Michael Ruben-Rinaldi displaces Pata Yamaha's Toprak Razgatlioglu at the top of the timesheets for Aruba.it Ducati on the final day of testing in Misano.
'Today was a little shakedown to understand a few things' - Scott Redding continued his preparations for the 2021 World Superbike season at Misano, finishing day one of the two-day test in second place.
The 2021 World Superbike season will see Jonathan Rea aiming to win his seventh championship in succession with Kawasaki since his move to the Japanese team in 2015. But can the likes of Scott Redding, Toprak Razgatlioglu or team-mate Alex Lowes be the one to break his dominance.
Michael van der Mark says the mistake that left him at the back of the field for two of this weekend’s three WorldSBK races ultimately prevented him from managing better results at Donington Park, rather than his recently-injured wrist
Alex Lowes says he was happy to ‘take the points’ for a top five finish after keeping it tidy in tricky conditions two weeks after he crashed in the wet at Misano.
Michael van der Mark says he is now targeting top ten results in this weekend’s World Superbike Championship round at Donington Park after making a successful return to action from injury.
Alex Lowes rewarded his Pata Yamaha team with a run to second quickest in free practice for the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park after a small-turned-big crash necessitated a rebuild between sessions.
Michael van der Mark says he is confident he will be given the green light to race in this weekend’s World Superbike Championship round at Donington Park despite undergoing wrist surgery only last week following his monster accident at Misano.
Michael van der Mark will look to maintain his strong upturn in form at Misano after returning to winning ways for the Pata Yamaha team last time out in Jerez.
In a season that has seen Alvaro Bautista and Jonathan Rea dominate the spoils in 2019, Michael van der Mark and Yamaha got their chance to shine in Jerez with a first win of the year for both on a lucrative weekend.
Alex Lowes says Jonathan Rea made a ‘big error of judgement’ in his bungled attempts to overtake for third position on the final corner of the first World Superbike Championship race at Jerez after it left the Yamaha rider nursing a shoulder injury.
Michael van der Mark has high hopes PATA Yamaha WorldSBK has made a step forward with its R1 following last week’s in-season test, with the podium his clear target for this weekend’s latest round at Jerez.
Alex Lowes has revealed he was ‘physically sick’ during the first World Superbike Championship race at Imola, the Briton soldiering on regardless to secure points that he described as his ‘best ever’ given the rather unfortunate circumstances.
Moto America champion Cameron Beaubier set to deputise for Sylvain Guintoli in the Pata Yamaha team at the Donington Park round of the World Superbike Championship?