Aruba.it Ducati rider Michael Ruben Rinaldi cruised to victory in the opening round of the 2017 European Superstock 1000 Championship. The Italian snatched pole position away from Nuova M2 Aprilia rider Max Scheib right at the death of qualifying yesterday, and this strongly hinted towards a good scrap between the pair in Sunday’s 13-lap race. […]
Former Red Bull Rookies Cup runner-up and grand prix rider Scott Deroue made history at MotorLand Aragon after he won the very first World Supersport 300 race. The Dutch rider started from pole, but didn’t make the greatest of starts and dropped to fifth, with Mykyta Kalinen taking the holeshot from Daniel Valle and Robert […]
Chaz Davies put his crash from yesterday behind him to take a stunning first win of the 2017 season after a hard-fought battle with Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea. Coming from the fourth row on the grid and not feeling totally happy with his Ducati, Davies’ prospects for Sunday’s second outing were not all that positive. Indeed, […]
Lucas Mahias became the third different winner in World Supersport 2017 after pipping Kallio Racing’s Sheridan Morais at the final corner on the final lap. The race was a typically frantic affair, with South African Morais leading into the first corner, whilst pole man PJ Jacobsen slipped back to fifth. Lorini Honda’s Kyle Smith was […]
Chaz Davies’ challenge for a maiden World Superbike crown took a hefty knock in the opening race of the Aragon weekend after he crashed out on the penultimate lap. Davies came into Saturday’s action on the back foot after losing all of FP1 to an engine issue. Though comfortably making it into the second part […]
Barni Racing’s Xavie Fores suffered burns to his arm and neck after his Ducati burst into flames late in the opening race of the weekend at MotorLand Aragon. The Spanish rider enjoyed a strong Superpole, dragging his customer Panigale R to the middle of the second row in fifth. Having secured two top five finishes […]
Honda’s Stefan Bradl brushed off a mechanical issue in Superpole to take his best result in the World Superbike Championship in Saturday’s first race of the Aragon weekend. The German rider progressed through to the second part of qualifying with Honda team-mate Nicky Hayden, and was looking good for a top 10 grid slot when […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Michael Ruben Rinaldi has secured pole position for tomorrow’s first round of the 2017 European Superstock 1000 race, pipping Max Scheib right at the death. Scheib came into today’s 30-minute qualifying as favourite for pole after topping the combined times at the end of free practice yesterday. Indeed, the Nuova M2 Aprilia rider […]
MV Agusta’s PJ Jacobsen has taken his second Supersport pole position of the season, narrowly edging the returning Kenan Sofuoglu to top spot. Jacobsen endured a nightmare race in Thailand, with an engine failure forcing him into an early bath. Keen to make up for his woes last time out, the American has been on […]
Jonathan Rea took his fifth win in succession in the 2017 World Superbike season after a titanic tussle with Ducati’s Chaz Davies, which ended with the Welshman in the gravel trap. Aragon has been billed as a pivotal round for Davies to get his championship challenge back on track, as he is the most decorated […]
Dutch rider Scott Deroue has claimed pole position for the very first World Supersport 300 race in a frantic qualifying session at MotorLand Aragon. Deroue, a former runner-up in the Red Bull Rookies Cup, comes into this year as one of the favourites given his experience on the world stage, and he certainly delivered on […]
Ducati’s Chaz Davies put the woes of Friday practice behind him to take pole position for the first race of the Aragon weekend, setting a new lap record in the process. Davies has endured a difficult time of things so far at MotorLand Aragon, losing FP1 to a blown engine and struggling in second practice […]