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British racer Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) and motorcycle racing veteran Carlos Checa (Althea Ducati) started off great in the 2010 World Superbike Championship, winning a race apiece after the first round of the series, at Phillip Island. Both wins were close ...
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Echo CRS Honda has moved rather quickly in finding a proper replacement for their 2010 rider Broc Parkes, for the opening round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship in Australia. British Superbike rider Josh Brookes will take over the riding duties for the ...
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The DFX Corse Team announced it has contracted Lorenzo Lanzi as the sole and full-time rider for the team in this year's World Superbike Championship. The Italian, however, is not in his first year with the team, as he also raced last season as a replacement for ...
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With only a few weeks before the official start of the motorcycle racing season, most riders seem to be having a hard time keeping themselves healthy enough for the opening rounds of the 2010 competition year. After the news about Jorge Lorenzo's injury in the MotoGP a ...
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Suzuki Alstare Signs New Sponsor AgreementWORLD SUPERBIKEThe Suzuki Alstare team announced they signed an agreement with a new sponsor, Viru, for the 2010 World Superbike Championship season. Ironically, though drinking and riding are not a very pleasant mixture, Viru is an Estonian beer manufacturer. However, Alstare has already worked with Viru on several SBK operations in recent years. " We are very happy to be involved with Team Suzuki Alstare because they are such an important team in the Superbike World Championship. We are looking forward to supporting them and fighting for the title this year," Pietro Biscaldi said in a release. The Suzuki Alstare team also further confirmed Dark Dog for 2010, alongside their other current long-standing technical partners. Winter testing sessions also gave the team an optimistic view ... >> Read more |
One week after the Fiat Yamaha MotoGP team revealed its new 2010 YZR-M1 machine, the Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike team took the wraps of their own racebike today. The team launched the new YZF-R1 livery at the Sterilgarda headquarters in Castiglione delle ...
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It seems that all great forces in Italy have joined to create a forceful competitor for Ducati in the World Superbike Championship this season. Backed by Italy's No 1 airline company Alitalia, Aprilia Racing promises a great campaign in 2010, a year in which they ...
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Italian Matteo Baiocco was recently confirmed by the Pedercini Kawasaki team for the 2010 World Superbike championship alongside his already signed team-mate Roger Lee Hayden. Baiocco debuted in the WSBK last year with the PSG1 Kawasaki team but ended the season ...
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BMW Motorrad Motorsport recently made an official presentation of its FIM Superbike World Championship team, with riders Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus ready to compete in the first WSBK round, set to take place at Phillip Island on February 28. Both riders gave a ...
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After being unable to complete the test session on Wednesday due to the bad weather conditions, yesterday Althea Ducati riders Carlos Checa and Shane Byrne were finally able to show their skills at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, Spain.
Checa was able to ...
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Italian chips producer PATA is title sponsor of the Borciani and Guandolini Racing team for the 2010 Superbike World Championship. The team signed up Jakub Smrz to compete on the two Ducati 1098 machines. The Czech rider finished tenth in the overall standings last ...
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The latest World Superbike test session that took place at the Spanish circuit in Valencia yesterday concluded with minimal running time for the factory Aprilia team, due to the poor weather conditions. The wet track made the team pack up early, and neither Leon ...
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Silverstone will host the British round of the World Superbike championship in 2010, on August 1, replacing Donington Park. Silverstone recently revealed a new experiential driving and test complex, dubbed Stowe, which comprises customer focused test track ...
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Ducati Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio was invited to Rome's Campidoglio last week to receive the “Sportsman of The Year” award from the Mayor of the city, Gianni Alemanno. The 25-year-old rider was awarded for “his noteworthy contribution to the world of ...
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After being replaced by Tom Sykes and Chris Vermeulen in the Paul Bird Motorsport Kawasaki team, Makoto Tamada confirmed he will remain in the World Superbike Championship after signing a deal with Pro Ride Honda, newcomers to the series. The switch comes after two ...
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The Ducati Xerox Team had just announced some significant internal reorganization with just few days before the official testing at Portimao, due to be held on January 22, 2010.
Just as we previously reported, riders Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio have both been ...
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Finally, the BMW Motorrad Motorsport made an official announcement regarding the appointment of Davide Tardozzi as the new team manager. The Italian will head up team management and operational control at the race tracks in the Superbike World Championship.
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Former Ducati Xerox Superbike team manager Davide Tardozzi was confirmed as a part of the factory BMW World Superbike team for the next three years. The 50-year-old Italian left Ducati at the end of the 2009 FIM World Superbike Championship season looking for a ...
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Nicky Hayden’s youngest brother, Roger Lee Hayden, has been confirmed by the Italian Pedercini Kawasaki team for the 2010 World Superbike Championship season. Hayden will compete on a ZX-10R, a machine with which he has already been familiarized during his ...
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Despite some recent rumors which placed the seven-time AMA Superbike champ in the Reitwagen BMW team for 2010, Matt Mladin yesterday put an end to all speculations that he will return to World Superbike next year.
Some two weeks ago, Mladin fueled speculation ...
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