World Superbike News

Rookie World Superbike rider Ben Spies, on the YXF R1, claimed the first Superpole of the season today, while smashing the lap record held by Troy Bayliss at the opening round at Phillip Island in Australia for the Yamaha team.
Spies set a time of 1:31.069 in the new style knock-out Superpole followed by Max Biaggi [...]

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The World Superbike news this week is all about the riders who have been at the Phillip Island circuit for their final two day test session in Australia ahead of the opening round of the World Superbike Championship this weekend.
On the opening day, Max Neukirchner was the fastest man on the track aboard the Alstare [...]

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The World Superbike teams ended their first three-day test session of the season on Sunday at the Parkalgar circuit in Portugal.
On Thursday, the Formula One testing session had to cancelled when extreme weather conditions deemed the track too dangerous with standing water and poor visibility.
The riders faced full wet conditions for the Friday morning slot [...]

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As Moto GP appears to be heading into the doldrums, sporting it’s smallest grid of riders ever and with talk from the sports governing body, the FIM, of introducing cost cutting measures to ensure a future for the sport, it is reassuring to see that World Superbike appears to be bucking the trend, going from [...]

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Following Troy Bayliss’s prediction that the young American sensation Ben Spies will be one of the main contenders for next season’s World Superbike crown, the three time AMA Superbike champion has spoken of his admiration for the current WSB champ saying that he would loved to have raced against his hero.
Spies says in an interview [...]

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