SBK
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WSB: Rea victorious after Race 1 craziness!
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The reigning WorldSBK champion celebrated a decade of winning with stunning wet weather prowess to close in on the championship lead! With the rain continuing to fall by the bucket-load, it was a delayed start to WorldSBK Race 1 at Misano, Italy. After a 20-minute delay, racing got underway in treacherous conditions but after just…
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WSB: Rea masters Misano ahead of Cortese, Bautista off the front row!
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Rea takes his first back-to-back poles since 2017 on a day where Alvaro Bautista wasn’t able to shine! Despite morning rain, the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” dried out for a frantic Tissot Superpole session for the 2019 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship. With multiple changes in the closing stages at the Italian venue, it…
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MotoGP: JACK MILLER tries out ALVARO BAUTISTA’S Ducati V4 R race bike… (bet Alex Marquez’s interested in this!)
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The big question is – why? Is he getting his eye in on the bike he’s going to compete on in 2020 whilst Alex Marquez makes good on his talks with Pramac Ducati to join MotoGP next year? Ducati is being pretty coy about the actual motivations for the Australian getting out on the Bautista…
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There’s a MotoGP Kawasaki coming for next year (but it’ll race in WSB… so there’ll be a customer version that you can buy!)
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The news isn’t some pie-in-the-sky either, this has come directly from the big boss himself. Speaking to Speedweek.com, Kawasaki’s Race Director Ichiro Yoda admitted that the green team was chasing its tail in WSB, trying to peg back the all-conquering Ducati of Alvaro Bautista. For the past four years WSB has been the dominant shooting…
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WSB: Two-time World Champion Max Biaggi. “There seems to be no way out for the WSB”
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Max Biaggi has taken to social media, expressing his opinion about the decline of the World Superbike Championship. Italy’s first Superbike World Champion has a unique perspective on WSB, taking the title twice over his five year run in the race series – and he also spent three years racing MotoGP too – so he’s…
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Marco Melandri being courted by Ducati to sign alongside Chaz in WSB
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So here’s another name in the frame to ride alongside Chaz Davies on the WSB Ducati next year – Marco Melandri. The news has been confirmed by Paolo Ciabatti who has thrown the Italian’s name into the mix of three riders who may end up alongside the talented Welshman. Ciabatti said: “It’s true that we…
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WSB – Sykes takes dramatic win in the USA
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Tom Sykes has taken victory in Race 2 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, heading the Ducati duo of Davide Giugliano and Chaz Davies over the line. With a slight wheelie off the line from Jonathan Rea alongside, KRT rider Tom Sykes kept the lead from pole as Davide Giugliano benefitted from P3 and slotted in…
