WSBK News

This weekend's first European round of the 2006 Corona Extra World Superbike championship season, at Valencia, will also mark the first appearance of the Ducati Xerox two-seater.

Following increasing speculation that the World Superbike technical regulations will be changed to give twin-cylinder machinery a 200cc capacity advantage - bringing them up to 1200cc - in the face of growing four-cylinder opposition, WSBK organiser's FGSport have today released the following sta

Winston Ten Kate has rewarded Giovanni Bussei for his sportsmanship at Imola 2004, by handing him Karl Muggeridge's Honda for round three of the 2006 Corona Extra World Superbike Championship, at Valencia on April 23.

Winston Ten Kate Honda has signed a deal with Moto-Events to provide fans an unprecedented chance to experience the World Superbike Championship behind the scenes.

Reigning World Champion Troy Corser showed the world exactly why he is the Champion with a hard fought race one win at his home circuit of Phillip Island for round two of the Corona Extra World Superbike Championship.

Australia's two World Superbike champions look set to battle it out for home glory at Phillip Island tomorrow, after Troy Bayliss edged out Troy Corser for pole position down under.

This photo finish was all that separated Noriyuki Haga and James Toseland for third position in race two of the 2006 Corona Extra World Superbike season opener, in Qatar on Saturday.

Ducati Xerox star Troy Bayliss is tipping his former Camel Honda MotoGP team-mate, Alex Barros, to "shock a few people" after making the switch to World Superbikes for this season.

These are the first pictures of the eye-catching colour scheme with which former MotoGP star Alex Barros will ride during his debut 2006 World Superbike season.

This year will be Foggy Petronas Racing's final season in the World Superbike Championship following the end of a five-year sponsorship deal with Petronas.

Winston Ten Kate Honda Team rider Karl Muggeridge became a father, after the birth of his son Ryan Luca Muggeridge, in Zurich.

Yamaha GMT94 has signed former WSBK race winner Anthony Gobert to ride its YZF-R6 in the opening rounds of the 2006 World Supersport Championship.

The Yamaha Motor Italia World Superbike Team will turn from blue to red in 2006, after signing a three-year sponsorship agreement with Santander Consumer Bank Italy.

The is the new livery with which Winston Ten Kate Honda riders James Toseland and Karl Muggeridge will race in the 2006 Corona Extra World Superbike championship.

The FIM, the governing body of the Corona Extra World Superbike Championship, has unveiled the finalised permanent entry list for the 2006 season, which kicks off in Qatar at the end of this month.

After weeks of speculation, MotoGP veteran Alex Barros has finally signed to ride a CBR 1000 RR Fireblade for the Klaffi Honda team in the 2006 World Superbike championship.

True to the sort of form he showed throughout 2005, reigning World Superbike champion Troy Corser set the pace on the second day of this week's group test at Phillip Island in his native Australia.

Unable to find a ride in MotoGP for the coming season, Max Biaggi appears set to join the stream of riders looking at the rejuvenated World Superbike Championship as a means of continuing or boosting their careers.

A deal signed late last week brings Italian rider Roberto Rolfo to the Corona Extra Superbike World Championship in 2006, riding a Ducati for Scuderia SC Caracchi.

by Mark Dowling The 2005 World Superbike season saw the return of the factory-supported Suzukis to the championship - and it was the GSXR1000 K5 that proved to be the bike that gave Australian Troy Corser his second WSBK crown.

The Foggy Petronas Racing team is still waiting for its founding sponsor to reveal what it wants to happen after the end of the 2006 World Superbike season, which will mark the final year of the present Petronas contract.

An updated version of the 2006 World Superbike and Supersport calendar has today been released, which reveals that the series will conclude in South Africa.

With an Australian World Superbike war looming for 2006 - when former champion Troy Bayliss will return to take on reigning champion Troy Corser - it is Bayliss whom four-times World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty believes "is the better rider".

Shinichi Nakatomi's first ride for the Yamaha Motor France team, with whom he will compete in the 2006 World Superbike Championship, ended on a low note after the Japanese rider ended Thursday in hospital with a hand injury.