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Leon Haslam to wear a special helmet design for WSBK Silverstone round

20 March, 2020

Leon Haslam will be sporting a special one-off design on his Arai RX-7 GP when he races at Silverstone in the ninth round of the World Superbike season in favour of children’s charity SPARKS (Sports Aiding medical Research for KidS)…

Akira Yanagawa to Sub for Chris Vermeulen in Kawasaki

20 March, 2020

It must be the latest rage in racing teams call in older riders when their regular riders are out injured. We first saw MotoGP Interwetten bring in HRC official test rider Kousuke Akiyoshi to sub for Hiroshi Aoyama and then…

WSBK Silverstone: Tom Sykes on top in QP1

15 March, 2020

Tom Sykes grabbed the first provisional pole at the Silverstone circuit edging out Carlos Checa - who seemed on the verge of making a clean sweep this Friday for the top spot until the Kawasaki rider came up the charts…

WSBK Silverstone: Jonathan Rea Leads in Free Practice

15 March, 2020

Hot from a third place podium at the Suzuka 8 Hours last Sunday, Jonathan Rea took the top spot in today’s free practice at the Silverstone circuit. The Ten Kate Honda rider put in a best lap of 1′06.927 in…

WSBK Silverstone: Carlos Checa tops FP1 before the rain

15 March, 2020

The usual English weather hampered the World Superbike riders first free practice at Silverstone. The session opened to a damp track and a little more than twenty minutes later rain hit the circuit, sending the riders scrurrying back to the…