World Superbike News

Aprilia Alitalia’s Max Biaggi won a race long battle with fellow Italian Marco Melandri racing for Yamaha World Superbike Team in race two at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic at the weekend in the latest round of the WSB 2011 Championship.
The current World Superbike leader Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) contniued to gain points [...]

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Australian World Superbike rider Chris Vermeulen will miss the first race of the 2011 season at his home track of Phillip Island after failing to recover from the injury that has sidelined him from racing since last August.
Vermeulen had been upbeat over his return to the sport in January when he arrived in Sepang for [...]

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Kawasaki were the first of the World Superbike teams to get on the track in 2011 with a planned four day testing at Sepang where they will hope to iron out any problems with the new ZX10R.
Among the riders taken to Malaysia for the test outing was Chris Vermeulen, taking his first ride aboard a [...]

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Following his wild-card ride at Brands Hatch for the Kawasaki team in the British Superbike series, Ian Lowry has now been given the chance to debut in the World Superbike championship at the Nurburgring.
The Irish rider is the latest replacement for the injured rider Chris Vermeulen and said;
“I am really grateful for this opportunity to [...]

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Akira Yanagawa is returning to the World Superbike series this weekend aboard the Kawasaki as a wild-card rider at Silverstone for the British round of the championship.
The Japanese rider has been called on as a replacement rider for the injured Chris Vermeulen and has said he is looking forward to the event although he expects [...]

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