World Superbikes
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. ...
2006 WSB test dates
14 October 2005
The final round of the World Sueprbike championship may only just have taken place but preparations for next year are well underway with the dates for the first round of the championship and the 2006...
Jones signs for Foggy
14 October 2005
British Supersport runner-up in 2005, Craig Jones, has signed for the Foggy-Petronas team to race in World Superbikes in 2006. Jones has signed a one year deal with the team to race the FP-1, with an...
Bayliss/Lanzi for Ducati
14 October 2005
Ducati has officially dropped James Toseland from its World Sueprbike team for 2006 with Troy Bayliss and rising star Lorenzo Lanzi taking over the two-bike squad next year. Toseland still hasn’t...
Yukio on provisional pole
07 October 2005
Yukio Kagayama has topped the first day of qualifying for the final round of the World Superbike championship at Magny Cours. The Japanese Suzuki rider is one of the few riders to have tested at the...
Toseland misses out
07 October 2005
Honda’s Chris Vermeulen and Ducati rider Lorenzo Lanzi took one win each at the final round of the WSB series at Magny-Cours. Newly-crowned WSB champ Troy Corser (who started from the fourth row)...
Corser wins WSB title
01 October 2005
Troy Corser is celebrating taking his second World Superbike championship following the cancellation of the second race at Imola in Italy, due to heavy rain. The first race of the day saw Chris...
WSB: Vermeulen on pole
01 October 2005
Chris Vermeulen will start the Imola round of the World Superbike championship from pole position after a Superpole lap around 0.5 seconds faster than the rest of the field. Second fastest was factory Ducati rider Regis Laconi, returning following injury. Third was championship leader Tory Corser, with Britain’s James Toseland fourth quickest. The injured Chris Walker finished Superpole as the...
WSB season finale
01 October 2005
Despite winning the World Superbike championship at the previous round, Troy Corser still has a major point to prove at the season finale at Magny Cours in France on Sunday, October 9, 2005. The Team...
WSB: Corser fastest
30 September 2005
Troy Corser has dominated the first qualifying session for the imola round of the World Superbike championship, claiming provisional pole with a time of 1:49.161. The Australian Suzuki rider...
Endurance season finale
23 September 2005
The Suzuki Castrol team have won the final round of the World Endurance championship, the Vallelunga 200, despite their star rider being unable to ride following a qualifying crash. The duo of...
Yamaha keeps WSS duo
23 September 2005
Yamaha will stick with current riders Kevin Curtain and Broc Parkes for the 2006 season on the new Yamaha YZF-R76. The Yamaha Motor Germany squad will again field the two Australians with official...
British endurance glory?
16 September 2005
The British Diablo 666 Endurance team will be going for glory this weekend at the final round of the championship at Vallelunga in Spain. The Suzuki castrol team may have taken the championship, but...
Vermeulen tops QP2
09 September 2005
Double Assen winner Chris Vermeulen is on provisional pole for the WSB round at Eurospeedway Lausitz on Sunday, September 11, 2005. The Australian Ten Kate Honda rider completed 22 laps with a best 1:39.847, to qualify ahead of championship leader Tory Corser. Corser completed 25 laps with a time of 1:40.092, with Noriyuki Haga third with 1:40.102. Britian’s James Toseland slipped down the order...
Lanzi takes first win
09 September 2005
Lorenzo Lanzi has taken a race win in his debut for the factory Ducati Squad, sharing the spoils at the German Lausitzring with fellow winner Chris Vermeulen. Lanzi started both races from pole while...
Lanzi takes surprise pole
09 September 2005
Lorenzo Lanzi has taken his first pole position in World Superbikes after taking the factory Ducati to the fastest ever lap of the Lausitzring, Germany. The Italian rider is filling in for the...
Vermeulen Assen double
02 September 2005
Chris Vermeulen has won both races at the Assen round of the World Superbike championship. The Australian had dominated the first race, but found the going harder for his second attempt. Sixth off...
Lanzi in for injured Laconi
02 September 2005
Italian Lorenzo Lanzi will ride for the Xerox Ducati World Superbike team as a replacement for the injured Regis Laconi this weekend at Eurospeedway Lausitz. Laconi was injured during the first...
Nieto loses WSB ride
02 September 2005
Fonsi Nieto has lost his place in the Scuderia SC Caracchi Ducati team, as revealed in an official press release by the team. “Luckily Gianluca Nannelli in Supersport and Lorenzo Lanzi in Superbike...
Vermeulen on Assen pole
02 September 2005
Australian Chris Vermeulen will start from pole position for the World Superbike round at Assen on Sunday, Septmeber 4, 2005, having pulled out a lap of 2:04.179 from apparently nowhere. Britain’s...
Sidecar legend retires
02 September 2005
British sidecar legend, Steve Webster M.B.E., has announced his immediate retirement from the sport after 25 years and 10 world championship titles. His retirement was announced amid emotional scenes...
Mladin is AMA champion
02 September 2005
Mat Mladin claimed his sixth AMA Superbike title in the final race of the season at Road Atlanta on Sunday. The Australian gave himself a challenge after initially making a good start. With the race...
Toseland tops Assen
02 September 2005
James Toseland has topped the timesheets for the first qualifying session at the Assen World Superbike round. The reigning champion posted a time of 2:04.742 on his factory Ducati 999F05. He was...
Mladin close to AMA title
26 August 2005
Mat Mladin won both races at the penultimate round of the 2005 AMA Superbike championship as Britain’s Neil Hodgson struggled to lone fifth place after a race one crash. Mladin looks likely to take...
Bid for signed leathers
26 August 2005
MCN Auctions is offering you a unique opportunity to own a set of leathers that have featured in a well-known biking DVD AND been signed by a host of top WSB, Supersport and British Superbike riders –...
Goorbergh tests Suzuki
19 August 2005
Jurgen van den Goorbergh has tested the Riza Suzuki GSX-R100 he will use at the Assen round of the World Superbike championship at a private test at the Silverstone circuit on Tuesday, August 23,...
Mladin 'would walk WSB'
19 August 2005
Neil Hodgson has ruled out a return to MotoGP and claims that AMA star Matt Mladin – and four or five other AMA riders – would walk off with the WSB title if they rode in the world championship. ...
Lougher tops Ulster GP
12 August 2005
Honda rider Ian Lougher has taken three wins out of five at the Ulster GP. Lougher dominated all the 1000cc races taking the win in the Superstock and both Superbike races, while also taking fourth...
Rizla Suzuki to race WSB
12 August 2005
The Rizla Suzuki squad will race at the Assen round of the World Superbike championship with a wildcard entry for Jurgen Van Den Goorbergh. The Dutch rider began the 2005 season riding in World...
Endurance win for Suzuki
12 August 2005
Castrol Suzuki has secured the World Endurance championship after winning the Oschersleben 24 hour race, which saw the MCN-backed British team Kawasaki Diablo 666 finish in third. After taking the...
12-page Brands special
05 August 2005
Relive Brands if you were there – or feel as if you were – with our 12-page special on the WSB round. You’ll find it – starting on the back page – in the this week’s MCN – out August 10, 2005.. The...