Xavi Fores will join the Moriwaki Althea Honda team for this week’s World Suprbike test at Misano in place of the injured Leon Camier ahead of a possible race return to the series at Jerez.
There have been scant reasons for Honda to be cheerful this season in the World Superbike Championship but when two of its bikes cracked the top four in wet warm-up at Imola on Sunday there was seemingly a glimmer of hope through the gloom that a good result was finally in the offing.
Leon Camier has predicted a ‘challenging’ weekend ahead for the Moriwaki Althea Honda outfit as the team continues work on bringing the CBR1000RR Fireblade up to performance.
Ryuichi Kiyonari has been ruled out of round three of the 2016 MCE British Superbike championship at Brands Hatch Indy after breaking his left collarbone
"I'm hungrier than ever. From a championship point of view all I'd done last year was achieve the same as other people. I want to be the top guy" - Shane Byrne.