Just days before the start of the 2011 World Superbike championship season began, Jonathan Rea suffered a high speed accident at the Phillip Island track. Rea was taken to the hospital for x-rays, fearing that he broke his wrist. But Rea released a video today, saying that he did not suffer any serious injury, and [...]
Carlos Checa was the fastest once again around the World Superbike track at Phillip Island. Checa was the fastest during the first day of testing, setting the track record with a 1’30.58 lap time. Checa continued to set the pace at Phillip Island on day two, although lap times were slightly slower across the board. [...]
The final testing session before the 2011 World Superbike season got underway today at Phillip Island, and it was Althea Racing’s Carlos Checa who set the pace for the rest of the WSBK grid. Checa set a 1’31.3 time around the Phillip Island track, finishing nearly a second ahead of Sylvain Guintoli and Jakub Smrz. [...]
Chris Vermeulen has been optimistic about the condition of his knee, but he will not be racing at the 2011 World Superbike season opener at Phillip Island on February 27th. The Kawasaki Racing Team announced today that Vermeulen will not be participating in the upcoming testing session or the opening round of the World Superbike [...]
Chris Vermeulen missed the majority of the 2010 season due to a knee injury. But now the Australian is back and ready for action. Vermeulen will put his knee to the test next week when the World Superbike riders take to the Phillip Island track for the final test before the start of the 2011 [...]
The Castrol Honda World Superbike Team completed a two-day private test at Phillip Island in Australia today, ahead of next week’s official test (21-22 February), which will be followed by the opening round of the 2011 World Superbike championship (25-27 February). The team has been blighted by poor weather conditions in Europe over the winter [...]
The World Supersport series is one of the most diverse racing series on the planet. This year, there will be 29 riders representing 16 different nationalities on the World Supersport grid. But the grid isn’t the only thing that is diverse about the World Supersport series. In 2011, the WSS will travel to 10 different [...]
Marco Melandri hasn’t had much time to recover from his shoulder surgery, but the Yamaha rider was happy about the work done at Portimao, and he is confident that his shoulder will be strong by the time the World Superbike kicks off in Australia. The first official testing session of the World Superbike was hindered [...]
Josh Waters will be racing with the Yoshimura Suzuki team for the World Superbike opener on February 25th. The 2009 Australian Superbike champion was handpicked by Yoshimura Japan President Fujio Yoshimura to open the World Superbike season for the Suzuki team. “We are extremely excited to have Josh on board,” said Yoshimura. “He is a [...]
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