WorldSBK championship leader Jonathan Rea heads into his home round at Donington Park with an improved understanding of ‘how we could get the bike to turn better’ following two-day Navarra test.
WorldSBK championship leader and current favorite for a seventh consecutive title Jonathan Rea, completes shortened test at the new Navarra track; ‘Difficult circuit to go fast at, has a lot of intricacies and challenges’.
Jonathan Rea leaves WorldSBK Aragon with two wins and a second place, even after the Kawasaki rider had to use his motocross skills to stay aboard the Ninja ZR-10RR in race two.
World Superbike championship organisers have cancelled the Imola round as part of the 2020 season overhaul, while also rescheduling both the Aragon and Misano rounds for later in the year.
Defending Suzuka 8 Hours champions Kawasaki have confirmed their three riders for the 2020 race, as Jonathan Rea is joined by new World Superbike team-mate Alex Lowes with Xavi Fores completing the line-up.
Reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea says he doesn’t care about fighting for another title during the coronavirus pandemic and while he concedes he misses racing he accepts it’s “not that important right now”.
The Qatar World Superbike round has been postponed until further notice amid the coronavirus outbreak. With travel restrictions enforced arriving into Qatar, organisers have moved to reschedule the World Superbike round which was initially set to take place on March 13-15.
Full Phillip Island World Superbike Race 2 Results Alex Lowes has claimed his second career World Superbike race win and with it the early championship lead in a frantic and unpredictable Phillip Island opening round.
Sprint Race Results from Phillip Island, the first round of the 2020 World Superbike championship. Jordi Torres (Mie Althea Honda) and Leandro Mercado (Motocorsa Racing Ducati) join the WorldSBK grid from the third round at Jerez.
Jonathan Rea says he couldn’t help but feel frustrated at being pushed off track on the opening lap by former Kawasaki team-mate Tom Sykes, before a fall trying to overtake Michael Ruben Rinaldi prematurely cut short the start of his World Superbike title defence.
Official results on Day 2 of the two-day Phillip Island 2020 pre-season test, the final winter test ahead of the 2020 World Superbike championship. The day was split into two 90-minute sessions, with the best lap taken from the combined times.