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Camier Finds Improved MV After Melandri Test

25 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

On the first two days of the tests at Jerez Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) gave way to new test rider Marco Melandri, but on Wednesday he got to ride how own bike again with some improvements...

Rea At Near Track Best Pace at Jerez, Ellison fifth

25 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

A quick lap, one of many from Jonathan Rea (KRT), saw him edge away from the chasing pack once again at Jerez on the second day of testing. His 1’40.139 was done on a race tyre but was tantalisingly...

Rea Fast In Pace And Race Modes

24 November 2015 by Michael Guy

On the first day of the Jerez tests Jonathan Rea (KRT) was as fast as we have come to expect and again he was out ahead of the rest with a 1’40.826 lap, only closely followed by his own team-mate Tom...

Sykes Falls Trying New Options

24 November 2015 by Michael Guy

On an opening day at Jerez, when Kawasaki’s normally metronomic riders each had crashes, Tom Sykes had not one but two of them, as he and his team tried to push the boundaries a little in set-up and...

Torres Taking First Althea BMW Steps at Jerez

23 November 2015 by Michael Guy

The Althea Racing BMW squad makes its first test at Jerez with their new line-up of Markus Reiterberger and Jordi Torres. Reiti is no stranger to a BMW after his stellar IDM career but Jordi Torres –...

Cluzel Returns At Jerez

23 November 2015 by Michael Guy

Having lost his chance of the 2015 WSS championship at Jerez last season French rider Jules Cluzel returned to the track with his MV Agusta squad for his first test, the last one of 2015. He broke his...

Melandri Speaks MV First Contact

23 November 2015 by Michael Guy

Marco Melandri was the lone rider on the WSBK MV Agusta in the first morning of the Jerez tests, running a machine set-up similar to the one used by team regular rider, Leon Camier. There were some...

Krummenacher Takes First WSS Ride

23 November 2015 by Michael Guy

Former Moto2 rider Randy Krummenacher has joined the championship winning Puccetti Racing Kawasaki team for 2016, and had his first test on the Ninja ZX-6R WSS machine at Jerez. Despite some issues...

World Superbikes finally release 2016 calendar

19 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

The World Superbike championship has brought to an end months of waiting by finally released a provisional calendar for the 2016 season. The new schedule doesn’t bring the massive shake-up expected by...

Nicky takes first steps

17 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

New Honda WorldSBK signing Nicky Hayden set his first laps on the CBR1000RRSP at Motorland at lunchtime yesterday despite a largely wet circuit after morning mist and fog had settled on the track...

Lausitzring back in the WorldSBK Inner Circle

17 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

After having no round for two years Germany will return to the WSBK fold in 2016, after championships organisers Dorna WSBK Organisation (DWO) signed a three-year deal with the former WSBK venue in...

GP racer Krummenacher joins Sofuoglu at Kawasaki WSS

06 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Former 125GP podium finisher Randy Krummenacher will make the step from Moto2 to World Supersport for 2016, as he joins reigning champion Kenan Sofuoglu at the Puccetti Kawasaki squad. The Swiss rider...

WSB Yamaha breaks cover as KRT share Jerez test

05 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

After an often highly successful 2015 season in most of the categories it has competed in the Yamaha YZF-R1 took its first track-bound laps in full WSB specification on Tuesday 3 November in the hands...

New Europe-only Supersport class within existing WSS grid for 2016

04 November 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

The FIM and DWO (Dorna in WorldSBK form) have created a class-within-a-class for the 2016 World Supersport Championship, and killed off the Superstock 600 European Championship at a stroke. Dorna has...

Engine updates for Davies’ Ducati

30 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Chaz Davies has spent two days at Motorland Aragon working on engine updates for his Ducati Panigale R, as the Welshman gets preparations underway for the 2016 World Superbike season. Completing a...

Sykes gets 2016 underway on hybrid ZX-10R

30 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tom Sykes has gotten the 2016 World Superbike season underway in a three-day test at Motorland Aragon, running a hybrid ZX-10R based on the 2015 model but running significant new parts from the 2016...

Melandri and Forward Racing link up at MV Agusta

20 October 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Rumours of big changes in the official MV Agusta WorldSBK team abounded at Losail as the story changed day by day. It was everything from a full stop and all the mechanics fired to an expansion in...

Kyle Smith moves to CIA Landlords Insurance Honda

19 October 2015 by Liam Marsden

24-year-old Brit Kyle Smith will ride for the CIA Landlords Insurance Honda team in World Supersport for the 2016 season, after signing for the team on Saturday (October 17). The Brit, who rode with...