World Superbikes
WSB: Honda WorldSBK boss quits ahead of 2018 season
20 January 2018 by
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
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...
WSB Rider of the Year: 2nd - Chaz Davies
30 December 2017 by
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...
WSB Rider of the Year: 3rd - Tom Sykes
28 December 2017 by
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...
WSB Rider of the Year: 4th - Marco Melandri
26 December 2017 by
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...
Race of the Year: 5th - Misano WorldSBK
23 December 2017 by
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 their favourite races...
WSB Rider of the Year: 5th - Alex Lowes
22 December 2017 by
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...
How to vote Jonathan Rea for 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year
15 December 2017 by
Three-time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea will go up against sporting stars such as Lewis Hamilton, Anthony Joshua, Chris Froome and Johanna Konta at this weekend’s BBC Sports Personality of...
WSB: Gagne joins Camier at Red Bull Honda
07 December 2017 by
American racer Jake Gagne will join Leon Camier to complete the Red Bull Honda line-up for the 2018 Superbike World Championship. The 24-year-old made his World Superbike debut with the squad at...
Exclusive Interview: Jonathan Rea on 2017, his competition and MotoGP
07 December 2017 by
After another year of total domination, Jonathan Rea is fast becoming the Valentino Rossi of World Superbikes. Winning three WSB crowns in a row had never been one before – not even by former series...
WSB: Rea 'feels better' with 2018 spec bike
29 November 2017 by
Three-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea has said the ZX-10RR Kawasaki have produced for him to suit the 2018 regulations feels better than previous iterations of the bike. World Superbike...
Opinion: Let's get behind Jonathan Rea and make it count
28 November 2017 by
For the first time in ten years a motorcycle racer has been recognised by the BBC with a nomination for the prestigious Sports Personality of the Year award. Three-time World Superbike champion...
WSB: Andrew Pitt joins Lowes as crew chief
27 November 2017 by
Last week’s Jerez test saw a big change for Alex Lowes with double World Supersport Champion Andrew Pitt joining the PATA Yamaha team as his crew chief. Lowes will be joined by Pitt, who won the World...
WSB: Melandri quickest as Camier impresses in Jerez
23 November 2017 by
Marco Melandri led the way as the Kawasaki Racing Team took a rest on the penultimate day of this week’s joint Superbike and MotoGP test at Jerez. With KRT at the Andalusian circuit for all five days,...
WSB: Camier positive after Red Bull Honda debut
22 November 2017 by
Leon Camier has said he was pleasantly surprised by Honda’s Fireblade after testing with his new Red Bull Honda team for the first time in Jerez today. Swinging his leg over his new steed for the...
WSB: Baz sees BMW's potential after first test
21 November 2017 by
Loris Baz enjoyed a productive debut with the Althea BMW squad as he makes his return to the Superbike World Championship at this week’s Jerez test. Having spent most of his career on superbikes, Baz...
WSB: Sykes takes control in Rea's absence at Jerez
21 November 2017 by
Tom Sykes topped the second day of this week’s World Superbike test in Jerez in the absence of team-mate Jonathan Rea. Rea had to head back to London on Monday evening to collect his MBE, leaving...
WSB: Rea tops opening day of Jerez test
20 November 2017 by
Jonathan Rea started off the 2018 World Superbike season where he left off as pre-season testing got underway at Jerez today. The three-time world champion took to the top of the timesheets from his...
WSB: Loris Baz returns to WorldSBK with Althea BMW
16 November 2017 by
Loris Baz will return to the Superbike World Championship in 2018 with Althea BMW, it has been announced. The former factory Kawasaki rider, who achieved a best finish of 5th place in 2014, returns to...
WSB: Rea sets all time points record with second win
04 November 2017 by
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) added another unique achievement to his long list of 2017 records with the all time best points score of 556 in a single season, after beating Chaz Davies...
WSS: Mahias champion in tense finale
04 November 2017 by
Lucas Mahias (GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team) won the 2017 WorldSSP title after a front-running race win at Losail. He is the first Yamaha WorldSSP champion since Sam Lowes in 2013. He won the...
WSB: Rea sets new personal best with Qatar win
03 November 2017 by
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) won his 15th World SBK race of the season under the floodlights of a Friday night in Qatar, setting a new personal best in terms of races won in a single year. Of...
WSB: Rea ups the heat with pole in Qatar
03 November 2017 by
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) set an early leading marker in Superpole 2 but finally won his sixth pole of the season with a record of 1’56.228, set nearer the end of the 15 minute session. One...
WSB: Rea tops day one under Qatar floodlights
03 November 2017 by
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) relied on his opening session time of 1’57.666 to secure the fastest qualifying time of the first evening of action at Losail in Qatar, the final round of the...
WSB: Torres moves to MV Agusta for 2018
03 November 2017 by
Jordi Torres will move to the MV Agusta Reparto Corse outfit for the 2018 Superbike World Championship, it has been confirmed. The Spaniard will replace Leon Camier in the Italian squad, with the...
WSB: 2018 calendar unveiled
02 November 2017 by
Dorna and the FIM have today released the calendar for the 2018 Superbike World Championship, which shall again be contested over 13 rounds beginning in February and ending slightly earlier in...
WSB: Series bosses announce plans to level up field in 2018
25 October 2017 by
World Superbike bosses have finally announced the changes they will introduce to take steps towards evening out the field in 2018. While the announcement comes later than expected, the changes are...
WSB: Rea doubles up at Jerez
22 October 2017 by
After a first lap collision between Chaz Davies and Eugene Laverty the first attempted run of the Jerez race was red flagged and restarted over 19 laps. The result was a clear win for Jonathan Rea...
WSB: Rea fastest despite fall on opening day in Jerez
20 October 2017 by
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) relied on his morning lap time to outpace his nearest rival by 0.597 seconds on the opening day of action at Jerez, after falling just a few minutes into the FP2...
WSB: Confirmed: Guintoli set for remainder of WSB season with Puccetti
17 October 2017 by
Sylvain Guintoli will make a return to the Superbike World Championship for the final two rounds of the season with the Puccetti Kawasaki team. As reported by MCN earlier this month, the 2014 World...
WSB: Camier joins Red Bull Honda for 2018
12 October 2017 by
Leon Camier will join the Red Bull Honda World Superbike team for the 2018 season, it has been confirmed. The 2009 British Superbike Champion has been linked with the team since earlier this year when...
WSS: Haslam to replace Sofuoglu for Jerez and Qatar?
12 October 2017 by
Leon Haslam looks set to stand in for the injured Kenan Sofuoglu for the last two rounds of the Supersport World Championship. According to multiple MCN sources, Haslam, who is favourite to win the...
WSB: Jonathan Rea's column: 3x World Champion
10 October 2017 by
Kawasaki Racing Team rider Jonathan Rea reflects on a busy two weeks after clinching a record third World Superbike crown in Magny Cours… I had a few PR events to do in Paris before the weekend so we...
WSB: Jonathan Rea Sports Personality of the Year petition gathers momentum
06 October 2017 by
A petition for three-time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea to be shortlisted for the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award has been signed by more than 6000 supporters. Started by Rea’s...
WSB: Lowes back on podium at Magny Cours
05 October 2017 by
Alex Lowes made a welcome return to the World Superbike rostrum in Magny Cours this weekend, matching his best result of the year with an impressive second-place behind race winner Chaz Davies. While...
WSB: Guintoli to race Jerez and Qatar with Puccetti?
04 October 2017 by
Sylvain Guintoli could make a return to the Superbike World Championship before the end of the 2017 season with the Puccetti Kawasaki team he’s in talks with for next year. With Puccetti’s World...