World Supersport Championship leader Kenan Sofuoglu has been ruled out of Sunday’s Magny-Cours race after sustaining damage to his pelvis in a crash during Superpole. Sofuoglu – who leads the standings by four points from Lucas Mahias – was battling hard with Kallio Racing’s Niki Tuuli for pole position in the dying stages of Superpole at Magny-Cours, and […]
Niki Tuuli secured a maiden World Supersport pole position after qualifying was ended early at Magny-Cours due to a crash for championship leader Kenan Sofuoglu. Kallio Racing rider Tuuli was one of only a few riders to remain on the same slick tyre throughout the entirety of Superpole 2 as the track continually improved, and […]
Jonathan Rea won the 2017 World Superbike championship after cruising to victory at a wet Magny-Cours from pole position. The Kawasaki rider was 1.2 seconds clear of the field in qualifying, and stamped his authority from the off in the race, taking the holeshot and going 2.4s ahead of the battling Tom Sykes and Chaz […]
World Superbike Championship leader Jonathan Rea took a dominant pole at a wet Magny–Cours despite suffering a fall early in Superpole 2. The Kawasaki rider – who could become the first rider in WorldSBK history to win three title back–to–back later today – was three seconds quicker than anyone else in the wet third practice, […]
Honda World Superbike rider Stefan Bradl will sit out the remainder of the 2017 season due to a wrist injury he sustained in Portugal. The German suffered a torn scaphulonate ligament of his right wrist in a crash on the third lap of the first race at Portimao. Bradl underwent surgery on Thursday to have […]
Tom Sykes says he was surprised by his pace during practice for the World Superbike round from Magny-Cours despite breaking two fingers and his wrist in a crash two weeks ago. The Kawasaki rider snapped the little finger on his left hand in half, as well as breaking the finger next to it and his […]
Lucas Mahias ended a dramatic opening day at Magny-Cours in World Supersport fastest of all, while championship leader Kenan Sofuoglu crashed. The opening session at the French circuit was a relatively trouble-free affair, with GRT Yamaha’s Mahias – who is four points adrift of Sofuoglu in the standings – topping the morning timsheets with a […]
Jonathan Rea continued to set the pace at Magny-Cours after topping the second World Superbike practice session from Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark. Championship leader Rea – who can wrap up the 2017 WorldSBK title this weekend – ended the first session of the weekend fastest of all with a 1m37.849s, a time which stood […]
World Superbike Championship leader Jonathan Rea set the pace in a tight first practice for the French round ahead of MV Agusta’s Leon Camier. Kawasaki rider Rea comes into this weekend’s races at Magny-Cours with his first opportunity to wrap up the 2017 WorldSBK title, and made his intentions clear from the off with a benchmark […]
KTM test rider Mika Kallio will make a fourth race appearance this season as the Austrian marque has confirmed him as a wildcard for the MotoGP finale in Valencia. Kallio – a runner–up in the Moto2 and 125cc World Championships – has been a part of KTM‘s test team since the Austrian manufacturer first rolled […]
Former World Superbike rider Markus Reiterberger got his first taste of MotoGP machinery after testing KTM’s RC16 at Aragon this week. The reigning German IDM Superbike champion contested the 2016 and opening three rounds of the 2017 WorldSBK championship with Althea BMW. However, he left the series following the Spanish round at Aragon earlier this […]
Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli will remain as the sole supplier for the World Superbike Championship through to 2020 after signing a new two–year deal with Dorna Sports. Pirelli became WorldSBK’s sole tyre supplier back in 2004, providing production tyres for the Superbike, Supersport and Superstock classes of the world championship. Now in the 14th season […]