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 factory... [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 Alstare... [Continue reading...]
MotoGP: Pedrosa Finishes 3rd Following A Storming Start
Dovizioso finishes 7th following a 3rd row start Pedrosa stormed into the lead from fourth on the grid but then found himself unable to match the pace of winner Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) and runner-up Casey Stoner (Ducati), the Australian making an impressive return from illness. But once Pedrosa was settled into third place he ran a consistently fast... [Continue reading...]
MotoGP: Outstanding Podium For Stoner At Portimao
Hayden finishes in a strong eighth position in Portugal The Ducati Marlboro Team celebrated the return of Casey Stoner with podium champagne in Portugal today as the Australian guided his GP9 back to the podium with a stunning second place. Stoner was back to riding in his style, fast, over all 28 laps of the Estoril race, with only eventual race winner... [Continue reading...]
MotoGP: Kallio Slips While Running Sixth-Canepa Thirteenth
Kallio goes into the gravel on lap six It seems like everything was going in the right direction today for Mika Kallio. The Pramac Racing rider, who started from the tenth position, conquered the seventh position after the first turn and after three laps he was in sixth place. His pace was between the fastest riders and he was trying to reach Edwards... [Continue reading...]
MotoGP: Capirossi Unlucky As Vermeulen Takes 10th In Portugal
Capirossi forced to retire on lap 20 with ECU fault Rizla Suzuki’s Loris Capirossi was forced to retire on the 20th lap of today’s Portuguese Grand Prix due to technical fault, with team-mate Chris Vermeulen battling up to 10th after starting from 15th on the grid. Capirossi made a good start to the race and was up to sixth position early... [Continue reading...]
Yamaha World Superbike Team On Top Form In Portimao Despite Bad Weather
The first test of 2009 for the Yamaha World Superbike Team at the Portimao circuit in Portugal was hampered by bad weather for the duration of the three days. Despite this setback both new riders performed well, fine tuning their set ups for the upcoming test and first race of the 2009 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island in Australia. Young... [Continue reading...]
Ninja ZX-10R And Parkes Meshing Well At Portimao
New signing Broc Parkes took his Kawasaki World Superbike Team Ninja ZX-10R to 15th place in the overall WSB ranking after three days of testing, despite frequent interruptions due to rain. Parkes has raced in World Supersport for many years recently and the team is new to Kawasaki machinery this season; facts which make the final mid-placing on the... [Continue reading...]
Max Neukirchner 2nd Fastest At Portimao WSBK Test
Team Suzuki Alstare’s Max Neukirchner blasted the new 2009-model Suzuki GSX-R1000K9 to the second fastest time under heavy weather conditions at the first official World Superbike test at Portimao in Portugal. Neukirchner lapped the 4.5 kilometre Autodromo Internacional Algarve circuit – which also tested the new Superpole procedure where... [Continue reading...]
Byrne Breaks Records Testing At Portimao
Shane Byrne was once again the rider to beat on day two of World Superbike testing as he broke the Portimao lap record. Byrne headed the time sheets for the second day in succession, recording a time of one minute 43.294 seconds to break Troy Bayliss’s old record on Pirelli race tyres. His time – nearly 0.35 seconds faster than the old mark... [Continue reading...]