Leon Camier completed his first test with the Crescent Suzuki Team this wee at Portimao. Camier’s teammate, John Hopkins, couldn’t make the test due to an injury, but recently crowned British Supersport Champion Alastair Seeley was there to help test the Suzuki GSX-R1000. Camier’s first day of testing didn’t go too smoothly due to a [...]
Leon Haslam will be entering the six-week winter break with a smile on his face. Haslam and the BMW team just completed a successful three day test in Portugal to get ready for the 2012 World Superbike season. “I am very happy. It was very good to come back to Portimão and set constantly quick [...]
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 [...]
The World Superbike riders haven’t had the best luck at their recent testing sessions. Cold and rainy weather plagued the Aragon testing session, and the conditions weren’t that much better in Portimao. Jonathan Rea and Ruben Xaus of the Castrol Honda team were able to put in a few laps, but they didn’t get to [...]
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 [...]
Carlos Checa wasn’t the fastest rider around the Portimao track during the first official testing session of the 2011 World Superbike season, but the Althea Racing team is happy with the results. The WSBK riders only got one day with a dry track, as the second and third days of the testing session were plagued [...]
Day 2 was a wet one for the World Superbike riders at Portimao. Carlos Checa led a morning session that only consisted of 8 riders. For the afternoon session, there was a little more competition as four more riders decided to venture out onto the track. Jonathan Rea followed up his solid performance during the [...]
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