World Superbikes
Hodgson's wet AMA start
04 March 2005
Neil Hodgson has finished fourth fastest in a shortened practice session for the first round of the AMA Superbike championship at Daytona. The Suzukis dominated the top of the leaderboard with Ben...
Corser tops practice
25 February 2005
Yukio Kagayama and Troy Corser have proved that the Suzuki GSX-R1000 is going to be a force to be reckoned with this year after the two riders topped the final practice session before...
Laconi takes Qatar pole
25 February 2005
Regis Laconi has taken pole position for the first round of the World Superbike championship at Qatar after rain upset the Superpole session. It looked set to be a Suzuki at the front of the grid...
Fri am: Corser fastest
25 February 2005
Rain hit the second qualifying session for the first round of the World Superbike Championship in Qatar on Friday morning – leaving Troy Corser sitting on provisional pole. Superpole takes place on...
Kagayama leads WSB
25 February 2005
The first round of the 2005 World Superbike championship has finished with ex-BSB star Yukio Kagayama at the top of the points table after a dominant display by his Alstare Suzuki team. You can read...
WSB tyre rules changed
18 February 2005
Corrections have been made to the Superbike Technical Rules regarding the number of tyres used at WSB race meetings. At each event, during free practices, qualifying practices, Superpole and warm-up...
Rainy test for Hodgson
18 February 2005
Neil Hodgson and team-mate Eric Bostrom have battled the elements to test at Laguna Seca this week. The two-day test took began on Tuesday, February 15, with Hodgson managing just six laps on the...
Top spot for Kagayama
18 February 2005
Yukio Kagayama has proved that the new Suzuki GSX-R1000 is definitely up to challenging for the World Superbike title by taking the fastest time at the final pre-season test in Qatar. Kagayama took...
Live WSB updates
18 February 2005
The flag falls on the first round of the World Superbike championship in Qatar this weekend. We’ll be bringing you live updates starting with Thursday and Friday’s qualifying sessions. Log on to...
Qatar WSB 1st qualifying
18 February 2005
Troy Corser has taken provisional pole position for Suzuki after the first qualifying session at Qatar World Superbikes. Corser had a close battle with second placed man Jose Luis Cardosa on a Yamaha...
Cardosa tops WSB test
18 February 2005
The last world superbike test before the start of the season next weekend saw reigning Spanish Formula Extreme champion Jose Luis Cardoso take the fastest lap. The qatar circuit was very dusty from...
Rain slows WSB practice
18 February 2005
The first practice for the opening round of the 2005 World Superbike championship got underway at Qatar with just nine riders taking to the rain-drenched track. It doesn’t rain often in the desert,...
Yamaha Race Training
11 February 2005
Race teams from Supersport, Superstock and Superbike classes using Yamaha kit parts on 2005 R6s and 04/05 R1s are able to get special training at Valencia for three days in March. The Yamaha Race...
WSB live on Eurosport
11 February 2005
British Eurosport will show live coverage of the 2005 World Superbike championship, starting with the Qatar round on Saturday, February 26, 2005. A new studio and presenter will go on air at 7.30am...
Haga gets in practice
11 February 2005
After choosing to miss the washed out Valencia WSB tests last week the Yamaha Italia squad of Noriyuki Haga and Andrew Pitt headed to Monza for a final shake down. The two-day test over Friday and...
BMW seek K12 racers
11 February 2005
BMW is looking for racers to enter the 2005 BMW Motorrad Power-Cup, riding the 163bhp K1200 R. The Power-Cup is the successor the the BMW BoxerCup which saw boxer twins racing as a support to...
Laconi tops wet test
04 February 2005
The latest round of testing for the World Superbike teams ended on a bit of a damp note yesterday, with heavy rain seriously limiting the amount of track time. Regis Laconi finished the Valencia test...
Rain hampers Alstare
04 February 2005
Alstare Corona Extra’s first 05 WSS and Superstock tests were a wash-out this week as heavy rain restricted preparation at Valencia, Spain. New riders Javier Fores, Xavier Simeon and World Superstock...
Ducati launch 2005 team
04 February 2005
Ducati has launched its 2005 World Superbike squad with riders James Toseland and Regis Laconi, plus the 2005 Desmosedici, in the colours of new team sponsor Xerox. This season will be the firm’s...
WSB Ducati first test day
04 February 2005
The Ducati Xerox team has started testing in Spain after the grand unveiling of their 2005 bikes at the Ducati factory on Thursday February 3. The first day of testing took place on Monday at a wet...
Times tumble for Pitt
21 January 2005
The Yamaha World Superbike riders completed their final day of testing in Phillip Island today, inching closer to the hot pace set by the Suzuki squad last week. Andrew Pitt was the fastest rider...
World Endurance entries
21 January 2005
The provisional entry list for the World Endurance championship has been released with 18 permanent teams and 44 riders already confirmed. British-based yamaha Phase One Endruance will field Dean...
05 WSB GSX-Rs on test
21 January 2005
Yukio Kagayama got his first taste this week of the Suzuki GSX-R1000 that he will be riding in World Superbikes this season. The Japanese rider and British favourite spent three days lapping the...
Haga debuts on Yamaha
21 January 2005
Noriyuki Haga has had his first chance to ride the R1 he will campaign this season in a three-day Yamaha test at Phillip Island. Haga spent the first day, Sunday, just getting used to the four...
Valentine joins Foggy
14 January 2005
Carl Fogarty has chosen former Triumph race team boss Jack Valentine as the new race team manager of Foggy PETRONAS Racing. Valentine, 51, has scored a succession of British championship and TT...
WSB entry lists revealed
14 January 2005
The FIM has published the final entry lists for WSB and World Supersport and provisional lists for the Superstock FIM Cup series. Check them out and you’ll know exactly who is racing for who this...
Walker fined and banned
14 January 2005
Chris Walker has been fined £1000 and banned from driving for 60 days after being clocked at 130mph in his Subaru car. WSB star Walker was driving in Leicestershire on a 70mph stretch of the A46...
Toseland's Tsunami aid
07 January 2005
WSB champion James Toseland has pledged to play a charity gig with his band for the victims of the south Asian Tsunami. MCN is looking into staging the gig so if you can help with a venue or want to...
Haga back to Yamaha
07 January 2005
Noriyuki Haga has now been confirmed to return to the Yamaha World Superbike team in 2005. Haga will race a YZF-R1 for the Milan-based Yamaha Motor Italia team, having rode for Renegade Ducati last...
Chili on WSB Fireblade
01 January 2005
After months of rumours Frankie Chili has finally confirmed that he will be riding a Fireblade in World Supebikes this year. The Italian was forced to abandon the Ducati 998/999 hybrid he ran last...
Hodgson starts AMA test
01 January 2005
Neil Hodgson has shown early promise on day one of the Daytona tyre test which marks the start of the AMA Superbike season. At the end of the first day of testing, the top two times belonged to the...
Jordan bosses bike team
01 January 2005
American basketball legend and sometime film star Michael Jordan has announced he will run a team of Suzuki GSX-R1000s in the AMA Superbike championship. Keen biker Jordan owns a Ducati 998 and 999...
Hodgson second in tests
01 January 2005
Neil Hodgson finished the final session of the three day AMA Superbike test at Daytona second on the time sheets, with a time of 1:40.711. British former MotoGP rider and World Superbike champion...
Hodgson hot in Daytona
01 January 2005
A dramatic second day of the three-day AMA Superbike test at Daytona saw Neil Hodgson finish the session third quickest as pace-setter, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin, was knocked unconscious in a...
Wet weather WSB test
15 December 2004
Wet Spanish weather has hampered an unoffical two-day test for World superbike and Supersport teams at Valencia. Over the two days (December 13-14), intermittent rain and cold temperatures saw...
MV makes WSB plans
15 December 2004
MV Agusta has given the strongest hint yet that it will race in the World Superbike championship. The company plans to race the F4 1000 in the German Superbike championship and the European...