With a new sponsor, NGK Spark Plugs, onboard the SA Superbike Series supported by Bridgestone made its way to Zwartkops Raceway for the second round of the 2020 championship on 13 and 14 March. After what was, by his high standards, a poor start to the season at the opening round, defending SA Superbike Champion […]
The 2020 World Superbikes season kicked off this weekend with a bang in Down Under. Three action-packed races at Phillip Island produced three different winners for the first time in World Superbikes history with the combined winning margins totalling just over a tenth of a second. Toprak Razgatlıoğlu took the first victory of the season […]
Jonathan Rea was once again in top form as the five-time champion made it a clean sweep for the third time this season. Taking all three victories not only meant that he surpassed championship rival Alvaro Bautista for the most wins throughout the year, but also matched his previous best tally of seventeen in a season. Rea […]
Jonathan Rea made it a perfect Sunday in Argentina with victory in race two ahead of Chaz Davies and Toprak Razgatlioglu. The five-time champion started the race from Pole after his earlier Superpole race success and made a great start to lead into turn one. Rea dominated the early stages and immediately set about creating a gap to his nearest challenger Alvaro […]
Jonathan Rea secured a fifth straight World Superbike title with two rounds to spare after taking victory in Race Two at Magny-Cours. The Northern Irishman, 32, becomes the first rider to win five World Superbikes titles. His nearest rival Alvaro Bautista exited early in Race Two after being taken out by Toprak Razgatlioglu. Rea (right) trailed […]
Ulsterman closing in on a record-breaking fifth title in a row Jonathan Rea took a massive step towards an unprecedented fifth World Superbike title in a row with victory in last night’s dramatic opening race at Laguna Seca in California. The Kawasaki rider roared to his fifth career win at the legendary American circuit and […]
Yuki Takahashi delivers Moriwaki Althea Honda’s best WorldSBK finish of the year in Misano with a run to the eighth in the wet opening race Honda notched up its first top eight result of the 2019 World Superbike Championship season courtesy of a charging performance in wet conditions by its substitute rider Yuki Takahashi in […]
Carrasco Takes First Win Of The Season Reigning WorldSSP300 champion Ana Carrasco (Kawasaki Provec) won her first race of the 2019 season after making a small break from the rest of a six-rider leading pack and staying clear of the dogfights going on just behind her in the final few corners. Ana enjoyed a winning […]
Jonathan Rea completed a Misano double and moved to within 16 points of World Superbike leader Alvaro Bautista as he won the final race of the weekend.The reigning champion from Northern Ireland won Saturday’s opener but had to settle for fifth as Bautista took victory in the sprint race. Bautista slid off while leading the […]
Four-time defending champion Jonathan Rea has been relegated to fourth and handed a grid penalty after crossing the line third in Alvaro Bautista’s latest World Superbike win at Jerez.Northern Irishman Rea brought down Englishman Alex Lowes on the final corner of Saturday’s race. Rea apologised to Lowes’ Yamaha team but after initially being confirmed in […]
Smiths Racing Trooper Triumph rider picks up his first win on the smaller 600cc bikes after yet another race-long duel with Harrison Peter Hickman ended his long wait for a first 600cc win at the Isle of Man TT after taking victory in the Monster Energy Supersport Race Two, following yet another nail-biting battle with Dean Harrison. Hickman has […]
Jonathan Rea took his second win of the weekend with victory in Sunday’s Superpole sprint at Imola. The reigning champion from Northern Ireland took the chequered flag in the 10-lap race, 2.141 seconds clear of Welshman Chaz Davies. Rea has reduced the gap to championship leader Alvaro Bautista, who completed the podium, to 43 points. […]
Jonathan Rea will be hoping to maintain his outstanding record at Assen this weekend as the World Superbike star tries to reel in runaway championship leader Alvaro Bautista. After the first three rounds, Rea is 39 points adrift of the Aruba.it Ducati rider, who has won the first nine races in a row make a dream start […]
Dean Harrison, the mechanic turned racer, is without doubt one of the biggest draws on the road racing scene. He commands an enviable pedigree: multiple Gold Cup and Spring Cup triumphs to his name, as well as numerous podium finishes at the North West 200 and the Ulster Grand Prix. Harrison achieved his second victory […]
The Spaniard claimed the win in his first World Superbikes race since making the switch from Moto GP, where he had been riding for the previous nine years. He took the lead on the first lap and finished well ahead with a final lead of 14.983 seconds. Things had not seemed so promising for Bautista […]
Laguna Seca has returned to the 2019 World Superbike calendar after initially being dropped for the upcoming season. Circuit bosses had been unable to agree a date with World Superbike rights’ holders Dorna, who wanted to run the event in August on a weekend that clashed with a car event at the Californian circuit. A […]
The Phillip Island round of the 2019 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship from February 22-24 will be the first to host three races for the famed production bike series. Schedule confirmation came in overnight from international organisers, Dorna and the FIM, with the expanded three-race formula (see below for full Phillip Island WSBK Schedule), for […]
Lewis Hamilton took a tumble while testing World Superbike machinery in Jerez on Friday, according to a report in Gazzetta dello Sport. Hamilton was in Spain to test a Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike, but scraped the tarmac on one lap, escaping apparently unharmed. Hamilton is a known fan of action on two wheels and has previously teased […]
Champion Jonathan Rea embracing new race challenge as Argentina hosts maiden World Superbike round Pause Unmute Loaded: 0%Progress: 0% Remaining Time -3:22 Fullscreen KYLE WHITE Email Published: 15:44 Updated: 16:01 Wednesday 10 October 2018 Share this article Sign Up To Our Daily Newsletter Sign up Newly-crowned World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea is braced for a new […]
Northern Ireland’s Jonathan Rea says he is focusing on winning races as he chases an unprecedented fourth consecutive World Superbike title. The Kawasaki rider enjoys a 92-point lead with four rounds remaining as the championship resumes in Portugal after a break of more than two months. “I’m trying to focus on doing the best I can, […]
Johan Kristoffersson claimed his sixth win of the 2018 World Rallycross Championship season with a fightback drive at Trois-Rivieres worthy of his world champion status. Johan Kristofferson Ninth on day one, points leader Kristoffersson entered day two with a damage limitation strategy, but fastest time in Q3 and Q4 elevated him to the top of […]
The #21 Yamaha Factory Racing Team has survived a frantic Suzuka 8 Hours to defend its title with Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark sharing rider duties with the absence of injured team-mate Katsuyuki Nakasuga, creating history with a fourth consecutive victory for the team. In a race which started in the wet before […]
Michael Johnson wins with Stephen Simpson in an Audi RS 3 LMS in the U.S. Third victory this season for Audi R8 LMS GT4 in GT4 European Series.Podium success for Audi R8 LMS in North America In the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, a wheelchair-bound Audi privateer driver achieved his first victory in automobile racing. […]
The World Superbike championship needs a “star” from MotoGP to step over to boost its fading popularity, believes Jonathan Rea. WSBK has struggled in recent years to attract large crowds to events, despite changes to race formats and the technical regulations being made in a bid to make the series more exciting. Meanwhile, sister series […]
The Dunlop family are in a “state of disbelief” after the death of much-loved road racer William on Saturday, with his accident at an Irish event in Dublin coming as he pondered retirement from the sport.William, the eldest son of the late Robert Dunlop and nephew of record Isle of Man TT winner Joey Dunlop, suffered fatal injuries in a […]
Three-time world champion Jonathan Rea has signed a new two-year deal with the Kawasaki Racing Team to stay in the World Superbikes for the 2019 and 2020 campaigns. Rea, 31, has long been linked with a step up to MotoGP – where he would have plenty of suitors following his dominance in the WSB – […]
An all-electric rally car will compete in next month’s Tatts Finke Desert Race.Known as the ‘Acciona 100% EcoPowered’, the car was built in Barcelona by Spanish civil works and renewable energy firm Acciona. It was the first all-electric vehicle to complete the Dakar Rally, in 2017 at its third attempt, and has also gone on […]
Heavy wind, close racing and new lap records were the highlights at the third round of the 2018 SuperGP Champions Trophy which took place at the East London Grand Prix Circuit in the Eastern Cape on Saturday, 28 April 2018. Clint Seller (King Price Extreme/Bikefin Yamaha R1) won both of the SuperGP heats while his […]
It has certainly been a long break away from competitive main circuit racing for the fastest lady rider in South Africa, but Nicole van Aswegen certainly showed the Bulawayo crowd that she didn’t lose her touch on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Hard work paid off with her celebrating a host of strong results against a […]
After taking a brilliant win and two more podiums at Aragon (Spain) last weekend, the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team is ready to take it back to the track at Assen (Netherlands) for the fourth round of the 2018 WorldSBK Championship. Both Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri are keen to take home their first win […]
This is bike racing, not classical music,” opined former 250cc world champion Max Biaggi after Doriano Romboni accused him of dirty tricks on the last lap of the 1994 250cc German Grand Prix.Pretty obvious, really, because there’s not a half-successful racer in the world who doesn’t get up to some kind of mischief in his […]
Tere are very few certainties in the WorldSBK calendar – but a Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) battle at MotorLand Aragon seems as close as you can get. In a repeat of last year’s Aragon Round, the two leading riders of the championship clashed sensationally in the […]
Aruba Ducati’s Chaz Davies scored his first 2018 WorldSBK race win after picking off riders and taking the lead that he stretched out to an eventual 2.1 seconds over second placed Michael van der Mark (Pata Yamaha) for Ducati’s first win at the Buriram circuit, and the first non-Kawasaki race victory in Thailand. On a […]
Marco Melandri took his second win of the weekend at Phillip Island by just 21 thousandths from reigning champion Jonathan Rea, drafting past the Kawasaki just before the line. Each rider had to make a pit-stop between laps 10-12 as a safety measure because of the issues that plagued the Pirelli tires in the first […]
Nex weekend’s season opening round of the 2018 FIM Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (Feb 23-25), run alongside ASBK is looking to be a massive event, with an inundation of entries for the Australian classes – particularly the YMI Australian Superbike and Supersport 300. Entries for Australian superbikes have topped 50 – the biggest […]
Triple World Superbike champion and MotoGP race winner Troy Bayliss is to come out of retirement and compete in the 2018 Australian Superbike Championship. Bayliss will be racing for his own DesmoSport Ducati team and, at the age of 48, intends to finally add the ASBK title to his list of illustrious racing achievements. The […]
Triple World Champion concludes 2017 campaign with another triumph, whilst Davies and Lowes join him on the podium The final race of the 2017 season at the Acerbis Qatar Round on Saturday night brought another win for Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) as he crossed the line just under two seconds ahead of Chaz Davies […]
Recently-crowned three-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea has two goals ahead of the final round of the 2017 series under the desert floodlights in Qatar. One is to take his first ever win around the 3.363-mile Losail Circuit near Doha – and if he happens to win the first race tomorrow evening followed by the […]
They say it changes when the sun goes down, and this is certainly the case as the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship heads to the Losail International Circuit for the final round of the season. Set under the stunning floodlights, the 5.3km circuit won’t let anything hide in the shadows, and stunning on track battles […]
Reigning WorldSBK Champion Jonathan Rea took a step closer to Colin Edwards’ all-time points record at Jerez this afternoon when a mechanical failure by Marco Melandri’s Ducati handed the Castletown resident a three-second lead with four laps left. Melandri had passed Rea for the lead on lap seven and pulled a gap of 1.5s but […]