Following both factory BMW and Honda squads being officially revealed at EICMA, the 2019 grid is bulking out. Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea Leon Haslam Aruba.it Ducati Chaz Davies Alvaro Bautista
Unofficial testing results from the opening day of the first World Superbike winter test at MotorLand Aragon, Spain. Only the factory Kawasaki, Yamaha and Ducati teams, plus customer squad Barni Ducati, are in action for the two-day World Superbike test at Aragaon.
Updated 2018 World Superbike championship standings after round 11 of 13 at Magny-Cours, France. 1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 470 points 2. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 335 points
Michael van der Mark says he faced the toughest race conditions he's encountered at the Suzuka 8 Hours during his stints helping the #21 Yamaha Factory Racing Team to a fourth consecutive victory, while securing his own fourth win at the event.
The #21 Yamaha Factory Racing Team has survived a frantic Suzuka 8 Hours to defend its title with Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark sharing rider duties with the absence of injured team-mate Katsuyuki Nakasuga, creating history with a fourth consecutive victory for the team.
The Pata Yamaha squad has re-signed both Michael van der Mark and Alex Lowes for the 2019 World Superbike championship, confirming an unchanged line-up for next year.
Michael van der Mark felt he couldn’t find a big enough advantage to fight back against Jonathan Rea in the hunt for victory in race two at Misano but was still content with second to strengthen his third place in the championship.
Pata Yamaha team boss Paul Denning says he has zero worries about his squad becoming complacent following its recent run of wins in World Superbike ahead of its return to the challenging Laguna Seca track.
Yamaha will target a record-breaking fourth consecutive Suzuka 8 Hours victory this year with an unchanged rider line-up of World Superbike pair Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark alongside Katsuyuki Nakasuga for the #21 Yamaha Factory Racing Team running its iconic 20 th anniversary l
Alex Lowes has toasted his maiden World Superbike race win with Pata Yamaha after having to grit his tenth when teammate Michael van der Mark secured the team’s first wins last time out at his home round.
Arriving at a new World Superbike round as a race winner for the first time, Michael van der Mark is fully confident his Pata Yamaha package “has improved even more” since the in-season test at Brno.
Michael van der Mark says he’s in dreamland after securing a maiden double victory at Pata Yamaha’s home round at Donington Park and feels the team’s tireless work is starting to pay off.
Full race two results for the sixth round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at Donington Park, Great Britain. 1. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 23 laps 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Puccetti Kawasaki ZX-10RR +2.328s
Jonathan Rea says he will try out the same Pirelli rear tyre option Michael van der Mark used in his charge to victory in the Donington Park opener after losing out to the Pata Yamaha rider.
Michael van der Mark says he knew the Pata Yamaha package was capable of winning races this year and has relished the result having spent four years in the series before his maiden World Superbike win.
Full race one results for the sixth round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at Donington Park, Great Britain. 1. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 23 laps 2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR +1.136s
Full race one results for the fourth round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at Assen, the Netherlands. 1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 21 laps 2. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 +0.981s
Full free practice three results for the fourth round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at Assen, the Netherlands. 1. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 1m 35.156s