Kenan Sofuoglu will start on pole for Sunday’s 19-lap Rimini World Supersport race, the Turkish rider narrowly pipping Jules Cluzel in qualifying. Puccetti Kawasaki rider Sofuoglu had never taken pole at Misano prior to this season, and made his intentions to rectify this clear from the off, topping the session with a 1m38.897s after his […]
Tom Sykes took a shock victory in race one of the Rimini World Superbike round, a collision between Chaz Davies and Jonathan Rea gifting the Yorkshireman his second win of the season. The 21-lap race was a dramatic one from start to finish. Off the line, Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark scythed his way up […]
Tom Sykes blasted the Misano lap record to take his 40th career World Superbike pole position, the Yorkshireman 0.328 seconds clear of the field. Sykes hit the ground running in first practice for the Rimini WorldSBK round on Friday, but a change in set-up and a crash in the afternoon saw him drop behind Kawasaki […]
Marco Melandri heads into Saturday’s track action at Misano with renewed confidence, after several set-up changes resolved many of the issues that have plagued him in previous rounds. The Ducati rider has been struggling with rear stability while shifting up through the gearbox, as well as with a lack of confidence under braking and difficulties in […]
Alex Lowes was left searching for more mid-corner confidence with his Yamaha, after a tough first day of running at Misano in which the Briton crashed three times. Donington Park podium finisher Lowes enjoyed a positive two days of testing at the Italian circuit prior to the Rimini round, and was confident of a strong showing this […]
Kenan Sofuoglu brushed off a technical issue this morning and a crash late in second practice to end Friday’s Rimini World Supersport action fastest of all from Britain’s Gino Rea. Sofuoglu comes into this weekend’s seventh round of the season 30 points off of the championship lead following his third straight win last time out […]
Championship leader Jonathan Rea ended the opening day of track action for the Rimini World Superbike round fastest of all, the Kawasaki rider narrowly beating team-mate Tom Sykes to top spot in second practice. Rea lost some of his morning session to a minor technical issue, but was still able to come into the second […]
Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes opened up the Rimini World Superbike weekend with the fastest time of the first free practice session, the Yorkshireman edging team-mate Jonathan Rea by just half a tenth of a second. Conditions were near perfect for the first hour-long session of the seventh round of the 2017 season. With testing mileage under […]
Milestone’s MotoGP series has come along ways since it sped back into our living rooms in 2013. However, recent years’ titles have seen the Italian developer stall, fresh ideas and genuine leaps forward proving few and far between. MotoGP 17 is the fifth title in Milestone’s now long-running series of games and one that has […]
KTM rider Bradley Smith expects to be fit enough to return to action for the next round of the 2017 season at the TT Circuit Assen, after missing the Catalunya Grand Prix with a finger injury. Smith took the skin off of his left little finger when his hand got trapped under his handlebar after he […]
World Superbike Championship bosses are set to decide on introducing control electronics to the series for 2018 in the coming weeks, as it seeks to create a more competitive championship. In recent weeks, several team bosses have called on WorldSBK to reduce the performance gap in the championship and give other manufacturers a chance to […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies is hoping to put the misfortunes of past trips to Misano behind him and reward the ‘humbling’ Italian crowd with two strong results this weekend. The World Superbike Championship has already made one visit to Italy this season at Imola, where Davies stormed to his first double of the season to reignite […]