World Superbike News

The Aprilia Alitalia rider Leon Camier will not be riding at the penultimate round of the World Superbike championship at Imola following his crash at the Nurburgring.
Camier suffered a broken scaphoid bone in his wrist during practice which needed surgical intervention and is now in doubt for the final round at Magny-Cours.
The British rider is [...]

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This weekend saw the German round of the World Superbike championship at the Nurburgring with Noriyuki Haga winning race 1 and Jonathan Rea taking the flag in race 2.
Race 1
The initial race 1 was red flagged after just 1 lap after Leon Haslam crashed out at turn 4 sending his fellow riders in all directions [...]

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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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The FIM have now released the provisional calendar for the World Superbike Championship of 2010, with no Qatar round for the first time in five-years.
February 28                                 Australia                                                               Phillip Island
March 28                                       Portugal                                                               Portimão
April 11                                             Spain                                                                   Valencia (*)
April 25                                          Netherlands                                                           Assen
May 9                                               Italy                                                                          Monza
May 16                                            South Africa                                                          Kyalami
May 31                                            United States                                                        Salt Lake City
June [...]

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Leon Haslam will be the only rider on the grid for the Stiggy Honda World Superbike team for the ultimate three rounds of the Championship.
After John Hopkins was forced to retire for the remainder of the season after suffering an horrendous accident at the Nurburgring at the beginning of the month.  Hopkins had returned to [...]

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