Official results on Day 1 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.
The World Superbike championship has started a charity auction to raise funds for the Australian bushfire crisis ahead of Phillip Island hosting the 2020 season-opener.
While the majority of the World Superbike paddock completed the two-day test at Portimao, reigning champions Kawasaki enjoyed a private test at Circuit de Catalunya to give both Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes their first experience of the Montmelo track.
Jonathan Rea believes he has numerous threats to his World Superbike championship crown in 2020 and is eager to assess his competition in race trim over the opening rounds.
Jonathan Rea restrained himself to just 19 laps at the rain-hit Jerez test but the defending World Superbike champion was still able to top the times after being “able to confirm one little item”.
A wet start and finish truncates the concluding day of the two-day Jerez World Superbike pre-season test. Team HRC takes part in its first public test with Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista on the new CBR1000RR-R, having completed private tests at the end of 2019 in Japan and Spain.
Wet conditions remain throughout the opening day of the two-day Jerez World Superbike pre-season test. Team HRC takes part in its first public test with Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista on the new CBR1000RR-R, having completed private tests at the end of 2019 in Japan and Spain.
Alex Lowes says adapting to his Kawasaki ZX-10RR continues to be “the only target” at the pre-season Jerez test before heading to the 2020 World Superbike opener next month.
Scott Redding says his season in the Bennetts British Superbike championship reignited his passion for racing and wants to harness that feeling as he steps into World Superbikes.
With Leon Haslam joining the new-look HRC WorldSBK team and Michael Ruben Rinaldi heading to Team Go Eleven Ducati for 2020, the World Superbike championship grid is starting to take shape for next season.
Reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea has laid down a marker to his rivals with a stunning late time attack during the final track action of 2019 on the second day of the Jerez test as he also got to grips with a thumb-operated rear brake on his Kawasaki.
Honda is completing a private test at Aragon. Michele Pirro is stepping in for the injured Leon Camier at Barni Ducati. A number of World Supersport teams are also testing at Jerez.
Honda is completing a private test at Aragon. Michele Pirro is stepping in for the injured Leon Camier at Barni Ducati. A number of World Supersport teams are also testing at Jerez.
The 2020 World Superbike championship calendar has been officially confirmed with the United States round at Laguna Seca and the Thailand round at the Chang International Circuit omitted from the schedule.