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Tech3 Yamaha MotoGP rookie Jonas Folger has finally had the illness which has forced him to miss the final four races of the season diagnoses and is now beginning recovery. The German withdrew from the Japanese Grand Prix last month having been suffering from a suspected case of Epstein Barr virus. He missed the rest […]
The Kawasaki Puccetti Racing squad will field European Superstock 1000 runner–up Toprak Razgatlioglu in World Superbikes next season. The Turkish rider – protege of five–time World Supersport champion Kenan Sofuoglu – has been long linked with a step up to WorldSBK in 2018 with Manuel Puccetti‘s team, and did nothing to dispel this after a […]
World Superbike rider Michael van der Mark will return to MotoGP action with Tech3 Yamaha in next weekend’s season final in Valencia as Jonas Folger is still unfit to ride. Dutchman van der Mark was called up to replace the ill Folger – who has been struck down by Epstein Barr Virus and has been […]
Tom Sykes says he is putting the 2017 season ‘in a box’ after a crash in the early stages of race two cost him the chance to fight for runner-up spot in the championship. The Kawasaki rider endured a tough Qatar weekend from the outset, with an engine failure in second practice robbing him of […]
Leandro Mercado will return to the World Superbike Championship next season after signing a deal to join the Orelac Kawasaki Racing squad, who are stepping up from World Supersport. Argentine Mercado stepped back up to WorldSBK after a year in the European Superstock 1000 class – in which he was runner–up – with the IodaRacing […]
Jonathan Rea capped off his title-winning 2017 World Superbike season with his sixth double of the year to surpass the record of 552 points set by Colin Edwards in 2002 with 556. Rea edged one clear of Troy Bayliss to go second on the all-time winners list after dominating the opening race at Losail, and […]
Lucas Mahias clinched the 2017 World Supersport Championship after pipping Jules Cluzel to victory in Qatar, while Kenan Sofuoglu valiantly fought through to third. Mahias came into the finale 20 points clear of the injured Sofuoglu – who is just five weeks after multiple fractures to his pelvis in France – and needed just six […]
Jonathan Rea moved into second in the all-time World Superbike winners list after taking his 53rd victory in dominant fashion in race one in Qatar. The Northern Irishman – who took his first win in WorldSBK at Misano in 2009 – eased to pole position at Losail earlier on Friday evening with a new lap record, and […]
Alex Lowes endured a luckless opening World Superbike race in Qatar when a damaged brake lever from crash on lap 11 caught his glove and led to another fall on the penultimate lap. Lowes was second on the combined times after Thursday’s two practice sessions, and carried that form through to Superpole to be pole […]
Jonathan Rea cruised to a maiden win at the Losail Circuit in the first race of the Qatar World Superbike weekend, while Chaz Davies recovered from eighth in Superpole to finish second. Pole man Rea nailed his launch and took the holeshot into the first corner. He immediately put a second of daylight between himself […]
Lucas Mahias smashed the Losail World Supersport lap record to take his maiden pole in the class, while championship rival Kenan Sofuoglu gritted his teeth to go fourth fastest. GRT Yamaha’s Mahais comes into the final round of the year 20 points clear of Sofuoglu, who was passed fit prior to third practice to race […]
Jonathan Rea set a new Losail lap record to grab pole for the first race of the Qatar World Superbike weekend, with Yamaha’s Alex Lowes his closest challenger in second. New world champion Rea comes into this weekend seeking to better Colin Edwards’ record points tally of 552 from 2002, and has been in imperious […]