2008
HM Plant and Hydrex Bike Animal Honda confirmed for Donington WSB
28 July 2008 by
Leon Haslam, Cal Crutchlow and James Ellison have all been confirmed for the Donington Park round of World Superbikes on September 7. The HM Plant team has hinted towards at appearance at Donington...
Troy Bayliss enters The Race of Champions
28 July 2008 by
Troy Bayliss will swap two wheels for four on December 14 when he represents Australia in the Race of Champions alongside F1 pilot Mark Webber. The two-time World Superbike Champion and current WSB...
Video: Chris Walker tests his new World Superbike Fireblade
24 July 2008 by
Chris Walker is poised to make a dramatic return to the World Superbike Championship in ten days time at Brands Hatch and MCN caught up with him on video at his first test of the motorcycle at Oulton Park. Check out the video below to hear what Walker thinks of the Paul Bird Honda Fireblade and see him in action around the track.
Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Karl Harris to wildcard in World Supersport
24 July 2008 by
Karl Harris will be looking to rekindle his supersport riding days with a wildcard appearance at Brands Hatch World Superbikes. The Rob Mac Racing Yamaha BSB man has landed the vacant spot in the...
Good progress for Chris Walker on debut World Superbike test
23 July 2008 by
Chris Walker made a solid start to his revived WSB career onboard the Paul Bird Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade at Oulton Park today. Watch an interview with Chris Walker and see him in...
Chris Walker tests Paul Bird Motorsport Superbike
23 July 2008 by
Chris Walker has just completed his first test onboard the Paul Bird Motorsport Honda Superbike at Oulton Park with the popular Brit poised to make a dramatic return to the World Superbike...
Tom Sykes's WSB wild card
23 July 2008 by
What great news to hear that Tom Sykes of the Rizla Suzuki Team has got a wild card ride at the Brands Hatch World Superbike round. As Tom said after his double win at Oulton Park Bennetts British...
Brno World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss does the double
20 July 2008 by
Troy Bayliss has yet again done the double at the Brno World Superbike round ahead of team-mate Michel Fabrizio, who finished second. Bayliss, Corser and Biaggi led the race from the beginning,...
Brno World Supersport: Jonathan Rea takes win, Craig Jones retires
20 July 2008 by
Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea has taken the win in the World Supersport race at Brno after an epic battle with Brit Craig Jones and team-mate Andrew Pitt. The 18 lap race saw an epic battle at the...
Brno World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss wins race one
20 July 2008 by
Troy Bayliss has extended his championship lead with a win in race one at the Brno World Superbike round. Ex-MotoGP rider Max Biaggi lead for the beginning of the race, swapping places with Australian...
Brno World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss qualifies first on the grid
19 July 2008 by
Troy Bayliss set the fastest lap in superpole at Brno to claim first place on the grid for tomorrow’s two races. Ten Kate Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari was the first rider to put in a lap during...
Brno World Supersport: Jonathan Rea fastest, Garry McCoy in hospital
19 July 2008 by
Jonathan Rea stormed to the fastest time in this mornings World Supersport Free Practice session, confirming his intentions for tomorrows race. Onboard the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda, Rea finished ahead...
Season in doubt for injured Fabien Foret
19 July 2008 by
Factory Yamaha World Supersport rider Fabien Foret has been ruled out of the Brno race weekend following a heavy crash in first qualifying on Friday. The Frenchman was knocked unconscious when he fell...
Brno World Superbikes: Smrz on pole as Ducati fill seven of the top ten places on the grid
18 July 2008 by
Jacob Smrz backed up his impressive free practice performance by dominating the first qualifying session by setting provisional pole position on his Guandalini Ducati. The Czech rider completed 19...
Brno World Superbikes: Craig Jones on front row pace again in first qualifying
18 July 2008 by
Broc Parkes annihilated the Brno track record with a blistering 2,03.604s lap to set provisional pole position for Sundays World Supersport race. The Yamaha man was the first rider to dip in to the...
Brno World Superbikes: Craig Jones fourth in opening WSS Practice
18 July 2008 by
Briton Craig Jones finished fourth fastest in the opening World Supersport Free Practice session in Brno this morning. The Parkalgar Honda rider spent time at the top of the timesheets but was...
Pirelli confirmed as WSB tyre supplier until 2012
18 July 2008 by
WSB organisers, FGSport have confirmed that Pirelli will remain the sole tyre supplier for Superbike, Supersport, Superstock 1000 and Superstock 600 classes until 2012. Buy Pirelli tyres...
Brno World Superbikes: Surprise package Smrz fastest in free practice
18 July 2008 by
Local hero Jacob Smrz fired his Guandalini Ducati to the fastest time in the opening Free Practice session ahead of established stars Max Biaggi, Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus at Brno. Smrz has been a...
Yamaha Livery Design Competition: Vote for the winner
16 July 2008 by
These are the top five entries in MCN’s Yamaha Livery Design competition, handpicked from hundreds by our judging panel which included Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga. Now it is down to you to choose...
Video: Troy Bayliss shows us just how important his Ducati Xerox Team are
08 July 2008 by
Troy Bayliss is leading the World Superbike championship on his Ducati Xerox at the moment and a large part of what has got him that lead has come from the team around so he has decided to show exactly who his team are in this video. Check out the video below to get a guided tour of all the members of the Ducati Xerox Team, from Boss Davide Tardozzi to the guy who makes Troy’s meals, and learn...
Get your livery design on Yamaha's World Superbikes
01 July 2008 by
From September 5-9 the World Superbike Championship touches down in the UK for round 11 at Donington Park. To celebrate this adrenalin fuelled race weekend, Yamaha are offering one lucky British...
Misano World Superbikes: Xaus and Biaggi make it a Sterilgarda 1-2
29 June 2008 by
It was a Sterilgarda 1-2 for the second World Superbike race at Misano as Ruben Xaus and Max Biaggi beat off the two Troys to top the podium. The race was marred by a red flag after just two laps when...
Misano World Supersport: Jones and Rea on podium
29 June 2008 by
Two brits have taken podium positions at the Misano round of the World Supersport championship with Andrew Pitt taking the win. Craig Jones and Jonathan Rea made it a Honda one, two, three on the...
Misano World Superbikes: Neukirchner takes race one
29 June 2008 by
Max Neukirchner has dispelled the myth that Misano is a Ducati cricuit by taking an impressive win from 10th place on the grid. Ruben Xaus lead the majority of the race but faded towards the end with...
Misano world Superbikes: Troy Corser takes pole
28 June 2008 by
Troy Corser put a stop to Ducati’s utter domination of the Superpole qualifying session at Misano to take pole position, his 42nd of his distinguished career. The Yamaha Italia rider was slower than pace setter Troy Bayliss through the first two splits but somehow managed to claw the time back and become the first and only rider to dip into the 1m 35s all weekend. Second place went to Bayliss...
Misano World Supersport: Craig Jones on front row
28 June 2008 by
Craig Jones has put his Parkalgar Honda on the front row of the grid for tomorrows 22 lap World Supersport race in Misano. During the final session held in scorching 31 degree temperatures the young...
Misano World Superbikes: Corser tops second qualifying
28 June 2008 by
Australian Troy Corser pulled out all the stops in the final qualifying session for world Superbikes to outpace fellow country man Troy Bayliss to take provisional pole position. Corser who took pole...
Misano World Superbikes: Bayliss takes control in qualifying practice
27 June 2008 by
Troy Bayliss took control of the opening qualifying session at Misano to post a blistering 1m 36.863 second lap to take provisional pole for Sunday’s two World Superbike races. Fresh from a...
Misano World Supersport: Jonathan Rea fourth despite run in with Joan Lascorz
27 June 2008 by
Britain’s Jonathan Rea has qualified on the provisional front row of the grid for Sunday’s 22 lap World Supersport race in Misano. Rea has instantly gelled with the Italian circuit, but at the end of...
Misano World Superbikes: Corser dominates opening free practice at Misano
27 June 2008 by
Troy Corser continued the blistering pace he showed at Nurburgring two weeks ago by spending the majority of the opening one hour long free practice session at the top of the time sheets. The...
Misano World Supersport: Broc Parkes sets the pace, Jonathan Rea third
27 June 2008 by
The Yamaha pairing of Broc Parkes and Fabien Foret set the pace in this morning’s opening free practice session at Misano. Parkes and Foret were the only men to lap in the 1min 40sec bracket around...
Video: StoneBaker’s onboard lap of Misano
27 June 2008 by
The two-man StoneBaker Racing team of Dan Linfoot and Gino Rea head into this weekend’s European Superstock Race at Misano in confident mood after completing a successful test at the San Marino track at the beginning of June. Last time out at Nurburgring, 18-year-old Gino Rea scored his first podium of the year, finishing third, in a thrilling nine lap race, with Linfoot in sixth. Linfoot...
Ruben Xaus signs for BMW
26 June 2008 by
BMW have announced today that Spaniard Ruben Xaus has signed a contract to ride the all new S1000RR Superbike in World Superbike for 2009. Xaus has signed a two year deal for the German manufacturer...
SC Caracchi Triumph back, Garry McCoy injured
24 June 2008 by
The Italian SC Caracchi Triumph World Supersport team will be back in action this weekend at Misano after missing the Nurburgring race in Germany two weeks ago. The team were forced out of the German...
Troy Bayliss confident for Misano Race
24 June 2008 by
Following his three day test at Mugello last week, World Superbike series leader Troy Bayliss heads to this weekend’s Misano race in confident mood after finding some improvements on his Xerox Ducati...
Tommy Hill out of hospital following successful surgery
23 June 2008 by
Tommy Hill has left hospital today (Monday) after a successful operation to repair his broken right femur sustained at the Nurburgring World Supersport race eight days ago. Racing for the first time...