World Superbike News

New kid’s on the block BMW are taking the positives from their first winter Pirelli test sessions at the Kayalami circuit in South Africa, and have predicted that they will be fighting for top five finishes by the end of the 2009 season, in the latest World Superbike news.
BMW will be aware that other manufacturers have [...]

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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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Three times World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss expects his replacement rider at Xerox Ducati, ‘Nitro’ Noriyuki Haga, to be among the contenders for the 2009 WSB crown but is equally sure that young riders Michel Fabrizio and Ben Spies will not make it easy for Haga.
Haga tested the Ducati in South Africa at the beginning of December [...]

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Team Pedercini are to enter two Kawasaki ZX-10Rs after signing an Italian and a Spanish rider for the 2009 season, Luca Scassa and David Salom.
Scassa made a one off appearance at the Portimao round of the World Superbike Championship in 2008 on-board the DFX Honda, but will now switch to the series full time.
The 25-year-old, [...]

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The final calendar for the 2009 World Superbike Championship has now been released, with of course, the British round taking part at Donington Park.
March 1             Phillip Island                 Australia
March 14           Doha/Losail                 Qatar
April   5             Valencia                       Spain
April   26           Assen                          Holland
May    10           Monza                          Italy
May    17           Kyalami                        South Africa
May    31           Salt Lake City               USA
June    21          Misano                         San Marino
June    28          Donington [...]

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