It was truly a day of two halves for Toprak Razgatlioglu as the Superpole race saw him lower the gap to under fifty points before the crushing blow of a DNF in race two of the CZech Republic World SBK round, leaving Alvaro Bautista with an extended title lead of 74 points.
Alvaro Bautista completely turned around his Czech Republic meet by the time the chequered flag waved in race two, taking a historic win to place himself back in control of the 2023 WorldSBK championship.
Assen has cancelled all its events for the next three weeks amid coronavirus prevention plans ordered by the Netherlands’ government and health authorities, which threatens the running of the Dutch World Superbike round later in April.
The ongoing coronavirus disruptions have caused the Spanish round of the 2020 World Superbike championship to be postponed from March 29 to October 25, where it is now set to become the season finale.
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.
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.
Dorna recently confirmed that an agreement had been reached for both MotoGP and WorldSBK to race at a to-be-built street-style circuit in the Mandalika tourist region on the island of Lombok, near Bali, from 2021.
Over the past five days, Crash.net has been unveiling its top 100 drivers and riders from across the motorsport world from 2018. New Year's Eve marks the final part as we reveal our top 20, ending with the #1 racer in the world this year.
Recently-crowned five-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton suffered a small crash but was uninjured as he took part in a Superbike track day at Jerez on Saturday.
Eugene Laverty described his first day performance in Qatar as “pretty special” after topping both FP1 and FP3, while showing consistency with a second in the session in between.
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.
Tom Sykes says he’s optimistic heading to Misano thanks to strong reference points to work from with the Kawasaki ZX-10RR from previous success at the Italian circuit.