Vamag MV Agusta’s Roberto Rolfo won a sensational opening round of the 2017 World Supersport Championship in a photo-finish with GRT Yamaha’s Lucas Mahias. It was a chaotic start to proceedings. Pole man and early leader PJ Jacobsen ran off track on lap two with a mechanical issue, while his successor at the front of the […]
Alex Lowes narrowly missed out on his first podium for Yamaha in today’s race after crossing the line just 0.032s behind Kawasaki’s third-placed Tom Sykes. The British rider had focused his efforts on long runs during pre-season testing, so came into the opening race of the year with a good understanding of how his YZF-R1 […]
Red Bull Honda’s Stefan Bradl ended his maiden World Superbike outing 15th after a tricky afternoon on the new Fireblade. The team took delivery of the brand new CBR1000RR SP2 only a couple of weeks before testing got under way in January, so time has been against them and the bike is still not at a […]
Marco Melandri ended his first World Superbike race in two years in the gravel after crashing his Aruba.it Ducati at the Southern Loop whilst battling for the podium. The Italian has had a strong comeback weekend so far, showing strong form throughout practice and backing that up with third on the grid in qualifying with […]
Kawasaki Racing’s Jonathan Rea narrowly beat Ducati’s Chaz Davies to draw first blood in the 2017 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island. The reigning champion started from pole position alongside KRT team-mate Tom Sykes, but both fell behind the fast-starting Ducati duo of Marco Melandri and Davies, as well as the Yamaha of Alex Lowes. The action was fast […]
MV Agusta’s PJ Jacobsen will start the opening race of the 2017 World Supersport Championship from pole position ahead of CIA Landlords Insurance Honda’s Jules Cluzel. Jacobsen has been untouchable throughout the weekend so far, so pole position was almost assured for the American. However, the competition was tight right to the chequered flag. At […]
Reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea smashed the Phillip Island qualifying record to take the first pole of 2017, narrowly beating Kawasaki team-mate Tom Sykes. Rea has been in good form all weekend on the ZX-10RR, and made no secret of his intentions from the off in Superpole 2 by topping the time sheets with […]
While Pata Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark may have lagged behind somewhat on Friday’s time sheets, the Dutch rider is still confident of a strong showing in tomorrow’s race after putting in a decent long run in practice. For the first time in his World Superbike career, the 2014 World Supersport champion enters a new […]
Milwaukee Aprilia’s Eugene Laverty spent his first day back in World Superbikes struggling to turn his RSV4-RF, leaving the 2013 runner-up down in 11th and facing Superpole 1. The Northern Irishman returns to WorldSBK after two years in MotoGP with the Aspar team, and is back on the bike he so very nearly secured the 2013 […]
MV Agusta’s PJ Jacobsen ends the first day of running ahead of the opening round of the 2017 World Supersport Championship top of the pile despite not improving on his lap time in FP2. The American rider proved quick during this week’s test at the Phillip Island circuit, and carried that momentum forward into today’s […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies topped the combined time sheets at the end of second practice as the runners for the first Superpole sessions of the 2017 season have been decided. Much of the session so the riders working on long runs, with only a handful bettering their effort from this morning’s FP1. Davies sat top […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies topped the opening free practice session of the new World Superbike season from reigning world champion Jonathan Rea. The 4.4km Phillip Island circuit was abuzz with activity when FP1 was given the green flag, with times already dipping underneath last year’s fastest race lap. However, with seven minutes gone, the first […]