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Troy Corser drops to tenth in the World Superbike standings after suffering his first DNF of the season at Silverstone.

The race one podium winner suffers 'light concussion' following his fall at the start of race two; Jonathan Rea sprains his ankle

The Ducati Xerox team has just two hours to rebuild Noriyuki Haga's bike after a warm-up accident

Crash.net looks ahead to the opening round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship this week by discussing the chances of each manufacturer - next, BMW...

Davide Tardozzi gets ready for a new challenge with BMW having led Ducati to 16 World Superbike titles

Ruben Xaus breaks his leg for the second time in three months after crashing on oil in the final race of the season

Ruben Xaus has become the latest World Superbike rider to be sidelined with injury after breaking his leg in an accident on the opening lap of race one at Brno.

Troy Corser revealed he has 'not recovered' from the shoulder injury that left him on the sidelines for the previous World Superbike round at Kyalami, admitting it did cause him to struggle on his return in the USA.

BMW come away from the sixth round of the World Superbike Championship with no points to their name for the first time this season after a disastrous weekend in South Africa.

Troy Corser was lucky to come away with just a sore arm following two mammoth crashes during the latest round of the World Superbike Championship at Monza.

Ruben Xaus admitted to feeling jealous when he realised that BMW team-mate Troy Corser was running a superb fourth in the early stages of race two at Qatar on Saturday, but the Spaniard used his envy as positive motivation to eventually finish less than a tenth of a second behind the Australian.

BMW has officially revealed the war paint it will use for its maiden World Superbike Championship campaign in 2009 just a few days before its first outing in Australia.

GMB Racing, which runs the Sterilgarda Ducati team, has apologised for the behaviour of Ruben Xaus after race one at Donington Park on Sunday. The Spaniard believed he had finished the two-part race in third position, despite falling at high speed on the red flag lap.

Crash.net With many people expecting you to announce Troy Corser as your new rider for 2009, can you explain how the deal with Ruben Xaus came about and why was he on top of your shortlist?

The Sterilgarda Ducati team enjoyed a dream race two at Misano with Ruben Xaus taking victory ahead of team-mate Max Biaggi at the end of an eventful, restarted, second race.

1. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 39mins 19.710secs 24 laps 2. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +1.035secs 3. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +4.158secs

Troy Corser has spoilt Ducati's party at Misano in qualifying for the latest round of the World Superbike Championship, the Yamaha rider scoring a superb second pole position of the season.

BMW Motorrad has confirmed that Ruben Xaus is to lead its first foray into the World Superbike Championship in 2009.

2008 World Superbike Championship leader Troy Bayliss and Ducati Xerox team-mate Michel Fabrizio have both been forced to miss the two-day test due to injury, as has Sterilgarda Go Eleven rider Max Biaggi.

The list reveals that there will be six of the new 1200cc Ducati 1098Rs on the grid this year, with single-rider entries for former factory pliot Lorenzo Lanzi (R.G.Team) and Czech Jakub Smrz (Guandalini Racing) adding to the two-rider Xerox and Sterilgarda line-ups.

d'Antin Ducati endured a mixed three-day test session at Sepang, with both Neil Hodgson and Ruben Xaus improving their laps times consistently - but suffering persistent technical problems in the process.

Ruben Xaus continued his late season surge as he took the spoils in the first World Superbike race of the day at Imola.

Complete results from race one of round eleven of the World Superbike Championship at Imola.

Complete Superpole results and complete starting lineup from Imola, round eleven of the 2003 World Superbike Championship. Superpole results