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Full Misano WorldSBK FP2 results Michael van der Mark has stolen top spot from Jonathan Rea at the end of Friday practice at Misano despite both riders suffering late falls in the second prac

Full Misano WorldSBK FP1 results Jonathan Rea has maintained Kawasaki’s previous dominance at Misano by topping the opening World Superbike practice session ahead of Michael van der Mark and

Despite losing ground to the leading trio in the World Superbike championship standings last time out at Jerez, Alex Lowes says he won’t change his plan for Misano as he aims to retain his podium-fighting pace in Italy.

Michele Pirro says his World Superbike return has been a long-term plan in the making as he gears up with Barni Ducati for Misano.

Chaz Davies remains cautiously optimistic heading to Misano with Aruba.it Racing Ducati having been confident of finding a setup breakthrough with his V4 R but warns “we’re not under any illusions that it’s going to be particularly easy”.

Alvaro Bautista will attempt to come good on his dreams of securing a home win for his Aruba.it Ducati World Superbike team at Misano after missing out at Imola.

Lorenzo Zanetti has landed another World Superbike Championship outing on home soil this weekend after being called up by the Go Eleven Ducati team as the latest replacement for Eugene Laverty.

Leon Camier has spoken of his frustration at being forced to skip yet another round of the 2019 World Superbike Championship through injury following his accident at Imola.

Michael van der Mark will look to maintain his strong upturn in form at Misano after returning to winning ways for the Pata Yamaha team last time out in Jerez.

Jonathan Rea will turn his attentions to clawing back more ground on Alvaro Bautista in the World Superbike Championship in Misano after a testing weekend in Jerez.

Team Go Eleven has confirmed Eugene Laverty won’t make his racing return for the Misano WorldSBK round this weekend, though the team stopped short of confirming who will replace him.

Stefan Bradl is set to make his overdue Suzuka 8 Hours debut this year part of the Red Bull Honda line-up having missed the 2017 race with an ear infection.

Jonathan Rea has challenged the FIM governing body to be ‘consistent’ with its rulings on race incidents going forward following the decision to sanction him for his collision with Alex Lowes during the latest World Superbike Championship round in Jerez, while his WorldSBK title rival Alvaro Baut

Eugene Laverty says he is doing all he can to ensure he returns to World Superbike Championship competition for Team Goeleven’s home round at Misano, but adds he is focused on ensuring he only does so at 100 per cent fitness.

Loris Baz says he can be pleased with a top ten return to World Superbike Championship action after seven months on the sidelines and a dramatically destructive start to his weekend in Jerez.

Tom Sykes is satisfied the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK programme is moving in a good direction after securing his and the manufacturer’s best haul of points of the season in Jerez, but admits work needs to be done to understand its ‘little gap’ to the front.

Tommy Bridewell notched up his maiden World Superbike Championship top ten finish in Jerez to bring a positive end to weekend that ‘started badly’.

Motocorsa has confirmed it will make its second World Superbike Championship appearance of the 2019 season at Misano but do so this time with youngster Samuele Cavalieri.

Leon Haslam maintained his perfect World Superbike Championship scoring record so far in 2019 with a trio of top ten finishes at Jerez, results that Briton admits he is ‘not too happy about’.

Toprak Razgtalioglu made another convincing pitch towards earning himself a factory-supported Kawasaki ride in 2020 with a second podium in as many events at Jerez.

Marco Melandri has responded to Chaz Davies’ assertion that he was to blame for the accident that eliminated them both from the second World Superbike Championship race at Jerez, saying his rival didn’t leave him enough space.

After being robbed of the chance to score a podium in Jerez during the first race of the World Superbike Championship weekend, Alex Lowes’ Spanish endeavour didn’t improve thereafter with crashes in races two and three.

In a season that has seen Alvaro Bautista and Jonathan Rea dominate the spoils in 2019, Michael van der Mark and Yamaha got their chance to shine in Jerez with a first win of the year for both on a lucrative weekend.

Latest 2019 World Superbike Championship Standings For all of his dominance this weekend, the fact Alvaro Bautista leaves Round 6 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship with a trimmed points' lead seems