World Superbike News

This weekend the World Superbike riders and team head to the Miller Motorsports Park, Utah in the USA for round seven of the championship.
Ben Spies on the Yamaha World Superbike will be at his home circuit, no doubt trying to make amends for his non-finish at Kyalami at the last round.
Spies will be up against [...]

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It was reported at the weekend that the injured DFX Corse rider Régis Laconi had improved slightly after he was carefully awakened from his medically induced coma.
He immediately began to move both his arms and his legs and the decision was made that he could now go ahead with the planned surgery to insert a [...]

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Last weekend round 6 of the World Superbike Championship took place at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa with Noriyuki Haga winning the double.
Race One
In race one Noriyuki Haga on the Ducati Xerox took the win ahead of his team-mate Michel Fabrizio in second and Yamaha World Superbike rider Ben Spies.
Haga was the fastest off [...]

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Frenchman Regis Laconi, has been seriously injured in a crash at Kyalami today after only a few minutes on the track.
The DFX Corse team rider, was on his first lap at this mornings practice session when he crashed at the fast  left-hander between turns 11 and 12.
He was said to have suffered serious injuries to [...]

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Veteran World Superbike rider Gregorio Lavilla, is to replace Brendan Roberts of the Guandalini team at the next round in Kyalami this weekend.
The Australian, was knocked-out in his last outing at Monza and although he only suffered cuts and bruises, his team do not want to take any chances and have instead drafted in the [...]

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