The Aprilia riders were at the front of the pack at the end of the World Superbike testing session at Portimao. Eugene Laverty took the top spot ahead of his fellow Aprilia rider max Biaggi. Laverty, who raced a Yamaha in 2011, set the unofficial lap record at the Portimao circuit. Laverty brought the RSV4 [...]
Carlos Checa has done the double, again. Checa won both races at Miller Motorsports Park over Memorial Day weekend, he opened the 2011 World Superbike season at Phillip Island with a double victory, and now the Althea Ducati rider has done it again at Misano. Checa took his 7th and 8th wins today at the [...]
Carlos Checa took his 7th win of the season today at Misano, beating out Max Biaggi during the first World Superbike race of the weekend. Checa has won the last three races of the 2011 World Superbike season and will be going for this third double of 2011 this afternoon. Checa made his push for [...]
The World Superbike riders are just about ready for their second race of the day. Carlos Checa took the first win with ease, but against a depreciated field. Max Biaggi, Jonathan Rea, Ruben Xaus, and Michel Fabrizio all crashed during the opening race. Checa will have a target on his back during the second race, [...]
Eugene Laverty has done the double. Laverty won his first career World Superbike race this morning around the Italian circuit, and now the Irish rider has claimed victory number two. Laverty’s victory came after a controversial drive-thru penalty was given to Max Biaggi. Biaggi was leading by more than 5 seconds at the time of [...]
It was a good day for the Irishman at the Italian track. Eugene Laverty claimed his maiden World Superbike victory today, beating out Max Biaggi and Leon Haslam. Laverty would be challenged by Biaggi at the beginning of the race, but the Yamaha rider would eventually pull away to take the win by more than [...]
Carlos Checa and the Althea Ducati team are not in the position that they want to be in for tomorrow’s World Superbike race at Monza. Checa failed to advance to the final super pole session, and will start tomorrow from the 11th spot on the grid. Checa finished more than a second behind Max Biaggi, [...]
Max Biaggi has been on the podium four times so far this season, but he is still more than 40 points behind Carlos Checa. But this weekend Biaggi will head to Monza, a track where he has seen great success, and where Checa has faltered. Max Biaggi scored a double at the Monza event in [...]
A black flag at Donington Park put a small dent in Biaggi’s title defence, but the Aprilia rider got himself back on track with two podium finishes last weekend at Assen. Biaggi took second in both races at Assen, the first time behind Jonathan Rea and the second time behind season leader Carlos Checa. Despite [...]
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