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Loris Baz fastest in rain-lashed Magny-Cours FP3 as Jonathan Rea takes a tumble
Loris Baz earmarks himself as the rider to beat in Superpole at a wet Magny-Cours by topping the WorldSBK FP3 session, while Jonathan Rea suffers a fall

Garrett Gerloff continues fine WorldSBK form to top damp Friday at Magny-Cours
Garrett Gerloff tops the timesheets on a day for ducks at Magny-Cours as the penultimate round of the 2020 WorldSBK Championship gets underway

Jonathan Rea splashes to top spot in Magny-Cours WorldSBK FP1
Champion elect Jonathan Rea kicks what could well be another crowning WorldSBK at Magny-Cours with the fastest FP1 time in treacherous weather conditions

Jonathan Rea primed for first ‘match point’ as sixth WorldSBK title approaches
Jonathan Rea tees up his sixth WorldSBK Championship title, needing to out-score Scott Redding by 11 points in Magny-Cours to get the job done with a round in hand

Rea snatches fourth consecutive WorldSBK pole in Catalunya
Jonathan Rea denies Toprak Razgatlioglu his long awaited maiden WorldSBK pole position by snatching the top spot in the closing stages in Spain

Rea slides to top of timesheets in damp WorldSBK Catalunya FP2
Jonathan Rea shrugs off tricky weather conditions to set the pace in second free practice for the WorldSBK Catalunya round in Spain

Razgatlioglu leads Yamaha 1-2-3 as inaugural WorldSBK Catalunya begins
Toprak Razgatlioglu heads up Michael van der Mark and surprise package Garrett Gerloff in WorldSBK Catalunya FP1, while Jonas Folger makes his debut

Ex-Moto2 rider Debise joins Pedercini Kawasaki for WorldSBK Catalunya
Former Moto2 and GP rider Valentin Debise to make WorldSBK debut at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this weekend with Pedercini Kawasaki

Ex-MotoGP rider Folger bids to impress in potential WorldSBK pitch
Jonas Folger returns to international competition with a WorldSBK wild-card at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya amid talk of a full-time 2021 WorldSBK move

Melandri calls it quits again as Barni promotes Cavalieri to WorldSBK
Marco Melandri quits motorcycle racing just four rounds into his comeback with the Barni Ducati team; Samuele Cavalieri replaces the three-time MotoGP race winner

Rinaldi comes of age in WorldSBK Aragon masterclass
A speechless Michael Ruben Rinaldi becomes the latest WorldSBK Championship race winner with a stunning performance at Motorland Aragon

Rea strides towards sixth WorldSBK title with Aragon wins
Jonathan Rea makes a break for the 2020 WorldSBK Championship after three wins across six races at Aragon swell his lead over Scott Redding to 36 points

Another record, another WorldSBK pole for Rea in Aragon
Jonathan Rea storms to a dominant lap record-breaking pole position again at Motorland Aragon ahead of the WorldSBK Teruel round in Spain

Rinaldi makes it three from three in WorldSBK Teruel FP3
Michael Ruben Rinaldi establishes himself as the man to beat ahead of WorldSBK Teruel qualifying at Motorland Aragon as unwell Alex Lowes sits out session

Rinaldi asserts himself to complete Teruel WorldSBK Friday sweep
Michael Ruben Rinaldi upstages his factory rivals again to top WorldSBK FP2 at Motorland Aragon, from Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes

Rinaldi pips Rea by 0.001s to top Teruel WorldSBK FP1
Michael Ruben Rinaldi sets the pace in first free practice for the fifth WorldSBK Championship round of 2020 at Motorland Aragon

MotoE champ Matteo Ferrari joins WorldSBK ranks for Aragon
The first-ever MotoE World Cup title winner will make his WorldSBK debut at Motorland Aragon, replacing Leandro Mercado at Motocorsa Ducati

Rea throws down gauntlet with record-breaking WorldSBK Aragon pole
Jonathan Rea claims a 25th career WorldSBK Superpole at Motorland Aragon but will be joined on the front row by title rival Scott Redding

Rea raises benchmark as Yamaha return to fore in Aragon FP3
Kawasaki's Jonathan Rea is the rider to beat heading into WorldSBK Superpole as he turns in the quickest lap time of the WorldSBK Aragon weekend in FP3

Rea leads Kawasaki 1-2 in FP2, Davies fastest overall
Jonathan Rea leads a Kawasaki 1-2 in WorldSBK Aragon FP2 but it is Chaz Davies that leads the overnight timesheets in Spain

Davies heads up Rinaldi in WorldSBK FP1 at Aragon
Chaz Davies heads up Ducati counterpart - and rival for his factory seat - Michael Ruben Rinaldi in WorldSBK FP1 at Aragon, with Jonathan Rea in third

Tom Sykes re-signs with BMW for 2021 WorldSBK season
Tom Sykes puts pen to paper on a contract extension with BMW Motorrad where he will be paired with Michael van der Mark for the 2021 WorldSBK season

Ex-MotoGP rider Jonas Folger to make WorldSBK debut in Barcelona
Jonas Folger is confirmed to be making his WorldSBK Championship debut as a wild-card at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya following dominant double win on IDM Superbike debut

Estoril returns to WorldSBK schedule as season cut to eight rounds
The Circuito Estoril will host a round of WorldSBK for the first time since 1993 after Misano and San Juan Villicum rounds are axed from 2020 schedule