Alex Lowes says Jonathan Rea made a ‘big error of judgement’ in his bungled attempts to overtake for third position on the final corner of the first World Superbike Championship race at Jerez after it left the Yamaha rider nursing a shoulder injury.
Jerez WorldSBK - Free Practice Results 3 Alvaro Bautista continued to stamp his mark on proceedings on home soil in Jerez ahead of qualifying for round six of the 2019 World Su
Loris Baz and Ten Kate SBK endured a somewhat inauspicious return to the World Superbike Championship at Jerez as a mammoth airborne crash in second free practice left the team with a significant repair job to complete overnight.
Yamaha enjoyed an eye-catching opening day of track action for round six of the World Superbike Championship at Jerez as four of its five riders packed into the top seven positions by the end of FP2.
Jerez WorldSBK - Free Practice Results (2) Alvaro Bautista surged to the top of the World Superbike Championship timesheets to secure Friday honours in Jerez, as Loris Baz esca
Jonas Folger to make his racing comeback at the Catalan Moto2 race at Petronas Sprinta Racing after initial replacement rider Mattia Pasini suffered a broken collarbone.
Four-time WorldSBK Champion Jonathan Rea says he is ‘so happy’ to see his former Ten Kate Racing team rise from the ashes of bankruptcy with a racing return in Jerez this weekend following its revival as a Yamaha partner.
Marco Melandri is hoping solutions trialled during last week’s Misano test will put him in a stronger position for this weekend’s World Superbike Championship at Jerez.
Alex Lowes is confident his PATA Yamaha R1 will be more favourably suited to the Jerez circuit as he looks to get back to the WorldSBK podium this weekend.
Loris Baz is eyeing World Superbike Championship podiums this season as he prepares for his return to the series with Ten Kate Racing, the Frenchman’s appetite for success having been whetted by his first test on the new Yamaha.
Lee Johnston has claimed his first victory at the Isle of Man TT in the opening Monster Energy Supersport event in a rain-interrupted race which was called to finish at the end of Lap 2.
Valentino Rossi has described his Mugello ordeal as one of his “worst” race weekends “for a long, long time” as the ‘19 Yamaha M1’s failings were brutally exposed under the searing Italian sun.
Fabio Quartararo endured a sobering Italian MotoGP as he fell well short of an anticipated podium challenge after struggling for the pace that qualified him on the front row at Mugello.
Italian MotoGP Results - Mugello Danilo Petrucci produced a peerless performance to claim an emotional maiden MotoGP victory in front of his home fans after prevailing in a spectacular
Valentino Rossi was left to play down his failed strategy in Saturday afternoon’s Q1 session, instead focussing on an FP3 mistake that “destroyed the day” and forced him to start the Italian Grand Prix from a disastrous 18 th place.