January

Year: 2018

Month: January

WSB: Northern Ireland to host WSB round from 2019

01 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike bosses are poised to announce a deal that will see a round of the series held at the new Lake Torrent circuit in Northern Ireland in 2019. Earlier this afternoon BBC Northern Ireland...

WSB: Camier quick despite lack of electronics switch

30 January 2018 by Oli Rushby

Leon Camier impressed in his third test with the Red Bull Honda team to place second quickest behind World Champion Jonathan Rea at Portimao. While his quickest time was set on qualifying rubber,...

WSB: Rea remains quickest as rookie Razgatlioglu shines

29 January 2018 by Greg Haines

Jonathan Rea remained quickest as the Portimao World Superbike test drew to a close on Monday, although it was fellow Kawasaki rider Toprak Razgatlioglu who grabbed the attention by cracking the top...

WSB: Sykes leads way after Jerez test

24 January 2018 by Oli Rushby

Kawasaki once again reigned supreme as testing for the 2018 World Superbike Championship got underway at Jerez this week, but it was Tom Sykes at the top of the timesheets at the end of the two-day...

WSB: Dorna considering triple headers for Donington and Portimao

24 January 2018 by Greg Haines

The Superbike World Championship is likely to run three races on at least two race weekends this season, MCN can reveal. The word in the Jerez paddock, where a two day test is taking place this week,...

WSB: Lowes chases Rea as 2018 testing gets underway

23 January 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea shrugged off two small crashes to start 2018 where he left off on top of the timesheets as testing got underway at Jerez today. The three-time world champion wasn’t to let two small...

WSB: 1000cc V4 Panigale breaks cover in Jerez

23 January 2018 by Oli Rushby

The 1000cc version of the V4-engined Panigale Ducati will race in 2019 broke cover at Jerez today, where the Italian marque are testing with Lorenzo Zanetti alongside their World Superbike team. While...

WSB: Honda WorldSBK boss quits ahead of 2018 season

20 January 2018 by Oli Rushby

The man at the helm of Honda’s World Superbike effort has parted ways with the squad ahead of the 2018 season. MCN understands Marco Chini, Honda’s WorldSBK Operations Manager, has left his role...

WSB Rider of the Year: 1st - Jonathan Rea

01 January 2018 by Oli Rushby

After another epic season of racing, MCN’s sports team of Michael Guy (Sports Editor), Simon Patterson (MotoGP Reporter) and Oli Rushby (Superbike Reporter) sat down to discuss who impressed them the...