The FIM has defended its call to run the opening World Superbike championship race in Argentina on Saturday when six riders opted to sit it out over safety concerns.
The six World Superbike championship riders who sat out the opening race in Argentina over safety concerns have released a joint statement explaining the events which led up to their protest.
Leon Camier and Eugene Laverty have explained why they were part of the group of riders who opted out of the opening Argentina World Superbike race and how the Riders’ Safety Commission offered an alternative solution as ‘90% of riders did not want to race’.
Michael Laverty will make a one-off return to the Bennetts British Superbike championship as stand-in for the injured Keith Farmer at Tyco BMW for this weekend’s Snetterton round.
Eugene Laverty is working on returning to World Superbike action at next month’s Misano round as he begins his rehabilitation from double wrist surgery.
Eugene Laverty will make his test debut with Team Go Eleven and the new Ducati V4 R at Jerez this week as he looks to gauge “the potential of the bike” before making 2019 World Superbike championship targets.
Eugene Laverty will start testing the new Ducati Panigale V4 R in January with the Go Eleven World Superbike squad, as Ducati Corse boss Gigi Dall’Igna confirms the details of the deal are being finalised.
Eugene Laverty and Alex Lowes fought 'bar-to-'bar for the final podium place on the last lap of Friday's opening WorldSBK race at the Qatar season finale.
Eugene Laverty described his first day performance in Qatar as “pretty special” after topping both FP1 and FP3, while showing consistency with a second in the session in between.
Eugene Laverty got his final race weekend off to a flying start as he beat both new champion Jonathan Rea and his team-mate Tom Sykes in a tight, late battle to lead at the end of day one of the final chapter of the 2018 season in Qatar.
Eugene Laverty IRL Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 1m 57.323s Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK ZX-10RR 1m 57.506s Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK ZX-10RR 1m 57.514s
Full Superpole qualifying results for the tenth round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at Portimao, Portugal. Full Superpole 2 results 1. Eugene Laverty IRE Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 1m 40.705s
Eugene Laverty has hailed his first rostrum in over four years as a landmark moment for both him and Milwaukee Aprilia as he looks for a strong second half of the season push.
Eugene Laverty says his race two at Donington Park “was a disaster” with a scary technical problem with his Milwaukee Aprilia which caused his throttle to get stuck open.
Eugene Laverty and Leon Camier have both been passed fit to take part in the opening free practice at Imola and will be reviewed after the session before being allowed to contest the full race weekend.
Eugene Laverty is aiming to make an early comeback from injury next weekend at Imola for Milwaukee Aprilia as he hopes to pass a fitness test on the eve of the Italian round.
David Giugliano has been picked as Eugene Laverty’s replacement at Milwaukee Aprilia while he recovers from his nasty injury sustained in Thailand two weeks ago.