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Brno World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss does the double

20 July 2008 by Liam Marsden

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 Liam Marsden

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 Liam Marsden

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 Liam Marsden

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Liam Marsden

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 Angus Farquhar

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 MCN Sportsdesk

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 Angus Farquhar

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 Angus Farquhar

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 Angus Farquhar

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 Michael Guy, Angus Farquhar

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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 Michael Guy

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...