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Bayliss: provisional pole

18 February 2006

Ducati’s Troy Bayliss is on provisional pole for Saturday’s opening WSB round in Qatar after a wet qualifying session on Thursday. Chris Walker was the fastest Brit on the ZX-10R. Former MotoGP star...

Brit in World Supersport

18 February 2006

Britain’s Tom Tunstall has confirmed he will compete in the World Supersport championship this year for the Hardigne-Ice Valley Motorsport team. Tunstall, 27 from Huddersfield, will ride a Honda...

Bayliss wins Superpole

18 February 2006

Troy Bayliss is on pole for Saturday’s opening WSB round in Qatar after Friday’s Superpole. He was the only rider to go under the two minute barrier. Karl Muggeridge was on course to beat two minutes...

Gimbert blames tyres

18 February 2006

Sebastien Gimbert – the man who was fastest in the rain on Thursday morning in Qatar – missed out on Superpole on Friday after failing to come to terns with the 06 Pirelli tyres and a problem with his...

Babies for WSB stars

18 February 2006

Two of the World Supervike riders competing at the opening round of the 2006 season at Qatar will have extra reasons to celebrate this week as both are now proud fathers. Baby Chantal weighed in at...

Foggy Petronas deal to end

18 February 2006

This year will be your last chance to see the distinctive Foggy Petronas FP1 racing in World Superbikes as Petronas has decided not to renew its sponsorship at the end of the season. Following on...

Yamaha ready for Qatar

18 February 2006

The 2006 World Superbike championship begins on Thursday, February 23rd with practice and qualifying for the first round at Losail in Qatar, and the Yamaha team are confident. The main Yamaha Motor...

Brit WSB star burgled

11 February 2006

British WSB star Craig Jones has been burgled with thieves raiding his home just weeks before the start of the World Superbike season. The Petronas rider was asleep at home when thieves broke into...

Checa test crash injury

11 February 2006

David Checa will miss the opening rounds of the 2006 World Supersport championship following a crash in testing, which has left his with a broken wrist. The Spanish brother of MotoGP star Carlos...

Bayliss fastest in WSB

04 February 2006

Troy Bayliss has topped the latest World Superbike test in Valencia, finishing almost a second ahead of second placed man James Toseland. Bayliss, who replaced Toseland on the factory Ducati,...

Bayliss stays on top

04 February 2006

Ducati dominated the second day of testing at Valencia with Troy Bayliss and Lorenzo Lanzi stealing the top two times of the day. The Ducati riders were closely followed by the Honda duo of James...

Barros signs for WSB

01 February 2006

Brazilian MotoGP legend Alex Barros officially became a World Superbike rider in the last hour. Barros signed a contract on the morning of Friday, February 3, 2006, at the Rome offices of Honda...

WSB riders for 2006

21 January 2006

Here are all the confirmed rider entries for World Superbikes and World Supersport in 2006: Alstare Corona Suzuki: Troy Corser. Yukio Kagayama. Fabien Foret. Bertocchi: (Kawasaki) Franco...

Walker tests in Sepang

21 January 2006

Britain’s Chris Walker and PSG-1 Kawasaki team-mates Fonsi Nieto and Regis Laconi have finished the first test of the 2006 ZX-10R at Sepang. The circuit isn’t part of the WSB calendar, so the team...

Suzukis top WSB test

21 January 2006

The Suzukis of AMA champion Mat Mladin and WSB champion Troy Corser have dominated a four day World Superbike test at Phillip Island in Australia. Yoshimura factory rider Mladin toppped the...

Toseland tests Ten Kate

21 January 2006

James Toseland has been testing the Ten Kate Honda he’ll ride in the 2006 World Superbike championship, alongside WSB team-mate Karl Muggeridge and WSS Sebastien Charpentier. Toseland completed 183...

Brit team signs Estonian

21 January 2006

The British Diablo 666 World Endurance team has signed young Estonian Marko Rohtlaan to ride alongside Brit James Hutchins for 2006. Rohtlaan first rode in the championship in 2004, and is a Shell...

Corser tops first day

14 January 2006

Troy Corser has put in the best time on the first day of WSB testing at Phillip Island, clocking a time just 0.1 seconds off the 2005 best race lap. Six-times American superbike champion took the...

Biaggi denies Suzuki deal

14 January 2006

Max Biaggi has denied recent reports that he has signed for the Alstare Corona Suzuki World Superbike squad, saying he was “shocked” at the reports. The story first surfaced in Italian newspaper...

Rolfo tests at Valencia

07 January 2006

Roberto Rolfo has begun testing the SC Carrachi Ducati 999 he will race in the World Superbike championship in 2006. The former MotoGP star was at the Valencia circuit last week for a three day test,...

Xaus returns to WSB

16 December 2005

Ruben Xaus has returned to the World Superbike championship for 2006 in a new team using Ducati 999 F04s. Xaus wil race for Team Sterilgarda Berik alongside Marco Borciani. Xaus rode in WSB in...

Valencia WSB test

16 December 2005

The debut World Superbike test for Yamaha Motor France rider Shinichi Nakatomi ended with the Japanese rider in hospital with a hand injury following a crash during the final session. The 27-year-old...

Positive test for Hodgson

09 December 2005

Neil Hodgson will be positive about the 2006 AMA Superbike season, finishing the first day of a three-day Dunlop tyre test fourth quickest. The test began at Daytona International Speedway on...

Corser quickest in Qatar

02 December 2005

Troy Corser has continued to lead the unoffical times following the second of three days of testing at the Losail circuit in Qatar. The Australian reigning WSB champion finished fastest on the first...

Qatar WSB test begins

02 December 2005

Testing began on Sunday, December 4, 2005 for the World Superbike teams in Qatar. The three-day Pirelli tyre test at the Losail Circuit is an opportunity to test at the circuit which will open the...

Bayliss tops Qatar test

02 December 2005

Troy Bayliss posted the fastest time on the final day of the three-day World Superbike test at Losail in Qatar. The Xerox Ducati rider posted a time of 1:58.66 on Tuesday, December 6, at the track...

Bid for Toseland's T-shirt

25 November 2005

Here’s your chance to land the shirt off 2004 WSB champion James Toseland’s back. The MCN T-shirt he sweated into while performing with his band Crash on MCN’s 50th birthday is now up for grabs on...

Macau: Rutter fastest

18 November 2005

Michael Rutter is on course to equal Ron Haslam’s record of six Macau GP wins after topping final qualifying on Friday (Nov 18) in fine and dry conditions. The race itself is on Saturday (Nov 19). ...

Rutter takes sixth Macau

18 November 2005

Michael Rutter has stormed to his sixth victory in the Macau GP, equalling the record set by Ron Halsam in 1987. Rutter lead the race from start to finish on his Red Bull Honda Fireblade more than 16...

Trio for Yamaha France

18 November 2005

Yamaha France will run a three-rider team in the 2006 World Superbike championship, with former Japanese 250cc champion Shinichi Nakatomi join returning riders Norick Abe and Sebastien Gimbert. ...

Toseland tests Ten Kate

11 November 2005

James Toseland’s first taste of his 2006 works Honda FireBlade has been lashed by rain on today, as the 2004 World Superbike champ tested at Valencia in Spain. The 24-year-old former Ducati man...

Martin tumour scare

04 November 2005

Foggy Petronas WSB rider Steve Martin is now glad he crashed in the last round of the season after a scan of his injured kidneys revealed a previously unnoticed tumour. Martin crashed out of the race...

Diablo 666 at the NEC

04 November 2005

James Hutchins from the MCN supported Diablo 666 World Endurance team was at the NEC for the final day of the show to meet his fans and get a snap taken with the MCN Babes. The team’s Kawasaki ZX-10R...

Yamaha retain Haga

04 November 2005

Noriyuki Haga and Andrew Pitt will both stay with the Yamaha Motor Italia team in World Superbikes in 2006. The updated YZF-R1 will be the base for the 2006 camapign, with initial tests taking place...

Bostrom B joins Hodgson

28 October 2005

Ducati has announced that Ben Bostrom will partner the already-confirmed Niel Hodgson in the Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin team that will compete in next year’s AMA Superbike Championship with factory...

Toseland confirms move

21 October 2005

Former WSB champ James Toseland dropped by the MCN Stand at Thursday’s NEC Show press day – for a chat on the sofa. Read his interview with Michael Guy in the next issue of MCN – out on November 2. ...