February

Year: 2018

Month: February

WSB: Melandri snatches victory from Rea for Phillip Island double

25 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Marco Melandri snatched victory from world champion Jonathan Rea by just 0.021 seconds in today’s second race to walk away with a double win from Phillip Island this weekend. Rea looked to be in...

WSB: Compulsory pit stops for race two after tyre concerns

24 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike bosses have enforced a mandatory pit stop during tomorrow’s second World Superbike race after a number of riders experienced severe tyre difficulties during today’s opening race. Marco...

WSB: Melandri wins season opener with Rea off the podium

24 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Marco Melandri opened the 2018 World Superbike season with a stunning victory at Phillip Island as tyre concerns made for an interesting start to the year. It was the Kawasaki of Tom Sykes who took an...

WSB: Savadori leads Camier on opening day of action

23 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Milwaukee Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori led the way as the 2018 Superbike World Championship got underway in mixed conditions at Phillip Island. It was a busy day for the Superbike class, with three free...

WSB: 2018 rules explained

22 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Last year’s World Superbike championship saw a Kawasaki or Ducati finish on the podium 72 times with just 78 podium places up for grabs across the 13-round season. The dominance of those two factory...

WSB: Phillip Island season opener timetable and TV times

22 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Winter is finally over. The 2018 race season starts this weekend with the opening round of the Superbike World Championship getting underway in Australia this weekend. Phillip Island is renowned for...

WSB: Freddie Spencer joins Eurosport World Superbike commentary team

22 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Grand Prix legend Freddie Spencer is set to join MCN’s Greg Haines in the Eurosport commentary box for a number of World Superbike races this year. The three-time World Champion will join Haines for...

WSB: Lowes: 'We can win races this year'

22 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Alex Lowes reckons the development work done by Yamaha through the winter will enable him and team-mate Michael van der Mark to fight for race wins in 2018. With the season set to get underway in...

WSB: Davies: 'Racing will be closer in 2018'

22 February 2018 by Greg Haines

Twice runner-up and 23-times a race winner in the last three years, Chaz Davies is fired up and ready for another attack despite the new rules hitting Ducati harder than most. Davies lost out to Rea...

WSB: Rea: 'New rules motivate me more'

22 February 2018 by Greg Haines

With three back-to-back titles already behind him, Jonathan Rea glides into 2018 as the man to beat. He could equal Carl Fogarty’s record of four titles and just five more victories will see him...

WSB: Rea quickest from Melandri as testing draws to close

20 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

World Champion Jonathan Rea headed the pack once again as pre-season testing for the 2018 Superbike World Championship drew to a close at Phillip Island today. Conditions were much improved from...

WSS: Irwin ruled out of debut with hand injury

19 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Britain’s Andrew Irwin has been ruled out of this weekend’s World Supersport opener at Phillip Island after a crash during testing. The 2017 British Supersport runner-up crashed heavily on the first...

WSB: Melandri quickest as Phillip Island test gets underway

19 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

It was a windy start to proceedings as the final preparations got underway for this weekend’s opening round of the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island. Italian Marco Melandri led the way...

WSB: Former Rea crew chief announced as Honda WorldSBK boss

15 February 2018 by Greg Haines

Honda Motor Europe has confirmed Chris Pike as its new WorldSBK Operations Manager, as revealed by MCN on Thursday morning. Pike rejoins the team he last worked with between 2012-2014, then serving...

Gallery: PATA Yamaha launch 2018 WSB effort

08 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

The PATA Yamaha World Superbike team lifted the covers off the 2018 YZF-R1 Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark will campaign in 2018 at an official team launch in Portimao. Staying on at the...

Gallery: Kawasaki lift covers off 2018 challenger

08 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Kawasaki Racing Team have this evening lifted the covers off their 2018 World Superbike challenger at the team’s HQ just outside Barcelona. Retaining KRT’s traditional green, black and white colours,...

Gallery: Aruba Ducati unveil 2018 WSB contender

07 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

The Aruba Racing Ducati team today unveiled their 2018 World Superbike contender in Italy. The team, which will campaign Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri for the second consecutive year, was launched...