It’s been over three long months since the chequered flag dropped on the 2016 World Superbike Championship in Qatar, but we are now just a couple of weeks away from the start of the 2017 season. Though exciting at times, I think it’s fair to say that WorldSBK 2016 didn’t quite deliver the titanic championship […]
Aruba.it Ducati World Superbike rider Chaz Davies has expressed his desire to switch to the MotoGP World Championship next season should he win the title this year. Davies is no stranger to grand prix racing, competing in the 125cc and 250cc classes from 2002 through to 2006 on an Aprilia and a Honda. The Welshman also […]
Reigning World Superbike champions Kawasaki Racing pulled the wraps off of their 2017 ZX-10RR at the team’s launch party in Barcelona last night. For the second season in succession, KRT come into the new year with the task of defending both the riders’ and manufacturers’ world championships after a dominant 2016. Armed with a new […]
Team Del Conca Gresini Moto3 rider Fabio Di Giannantonio has suffered a fracture to his collarbone following a crash at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit during a private pre-season test today. The Italian rider, who enters his second season in the world championship with Fausto Gresini’s squad as one of the favourites for the title, was […]
Australian Josh Brookes has launched a Go Fund Me page in order to raise the remainder of the necessary funds required for his Phillip Island World Superbike wildcard at the end of the month. Brookes, the British Superbike Champion in 2015, stepped over to the World Championship last year with Sean Muir Racing’s Milwaukee BMW […]
The company behind the Circuit of Wales, Heads of the Valleys Development Company, has submitted the requested names of private investors to Welsh Economy Secretary Ken Skates, and their latest funding plan will now be examined in detail before a final decision is made. HOVDC were handed a two-week deadline by Mr Skates in January […]
The Aruba.it Ducati team are the latest on the World Superbike grid to officially unveil their 2017 machine, pulling the wraps off of this year’s Panigale R at the squad’s launch presentation in Italy today. The factory-supported Ducati outfit come into this season off of a strong back-end to their 2016 campaign, during which Britain’s Chaz […]
The Pata Yamaha World Superbike team has unveiled its 2017 YZF-R1 to the world at Yamaha Motor Europe’s official season launch today in Italy. Running a near-identical colour scheme to last season, the Crescent Racing-run outfit enter their second year as Yamaha’s factory entrant in the World Superbike Championship following two disastrous campaigns with Suzuki in 2014 and 2015. 2013 British Superbike […]
World Superbike Championship organisers Dorna Sports has finalised the race calendar for the 2017 season, with the penultimate round of the year confirmed to be taking place in Jerez. Originally pencilled in as ‘to be confirmed’ amid ongoing negotiations between Dorna and the Spanish venue, the final calendar sees Jerez retain the second-to-last to spot […]
Former 500cc race winner and World Superbike Champion Carlos Checa has said that he expects Jorge Lorenzo to do well in his maiden season as a Ducati rider. Lorenzo will partner Andrea Dovizioso at Ducati this season after nine years as a Yamaha rider, with whom he won a staggering 44 races and three riders’ […]
Honda World Superbike has unveiled its 2017 challenger and a title sponsorship deal with energy drink giants Red Bull in Austria. Run by the Dutch Ten Kate squad, Honda WorldSBK come into the 2017 championship with a brand-new CBR1000RR SP2 at their disposal, as well as two former grand prix world champions in Nicky Hayden […]
The Repsol Honda Team has officially launched their 2017 season in a presentation in Jakarta today, with both Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa in attendance to pull the wraps off of their 2017 challenger. The 2017 RC213V bears an almost identical resemblance to its predecessors, with the only notable difference so far being the new, […]