World Superbike News

Last weekend saw the first round of the World Superbike Championship of 2010 take place at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia.
Leon Haslam claimed his first ever win in race one at the opening round after crossing the line in a photo finish alongside Italian rider Michel Fabrizio.  Noriyuki Haga followed the pair to take [...]

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Many of the top World Superbike riders will begin testing today in a two-day test session at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, Spain.
Max Biaggi and Leon Camier will be on track to test the Aprilia Racing team bikes along with the teams test rider Alex Hofmann.
The Moto2 and the World Supersport series are also [...]

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The two-times British Superbike Champion Shane Byrne, has signed a contract to ride for the Althea Ducati team in 2010 alongside Carlos Checa.
Byrne made the switch to the World Superbike series last season riding for the Sterilgarda Ducati team where he finished the year eighth overall.  The British rider came second in the first race [...]

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The World Superbike rider Jakub Smrz has confirmed that he will once again be racing for the Guandalini Ducati team for the 2010 season.
Smrz ended his second season with the team in tenth position overall after recording a pole position, a fastest lap and the first podium of his career, in race 2 at Assen [...]

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The World Superbike series headed to France this weekend with Ben Spies and Noriyuki Haga sharing the wins at the Magny-Cours circuit.
Race One
It was Ben Spies on the Yamaha World Superbike that led into the first corner of race one with Max Biaggi, Jonathan Rea, Leon Haslam and Michel Fabrizio, all fighting for second place.
Rea [...]

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