Full WorldSBK race two results from Aragon Alvaro Bautista has equalled Neil Hodgson’s feat of nine consecutive wins at the start of a World Superbike championship to take a third hat-trick of victories, as Jo
d'Antin Ducati endured a mixed three-day test session at Sepang, with both Neil Hodgson and Ruben Xaus improving their laps times consistently - but suffering persistent technical problems in the process.
Neil Hodgson has admitted that the Ducati Desmosedici, which he will race in the 2004 MotoGP world championship, is so different from anything he's ever ridden before that he's got to 'learn to ride again'.
This week's war of words between British motorcycling heroes Carl Fogarty and Neil Hodgson has ended with four-times WSBK champ Foggy branding the MotoGP bound Hodgson as behaving cowardly and having achieved nothing.
Britain's Neil Hodgson wrapped up the 2003 World Superbike Championship with second place in race 1 behind Ruben Xaus and a thrilling victory in race 2 at the Dutch circuit today.
Newly crowned 2003 World Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson completed what has been a dream week for the 29 year-old by taking victory in the second and final race of the day at Assen.
Heading into next weekend's Assen World Superbike round with the world title on his mind, Neil Hodgson could be forgiven for feeling the pressure. However, he has other things to consider in the build-up to what could be the best weekend of his life.