Ducati, five tenths of second faster than…

Carlos Checa takes the Panigale to 1st pole position

19 March, 2020
Carlos Checa wasn’t in the greatest form following his crash during Q1 - that he defined ‘one of the biggest highsides of my career,’ but that didn’t stop the Alstare rider from taking the first Superpole of the 2013 World…

Liberty Racing says Sylvain Guintoli has had poor results

19 March, 2020
After their brief press release issued this afternoon regarding Sylvain Guintolileaving their team, Liberty Racing has decided to put an entirely different spin to the story and from a “misunderstanding between the mechanics and the administrative management of the team”…

Toni Elias shines in World Superbike debut at Istanbul

19 March, 2020
Toni Elias jumped into the deep end of things when he debuted in World Superbikes this weekend at Istanbul replacing axed rider Michel Fabrizio in the Red Devils Roma team.With no prior experience on the Aprilia RSV4 nor with the…

Carlos Checa leads in WSBK Moscow test

19 March, 2020
With the Moscow Raceway debuting for the first time on the World Superbike calendar, the SBK riders have been give a few hours today to learn the new circuit before the round officially begins on Friday and use the front…

Michel Fabrizio wipes out Ben Spies at Brno

19 March, 2020
Michel Fabrizio isn’t new to these type of passes that take out other riders, the Roman is often over enthusiastic and once and awhile turns his brain off. This time it was Ben Spies who was leading race 1, trying…

Chris Vermeulen finally back on his Kawasaki

18 March, 2020
Chris Vermeulen has made it and is finally back on his Kawasaki superbike. The Australian after being out of action following his knee reconstruction surgery six months ago, had his first taste of the Ninja ZX-10R that he’ll be using…

WSBK: Pedercini Kawasaki team happy with Almeria shakedown

18 March, 2020
The Pedercini Kawasaki team has just carried out two days of testing at the Spanish circuit of Almeria, where the Italian squad continued the development of the ZX-10R that will take part in the 2013 World Superbike Championship with riders…

World Superbike quotes from Portimao and video highlights

18 March, 2020
The 2011 World Superbike season finale at Portimao, Portugal ended with reigning World Champion Carlos Checa and Marco Melandri splitting a win each and Checa with his 15th victory of season bettering Ben Spies and Troy Bayliss record number of…

Marco Melandri fesses up on Rossi-Honda rumor

15 March, 2020
When we posted the rumor that Valentino Rossi was looking to leave Ducati and hook up with Honda for the 2012 season last Thursday, which was based on a statement from Marco Melandri on Italian website The Racing Tribune.it it…

WSBK Offer for Schumacher

15 March, 2020
According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Carlo Fiorani head of Honda Europe has been quoted as saying that if retired 7 times Formula 1 champion, Michael Schumacher wants to ride in World Superbike Championship next year he’d be more than…