BSB News

The two Vivaldi Racing Bennetts British Superbike contenders Ben Wilson and Tristan Palmer suffered mixed fortunes in the set of two races at Thruxton on Sunday with Ben securing a 17th place finish to the first race and scoring a points finish with 15th in the second leg.

It was a successful weekend for the Northpoint Honda Squad consisting of 20-year-old Craig Jones and 19-year-old Cal Crutchlow at the second round of the British Supersport Championship at Thruxton Race Circuit.

Hard work and sheer determination paid off in points for the Hawk Kawasaki duo of Glen Richards and Dean Thomas at the second round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship held at Thruxton Sunday.

HM Plant Honda's Ryuichi Kiyonari won both races at the second round of British Superbikes from Thruxton Sunday to make it four consecutive wins for the Japanese youngster.

Before the BSB season started, there was a large amount of press dedicated to illustrating that Ducati machinery would struggle to keep up with the influx of four-cylinder machinery in top class Superbike racing this season.

2004 R6 Cup winner Richard Wren is out of the Thruxton round of the British Superbike championship after falling from his Virgin Yamaha during the practice day.

Gregorio Lavilla, a great surprise performer for the Airwaves Ducati team, came away from the first round of the British Superbike championship second in the riders standings.

Rizla Suzuki rider Scott Smart admitted h didn't ride aggressively enough on the first two laps of the second race at the Bennetts British Superbike opener. A fall in the first race was not the start Smart, nor his Rizla team, wanted at the Brands Hatch circuit.

Virgin Yamaha rider Sean Emmett isn't doing a great job of keeping his 'Big-Bang' R1 rubber side down during the first round of the Bennetts British Superbike championship at Brands Hatch.

Wrigley's Airwaves Ducati team manager Colin Wright has told Crash.net Radio today at the first round of the 2005 Bennetts British Superbike championship at Brands Hatch that team rider James Haydon's hand was smashed in a preseason accident last week.

2003 R6 Cup winner Tommy Hill was given a ride in 2004 with the Virgin Yamaha British Superbike team as part of the prize for winning the one make championship.

By Adam Arnold

UK mobile phone content provider TottyMob.com have announced that they will sponsor the Hawk Kawasaki British Superbike team during the 2005 season.

GSE Ducati, making their racing return to British Superbikes this season using last year factory Ducati's of James Toseland and Regis Laconi, will be able to breathe easy after the recent announcement of their main sponsor for the season.

The Virgin Yamaha British Superbike team today unveiled the first ever 'Big-Bang' R1 Superbike at the second preseason official test at Brands Hatch.

At the second official test of the British Superbike series at Brands Hatch, Virgin Yamaha have unveiled their 'Big-Bang' four-cylinder R1, which they plan to race this season.

At the first official test of the British Superbike championship from Donington Park Sunday, Crash.net reader Sylvia Beaumont from Scotland wanted our intrepid reporter Adam Arnold to ask Rizla Suzuki's Scott Smart as to whether he would keep #88 if he won the championship.

New Hawk Kawasaki rider Dean Thomas has only had one test on his green machine over winter, despite this he set the seventh fastest time over the course of the day at the first official British Superbike test at Donington Park Sunday.

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Crash.net can exclusively reveal that ex-factory Suzuki rider Gregorio Lavilla will replace British Superbike champion John Reynolds for the Rizla Suzuki team at the second official test at Brands Hatch on Tuesday March 15th.

By Louise Cain Bouncing back from big bike smashes is, unfortunately, part and parcel of being a bike racer. They've all been there, done that and got the scars. But every once in a while there is a crash that makes us all think - 'he was lucky to get away with that'.

John McGuinness and his AIM British Superbike team have flown over to America to take part in the first round of the AMA Superbike championship at Daytona Raceway in Florida.

The factory supported Coventry Ducati Supersport team conducted its second test of the year at Knockhill in Scotland recently.

The Vivaldi Racing British Superbike team have recently returned from a further spell of winter testing in Spain where the team concentrated on further set-up of their Kawasaki machinery and tyre testing.