WSBK: Couragious Haga Loses Title By 6 Points in Portimao
Haga struggles to get the bike set up in Portugal A bittersweet finale for Noriyuki Haga and the Ducati Xerox Team today when they lost the World Superbike riders title by just six points, after the Japanese rider crashed out of Race 1, to then finish on the podium, second, in Race 2. Already winners in the constructors championship, the Ducati... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Guintoli To Make His Debut In Portimao
Guintoli takes his first ride for Suzuki Alstare in Portugal Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli will make his Team Suzuki Alstare debut in the last round of this year’s Superbike World Championship at the Autodromo Algarve in Portimao this coming weekend. Sylvain has already finished his season in the British Superbike Championship and joins the Suzuki... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Camier Dogged By Problems At Magny Cours WSB Debut
Camier retires in both races due to mechanical and electrical issues It was a long testing weekend for Leon Camier making his debut appearance for the Aprilia World Superbike Team at Magny Cours. After two extremely fraught races the 23-year-old was forced to retire from both races with electrical and mechanical problems. Camier who first sat... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Byrne Manages 8th And 7th At Magny Cours
Shane Bryne not confident with the front end of the bike Shakey Byrne rode two gritty races thanks to his sheer determination at the Magny Cours circuit today. The English rider got a good start in race 1 but lost a few positions in the first corners. He climbed up a few spots and then engaged in a nice duel with Troy Corser, at the end of which... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Haga Regains The Championship Lead At Magny Cours
Ducati take the WSB constructors title for the 16th time Magny-Cours (France), Sunday 4th October 2009: this afternoon on the French track of Magny-Cours, Noriyuki Haga took a fantastic Race 2 win on board his Ducati 1198, coming straight after his second place finish in the first race. With these results, Noriyuki regains the championship lead... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: More Wretched Luck For Kiyonari At Magny Cours
Kiyonari breaks his collarbone in race one crash Ryuichi Kiyonari crashed out of today’s opening World Superbike race at Magny-Cours in France, breaking his right collarbone and excluding himself from the second race. The Japanese ace broke the same collarbone at a test at the 4.41km French circuit last year, ruling him out of the 2008 races.... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Rea Takes A Podium In Race 2 At Magny Cours
Jonathan Rea forced to retire with mechanical problems in race one Jonathan Rea finished third in today’s second World Superbike championship race at Magny-Cours in France, going some way to make up for a disappointing retirement in race one. The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland had shown impressive pace throughout the weekend and started today’s... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Two Top Tens For Troy Corser At Magny Cours
Ruben Xaus struggles with his lack of fitness A day of hard graft in Magny-Cours today, saw Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport rider Troy Corser grab a pair of top ten finishes. He finished ninth in race one and tenth in race two, and left the 4.411kilometre circuit satisfied, but not entirely happy. His team mate Ruben Xaus continued to fight his pain... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Haslam Impresses With Two Top Five Finishes In France
Minor issues prevent Haslam from stepping on the podium Leon Haslam proved once again his potential in the ultra competitive World Superbike Championship pulling off two impressive race performances, finishing the penultimate races of the 2009 season with two top five finishes at Magny-Cours. Leon started race one from a sixth place and quickly... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Parkes Works Hard At Portimao Without Much Luck
Parkes forced to retire in race 1 due to gearbox problems-19th in race 2 Broc Parkes got onto the score sheet at the Magny-Cours WSB race, but had to work hard for his second race points scoring position, having retired in race one. Broc, the lone regular rider in the team this weekend as Makoto Tamada is recovering from a recent concussion, was... [Continue reading...]