The Bimota Racing Team hasn’t been much of a factor in the World Superbike series for the last decade, but they could be back on the track soon. Bimota has recently started working on a World Superbike motorcycle which could see the track as early as 2012. Bimota was once a big name in the [...]
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 Superbike circus stops off at the Misano World Circuit this coming weekend for the sixth round of the World Championship, just two weeks after Salt Lake City’s fifth round. Team Althea Racing and rider Carlos Checa head to the Misano World Circuit with a 61 point lead in the championship standings, an advantage that [...]
Jonathan Rea took home his first win of the 2011 World Superbike season last weekend in Assen. It was Rea’s 7th carere win, which puts him in the top 25 of the most successful riders in World Superbike history. Rea’s victory was also the first for the historic Castrol Honda team since its return to [...]
After a series of tests, Sylvain Guintoli came back to the Liberty Racing Team with some bad news. He had broken his ankle and his wrist. Guintoli had sustained the injuries during a high speed crash at Phillip Island nearly a month prior at the opening round of the World Superbike season. Initial tests showed [...]
It’s been a little while since Chris Vermeulen has been on a competitive motorcycle. Vermeulen tried to make his return at the opening round of the 2011 World Superbike season, but didn’t feel like he was fit enough to compete. Now that another month has gone by, Vermeulen says that he is ready for action. [...]
Team Suzuki Alstare’s Michel Fabrizio is looking forward to this weekend’s World Superbike Championship second round at Donington Park in England, as last time he raced at the circuit in 2009, he finished on the podium. The 4.023 kilometer (2.49 mile) circuit has been slightly revamped since 2009, but remains essentially a flowing circuit, with [...]
Carlos Checa had a fantastic pre-season, and all of his hard work is showing at opening day of the 2011 World Superbike season at Phillip Island. Checa topped the time sheets during the free practice session, but was also able to lead the WSBK around the track during the opening qualifying session. Checa earned a [...]
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. [...]
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