World Superbike News

The former British Superbike rider Gregorio Lavilla, has been released from his Pro-Ride Honda contract before he’s even started a race.
The Pro-Ride Honda team were left with problems after a major sponsor withdrew their backing at the last-minute and with no further sponsorship in the pipe line they were forced to withdraw from the first [...]

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There had been some confusion recently after it was confirmed that John Hopkins would be joining the Stiggy Honda World Superbike team, even though they already had two riders, would it remain a three rider team or was one of the riders to be side-lined.
It seems that the decision has now been reached and Roberto [...]

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I previously reported on 3rd February, that John Hopkins would be racing for the Stiggy Honda team alongside Leon Haslam in the 2009 World Superbike Championship, this has now been confirmed.
The new team-mates are now set to test together at Almeria on 29th March, although where exactly this leaves Roberto Rolfo is unclear, will he [...]

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This weekend the World Superbike Championship took place at Qatar with Ben Spies setting a new track record of 1.57.280 to take Superpole.
Spies beat Jakub Smrz by just a tenth of a second to take Superpole with Max Biaggi in third place.  Noriyuki Haga qualified in fourth followed by Tom Sykes in fifth and Shinya [...]

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This weekend the World Superbike Championship goes to the Losail circuit in Qatar for it’s second of the fourteen rounds scheduled for the 2009 season.
Stiggy Honda rider Leon Haslam has raised concerns about tyres in the blistering desert heat but is confident he and the team will select the right front tyre and set-up for [...]

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