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Tom Sykes dominates QP2 at Aragon

25 April, 2020
It was a beautiful sunny morning at Aragon for World Superbikes second qualifying session. Topping the timesheets for the first time this weekend was Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes who stopped the clock in 1.57.758 and was the only rider to break…

2013 World Superbike Phillip Island mega photo gallery

23 April, 2020
104 images is the number of photos in our mega gallery from the past weekend’s World Superbike round at Phillip Island, that saw Aprilia dominate both races with factory riders Sylvain Guintoli and Eugene Laverty each take a win and…

Eugene Laverty to partner Max Biaggi in Aprilia in 2012

20 April, 2020
Eugene Laverty, according to Italian website motosprint.it will be riding for World Superbike’s Aprilia Alitalia Racing team and fielded alongside Max Biaggi in 2012.Laverty was tipped to ride for BMW Italia, who was offering him a contract for 300.000 euros,…

Sylvain Guintoli officially announced as Aprilia rider

20 April, 2020
After impressing in this week’s three-day private World Superbike test at Jerez (Monday through Wednesday) Aprilia has finally gotten around announcing - as it was widely expected - that Sylvain Guintoli will be part of their factory team effort next…

Tom Sykes does the double at Donington

18 April, 2020
Just like in race 1 at Donington Park, Tom Sykes set an untouchable rhythm for the rest of the field as he raced to another lights-to-flag victory and moved to a second place in the standings just four points behind…

Eugene Laverty takes dry/wet/dry Silverstone Superpole

16 April, 2020
It was a mixed up World Superbike Superpole at Silverstone this afternoon. Everything was proceeding as usual until almost the end of SP3, when the session was red flagged because it started to rain very lightly.Just before the red flag,…

Eugene Laverty explains his Yamaha R1

14 April, 2020
Back in 2009 Yamaha had Ben Spies and crew chief Tom Houseworth explain the Yamaha R1 for fans and now they have rookie Eugene Laverty doing it with his 2011 R1, but with a lot less technical info, but it’s…

Monster Energy continues to sponsor part of Yamaha's WSBK effort

13 April, 2020
While Yamaha’s World Superbike Team still has no title sponsor they have confirmed that Monster Energy will continue to be their partner and their “Official Energy Drink Supplier,” which means you’ll see Eugene Laverty and Marco Melandri holding and drinking…

SBK Donington 2013: Two 'fairy tale' victories for Tom Sykes

10 April, 2020
Tom Sykes had a ‘fairy tale’ weekend at Donington Park with his first ever double victory in World Superbikes.The British rider led all the dry sessions, Q1, QP2, the second free practice and he lead all three Superpole stints and…

Eugene Laverty beats Sykes in race 2 at Assen

7 April, 2020
Tom Sykes wasn’t able to repeat a second victory at the Assen circuit. The Kawasaki rider tried to escape like he did in race one and set the pace, but the warmer surface conditions did not help him, but it…

Loris Baz wins highly battled race 2 at Silverstone

7 April, 2020
If the Superstock and Supersport races were battled and also controversial, World Superbikes race 2 at Silverstone was just as spectacular and battled, but with none of the controversy.In mixed conditions once again, Loris Baz after his disappointing fifth in…

Eugene Laverty fastest at Portimao test

5 April, 2020
With the 2011 World Superbike season already tucked away after the final round at Portimao, Monday was dedicated to the journalists who got a chance to ride the Superbike machines, but Tuesday was about the riders again and preparing for…

Yamaha Superbike team reveals 2011 livery, no title sponsor yet

5 April, 2020
Yesterday Yamaha reveiled their official 2011 livery, with more or less the same color scheme as last year but with one very important element missing, they haven’t a title sponsor, at least for the moment.Sterilgarda, their sponsor for two years…

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…

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…