Ducati Xerox factory rider Noriyuki Haga returned to winning ways today, with a stunning victory in Race 2 at the Nurburgring. Team-mate Michel Fabrizio was not so fortunate, forced to retire from both races. The factory pair had made a determined start to race day, closing the early morning warm-up in second (Fabrizio) and third (Haga) position. The... [Continue reading...]
Leon Haslam defied the pain barrier in today’s second Superbike World Championship race at the Nurburgring in Germany, taking a podium despite a dislocated right thumb and damaged knee ligaments The Team Suzuki Alstare rider crashed at the start of race one when he was highsided and it was fortunate that the race was red-flagged and he and the... [Continue reading...]
Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Kenan Sofuoglu finished second in today’s 11th round World Supersport championship race at the Nurburgring in Germany The race was won by series rival and fellow Honda rider Eugene Laverty. The result confirmed Honda’s domination of the championship and secured the Japanese firm’s eighth successive World Supersport... [Continue reading...]
Yamaha Sterilgarda rider Cal Crutchlow kept his head down and got straight to business in today’s two World Superbike races at the legendary Nurburgring circuit in Germany. Despite a challenging grid start position of tenth Crutchlow fought through in both races, taking a well earned podium with third in race one and finishing just off it in fourth... [Continue reading...]
The PATA B&G Racing team gathered five points in Germany today thanks to Jakub Smrz’s eleventh place in race 2. The result did not fully satisfy the team, who was aiming for a better result, but once again the lack of luck prevented them from doing that. Smrz got a very good start in race 1 to take seventh place, but the red flag was... [Continue reading...]
Jonathan Rea enjoyed a race win, a second place finish and set a new lap record in today’s two 11th round World Superbike championship races at Nurburgring in Germany. The other race was won by Japan’s Noriyuki Haga. Starting from the inside of the front row of the grid, Rea was first into the Nuburgring’s tight first corner in race one and, although... [Continue reading...]
2010 World Superbike Championship round 10 Silverstone. Video highlights from races 1 and 2 together with highlights from the World Supersport race World Superbikes round 10 Silverstone UK, a round that saw some nail-biting racing in both WSBK rounds. The Supersport round was no less exciting. Silverstone WSBK saw total British podium domination in... [Continue reading...]
The HM Plant Honda team had a valuable weekend at the World Superbike Championship round at Silverstone, working hard on various settings ahead of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship event later in the season, with Josh Brookes scoring championship points in a hard-fought twelfth place in the second race at the Northamptonshire circuit. The... [Continue reading...]
Kenan Sofuoglu finished second in today’s thrilling tenth round World Supersport championship race at Silverstone in the UK, maintaining his 100% podium record for the season It was the Turkish rider’s fourth second place finish of the year to go with his three thirds and three race victories, giving him a 17-point advantage over Eugene Laverty,... [Continue reading...]
Tom Sykes scored points for 14th place in race two at his home round of Silverstone, remaining 16th in the overall championship standings after two long races in round ten of the championship Tom was 18th in race one, but after some changes to his technical set-up he improved his finishing position in race two, after what was an overcast but dry day... [Continue reading...]
A very difficult day for the Ducati Xerox team and its riders Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga at Silverstone today After two extremely hard-fought races, in which the British contingent of riders dominated proceedings, the best result for the Italian factory team was a fourth place finish achieved by Michel in Race 1. In that first race Michel started... [Continue reading...]
It was not a particularly satisfying weekend for Althea Racing. Carlos Checa and Shane Byrne, despite having taken fifteen points per head, had some recriminations. Carlos did not make a strong start in either race and this undoubtedly penalized him; the Spaniard concluded the races seventh and tenth. “it’s hard to catch up once you’ve made bad... [Continue reading...]