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 boss of the Pro-ride Honda team has said that the they will be on the grid for their first round of the World Superbike Championship in Valencia on April 5th.
Amid rumours that the team are in financial difficulty, Marco Nicotari stated that they had the same economic problems that everyone else was suffering with [...]

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Just when it looked as though World Superbike had toughed out the financial crisis problems that have hit it’s rivals in Moto GP and Formula 1, the latest World Superbike news from the Sterilgarda Ducati team is that they will start the 2009 season with just one rider because of a shortfall in their current [...]

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If rumours are correct, MotoGP rider John Hopkins could be making a switch to the World Superbike Championship after reports that he has been in negotiations with the Stiggy Honda Motorsport team.
The American lost his MotoGP ride after the Kawasaki team announced that they were withdrawing from the championship with immediate effect at the end [...]

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