Peter Hickman had stood by his comments made after race one of the 2022 British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park last weekend, which suggested his clash with title contender Jason O’Halloran was a racing incident.
Alvaro Bautista increases his lead in the WorldSBK championship standings to 59 points after completing his first treble of the 2022 season in Catalunya.
Alvaro Bautista dominated the first WorldSBK race of the Catalan weekend, while Toprak Razgatlioglu suffered an unexpected drop after pushing his rear tyre ‘too much’ to try and keep pace with the Ducati rider.
After making two costly mistakes at Magny-Cours, six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea is looking to ‘rebound’ and add ‘consistency’ in Catalunya, while Toprak Razgatlioglu expects a tough round due to Ducati’s top speed advantage.
Disappointed not to get Marc Marquez’s development parts for the Catalunya MotoGP race weekend, Pol Espargaro tried new chassis, swingarm, aero and more at the post-race test.
Leaving MotoGP at the end of this season, question marks have naturally been raised over Suzuki’s commitment to technical development during the remaining races for the GSX-RR.
The FIM MotoGP Stewards have explained the key factors behind their decision not to penalise Takaaki Nakagami for triggering Sunday’s Turn 1 incident in Catalunya.