After the first two rounds in Australia and Thailand, World Superbike arrives in Europe for the Spanish weekend at Motorland de Aragon. Team Aprilia Racing – Red Devils turns up at the first continental round after collecting a win and three second place finishes with Leon Haslam in the first four races. The English […]
The second round of the 2015 DEOD SuperGP Champions Trophy will take place at the Zwartkops circuit, west of Pretoria, on Sunday, 12 April.Champion Clint Seller (NeoLife Africa Racing) got the defence of his title off to the perfect start at the opening round at Phakisa, continuing his dominance of SuperPole and winning both races. […]
Jonathan Rea was untroubled from lights to flag as he made history by claiming the very first WSBK victory in Thailand. The inaugural Thai World Superbike race began on a damp Chang International Circuit on Sunday morning with pole-sitter Rea having the better of the early running. It was a Kawasaki 1-2 as Tom Sykes […]
Former South African Superbike champion Greg Gildenhuys will make his World Superbike Championship debut in Thailand after being drafted in by the Pedercini Kawasaki team. The 26 year-old is a three-time title winner in his native South Africa and in 2013 competed in the FIM Superstock 1000 series with the title-winning BMW Italia team. For […]
FORMER teammates Leon Haslam and Jonathan Rea share the points lead after splitting the honours in a thrilling opening round of the world Superbike championship at Phillip Island. The British pair secured a win and a second placing each, with Kawasaki rider Rea triumphing in race one and Aprilia’s Haslam turning the tables by just […]
The eni Superbike World Championship rides into 2015 on the crest of a wave after the gripping finale to its 27th season. 24 races saw no lack of drama and controversy with inter-team relationships stretched to the limit but with the spotlight shining on him under the night sky in Qatar, Sylvain Guintoli rode the […]
Troy Bayliss will make a shock return to racing after Ducati confirmed that the three times World Superbike champion will race in the opening round of the 2015 season at Philip Island this weekend.The Australian will replace factory rider Davide Giugliano, who suffered two small fractures to his L1 and L2 vertebrae following a crash during testing […]
World Superbike bosses have today outlined a plan to formulate a global entry-level class in order to develop new talent at a low-cost basis.The FIM’s Superbike commission have approved the assembly of a group to develop the class structure around 300cc sportsbikes that are gaining popularity – especially in the all-important Asia markets. “The Superbike […]
Sheridan Morais will not compete with Grillini Racing in the 2015 World Superbike Championship, despite an earlier announcement to the contrary. The experienced South African, who stepped up to World Superbikes full-time with the Italian squad in 2014, had been one of the first riders to secure his place on the 2015 WSBK grid when […]
Eugene Laverty will embark on the next stage of his career in MotoGp once this weekend’s final World Superbike round at Qatar is completed for Voltcom Crescent Suzuki.Laverty will then join the Spanish Aspar Honda team to ride a production based machine in motorcycling’s premier class next season. The last British Isles rider to make […]
Barcelona (Spain) – The final round of the 2014 eni FIM Superbike World Champion takes place this weekend at the Losail International Circuit in Doha, Qatar. For the first time in WSBK history, the event will be held under floodlights thanks to the impressive lighting system that powers the entire venue, allowing riders to race […]
Reigning World Superbike Champion Tom Sykes has played down the fact he could lift his second successive crown at Magny-Cours this weekend, saying that is it getting towards crunch time. The factory Kawasaki man, who looks set to be joined by Jonathan Rea in 2015, has a whopping 31 point lead with only 100 left […]
The Dutch rider who clinched the 2014 World Supersport title two rounds early – Michael van der Mark – has signed with the Pata Honda World Superbike team. The 21-year-old rider, who won the Supersport title for Pata Honda, signed a two-year contract to ride with Pata Honda World Superbike through 2016. Pata – the […]
Sykes heads into the last two rounds of the World Superbikes Championship well placed to retain his title.Huddersfield’s 2013 world champion finished fifth and then third place in round 10 at Jerez and the Kawasaki Racing Team Ninja ZX-10R rider now heads to France’s Magny-Cours and then Doha in Qatar with a 31 point lead […]
Marco Melandri clinched a double win in the Superbike World Championship round at Jerez to deny deny title hopeful Sylvain Guintoli more valuable points.In both races the Aprilia rider steadily worked his way to the front of the pack before overtaking team-mate Guintoli and forcing championship leader Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) into third place in the […]
Championship leader Tom Sykes is eagerly anticipating returning to Jerez as he closes in on back-to-back World Superbike titles.The Kawasaki rider secured the 2013 crown at the circuit last October in the final meet of the season, a third-placed finish in race one proved enough to stave off nearest rival Eugene Laverty. Sykes heads back to the Spanish […]
Huddersfield racer Tom Sykes has been praised for his work ethic by perhaps the best person possible – his boss!Kawasaki Racing Team manager Guim Roda says he is one the happiest people in the World Superbikes Championship paddock after the results delivered so far this year by reigning champion Sykes. The 28-year-old is well on […]
Smalley rider Leon Haslam has made the most of the mid-season break in the World Superbikes season to win at the Suzuka 8 Hours race in Japan.It was a dramatic and incident-packed race after the start was delayed by one hour because of a heavy rain storms. Further rain fell during the race and […]