WSBK News

Tom Sykes’ rivals have expressed their sympathy towards his plight following his controversial elimination from the Superpole Race results when he crashed after the race was declared as over due to a red flag.

Marco Melandri has left Donington Park bemused by the disappearance of his pace with GRT Yamaha and believes “either the bike doesn’t like me or my riding style doesn’t suit the bike”.

Tom Sykes says ‘the rules need to be looked at’ after losing his second-place finish in the Superpole Race at Donington Park post-race due to a fall on the cool down lap.

Chaz Davies says he can’t be happy with his Donington Park results while his final race charge was hampered by arm pump on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati.

Tom Sykes has given more context to the circumstances of his post-red flag crash in the Superpole Race, which cost him a podium result and denied him a shot at victory in race two.

In a season that has seen him display an excellent affinity with the Aruba.it Ducati Panigale V4 R, Alvaro Bautista says he was simply pleased to get to the end of the Donington Park weekend with a podium finish after being ‘physically destroyed’ riding it.

Toprak Razgatlioglu added two more podiums to his World Superbike Championship career tally with another strong performance on the satellite Puccetti Kawasaki at Donington Park.

Jonathan Rea says he is delighted to have maximised his chances at Donington Park by scoring his first WorldSBK treble on a weekend that saw title rival Alvaro Bautista struggle in comparison.

Marco Melandri was at a loss to explain his terrible pace during the first World Superbike Championship race at a wet Donington Park after finishing last and more than a lap down.

Tom Sykes has hailed the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team after recording a dominant pole position at Donington Park and following it up with a well-judged podium in the wet.

Alvaro Bautista shrugged off the consequences of losing the World Superbike Championship lead for the first time this season after crashing out of the first race at Donington Park, instead revealing he is ‘lucky’ not to have been hurt in his sizeable smash.

Jonathan Rea has joked he probably lost time after being informed that World Superbike Championship title rival Alvaro Bautista was out of the first race at Donington Park, as the Kawasaki’s fifth win of 2019 saw him moved top of the standings for the first time this year.

Alex Lowes says he was happy to ‘take the points’ for a top five finish after keeping it tidy in tricky conditions two weeks after he crashed in the wet at Misano.

Leon Haslam continued his quiet ascension back into overall top three contention with a third consecutive podium on home soil at Donington Park.

Donington Park WorldSBK - Superpole Results BMW has qualified on pole position for a World Superbike Championship race for the first time since 2010 as Tom Sykes

Michael van der Mark says he is now targeting top ten results in this weekend’s World Superbike Championship round at Donington Park after making a successful return to action from injury.

Tom Sykes fired out a warning shot to his rivals ahead of qualifying for Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship at Donington Park as he topped the timesheets in both Friday free practice sessions.

Jonathan Rea feels poised to strike ahead of a potentially crucial World Superbike Championship round at Donington Park as he comfortably outpaced title rival Alvaro Bautista in Friday practice.

Alex Lowes rewarded his Pata Yamaha team with a run to second quickest in free practice for the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park after a small-turned-big crash necessitated a rebuild between sessions.

Eugene Laverty is out of this weekend's Donington Park World Superbike accident after deciding he doesn't quite have the fitness levels to race on this weekend.

Donington Park WorldSBK - Free Practice Results (2) Tom Sykes continued to hold firm at the conclusion of Friday practice for Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Champ

Donington Park WorldSBK - Free Practice Results (1) Tom Sykes demonstrated impressive performance out of the box as he stormed to the quickest lap time in first free p

Alex Lowes says after just missing out on victory in Misano his only target will be to win races at his home round Donington Park.

Alvaro Bautista concedes he’s been overconfident during the last two rounds of the World Superbike championship which has seen him suffer two costly falls and duly damage his points lead.