WSBK News

James Toseland fended off tough competition from Troy Bayliss to secure his first win at Phillip Island and secure his championship lead at the second round of the Corona Extra Superbike World Championship.

Fabien Foret took an emotional race win at Phillip Island for his Gil Kawasaki team at round two of the Supersport World Championship.

Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Yukio Kagayama will miss tomorrow's races at Phillip Island due to doctor's orders.

Following his 'dream' World Superbike race debut last weekend in Qatar, when he finished first and second, former MotoGP star Max Biaggi is fired up for this weekend's Phillip Island round - but expects the competition to be tougher.

The Australian pairing of Josh Brookes and Karl Muggeridge experienced a difficult start to their season with new team Alto Evolution Honda, but they both left Qatar with points secured during the second race at the desert track.

After a dramatic and unpredictable start to World Superbike racing's 20th year of all out action, no one could have predicted the out come at Losail a few days ago, now it's the turn of Phillip Island to form the backdrop to what will hopefully be just as momentous a weekend.

James Toseland put in a gritty performance during race two of the first round of the Corona Extra Superbike World Championship in Qatar, taking a dominant lights to flag victory aboard his Hannspree Ten Kate Honda.

Katsuaki Fujiwara aboard his Althea Honda proved he was back on top form at one of his favourite circuits by taking the fastest time in the opening qualifying session. His time of 2mins 03.258secs was less than 0.2 seconds from the previous fastest lap.

Double World Superbike Champion, Troy Corser, has launched a 'trophy winning 2005 Shiraz' wine, to commemorate his 2005 world championship victory.

World Superbikes is to go under the auction hammer according to a recent report in The Times online business section.

Team Pedercini concluded its pre-season preparations with four-days of testing, split between two different Spanish circuits, after which team prinipcal Donato Pedercini declared rider Dean Ellison ready for the forthcoming World Superbike season.

DFXtreme Honda has officially launched its 2007 World Superbike campaign by unveiling a new 'Freddie Spencer' inspired red, white and blue colour scheme - and announcing its ambitions for the forthcoming season.

Josh Brookes arrived at the Italian headquarters of Alto Evolution Honda earlier this week, in preparation for this weekend's first test with the 2007 spec CBR1000RR in Sicily.

Ahead of the Qatar season opener on February 24, the FIM has announced the official entry list for the 2007 World Superbike championship.

Triple 2006 race winner Yukio Kagayama edged out new superstar team-mate Max Biaggi to lead the Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra challenge by the end of the three-day Phillip Island test.

PSG-1 Kawasaki team-mates Fonsi Nieto and Regis Laocni made a promising start to the three-day Phillip Island test, setting the third equal and sixth fastest lap times - despite a severe case of jet lag.

Pictures from the opening day of World Superbike testing at Phillip Island in Australia are already online.

The FIM has released an updated version of the 2007 World Superbike calendar, and the good news for British fans is an additional round in the UK - with the return of Donington Park.

Reigning double World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss has responded to Neil Hodgson's claims that he blocked the Briton's return to the factory Ducati team.

Despite enjoying its most successful WSBK season to date, Team Klaffi Honda will be missing from the grid in 2007 having failed to secure the necessary sponsorship to compete.

There is no Christmas rest for the teams of the World Superbike Series - well, not just yet anyway - as the final Pirelli test of 2006 sees at least one team from each of the major manufacturers heading to Qatar for a three-day session at Losail.

Earlier this week, representatives of the PSG-1 Kawasaki team, based in San Marino, met with the region's secretary of state for foreign affairs, Fiorenzo Stolfi.

Two World Superbike legends have proved as much of a hit off the race track as on it, getting together to raise more than ?4,000 for Children In Need with an end-of-season charity auction.

Following Winston's withdraw from international motorsport, Ten Kate Honda has announced Hannspree as its new title sponsor for the 2007 season - and confirmed Roberto Rolfo as its second World Superbike rider.