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Alvaro Bautista believes “the most important thing” from his debut day at Imola has been getting to grips with his first experience of wet weather riding the Aruba.it Racing Ducati V4 R.

Having revealed its 2019 team line-up and colours, Ten Kate Racing and rider Loris Baz will make its official World Superbike return at the Jerez round after initially targeting a potential comeback at Imola.

Pata Yamaha team boss Paul Denning feels the rider development he’s seen in Alex Lowes makes him unrecognisable to the person who joined his squad back in 2014.

Alvaro Bautista says recovering from a tough start to his Assen race weekend to take a double victory was a relief but was surprised to see Jonathan Rea battling for the lead on the opening lap of race two.

Jonathan Rea says he’s content with a double podium at Assen having felt he maximised the potential with his factory Kawasaki ZX-10RR despite losing further ground to Alvaro Bautista in the World Superbike championship.

Race one at Assen’s World Superbike round has been cancelled due to snow and cold conditions. The Dutch circuit has been hit with very chilly weather with light snow arriving at Assen midway through World Supersport qualifying.

The opening World Superbike race at Assen has been delayed due to snow and cold conditions. The Dutch circuit has been hit with very chilly weather all race weekend with light snow arriving at Assen midway through World Supersport qualifying.

Full Superpole qualifying results at Assen World Superbike Alvaro Bautista has secured another World Superbike pole position with the Aruba.it Racing Ducati as fortune shone on the Spaniard at Assen with&nbs

Full FP3 results from Assen World Superbike Jonathan Rea has laid down a marker in the freezing conditions at Assen by setting the fastest lap so far this weekend in preparation for a vital qualifying

Alvaro Bautista says a misguided setup on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati effectively denied him a clean day of Friday practice at Assen having failed to match the front-running pace of his World Superbike rivals.

Full FP2 results at Assen World Superbike Tom Sykes has produced a final flying lap to take top spot off Jonathan Rea by just 0.003s during Friday practice at Assen in an intensely competitive FP2

Full FP1 times at Assen WorldSBK Jonathan Rea has topped the opening practice at Assen in very cold conditions ahead of local star Michael van der Mark with runaway World Superbike championship leader

Michael van der Mark wants to use the “added pressure” of his home round at Assen to fuel his podium charge for Pata Yamaha.

Alvaro Bautista says his aims won’t change heading into the Assen round as he hopes to maintain his 100% winning start to the World Superbike championship, while gearing up for a maximum rev limit hit enforced by organisers.

Ducati has been slapped with a 250RPM drop by World Superbike championship organisers following analysis into manufacturer performance from the opening three rounds, while Honda has been given a boost of 500RPM.

Leon Haslam says due to the circuit characteristics at Assen and competitive front-runners the Dutch round will produce a closely-matched World Superbike pack compared to recent races.

Hector Barbera will stand in for the injured Leandro Mercado at the Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki squad for the Assen World Superbike round, capping an eventful two days after splitting with Team Toth by Willirace Yamaha.

Alvaro Bautista has hailed an “extraordinary” home round at Aragon to maintain his perfect start to the World Superbike championship with nine wins out of nine having been unchallenged throughout which allowed him to run his own strategy and pace.

Jonathan Rea believes Kawasaki’s strong points on traction and corner entry will be key at the next rounds of the World Superbike championship while he is keen to work with team-mate Leon Haslam to develop the ZX-10RR.

Full warm-up World Superbike results from Aragon Tom Sykes has produced a final-lap effort to keep within a quarter of a second of runaway leader Alvaro Bautista during warm-up at Aragon.

Alvaro Bautista says he “really enjoyed myself a lot with the bike” on his way to another dominant victory to maintain his 100% winning start to his World Superbike career.

Chaz Davies has poured praise on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati squad on his return to the podium for the first time this season with third place in the Aragon opener.

Jonathan Rea concedes the performance gap between him and runaway World Superbike championship leader Alvaro Bautista is too big despite fighting back for his seventh consecutive second place behind the Spanish rider.

Full WorldSBK Superpole qualifying results Alvaro Bautista has bolted to his second World Superbike pole position seeing off Sandro Cortese and Tom Sykes as Jonathan Rea could only manage 10 th pl