WSBK News

Jonathan Rea has relished making World Superbike history with a trademark dominant display to take his 60 th career race win to surpass Carl Fogarty’s all-time record.

Full WorldSBK qualifying results at Brno

Full WorldSBK FP4 results from Brno Alex Lowes has taken top spot in the final free practice session from Friday’s fastest rider Jonathan Rea by just 0.010s ahead of qualifying in Brno.

Marco Melandri says he’s found a comfortable set-up with his Aruba.it Racing Ducati at Brno after a torrid Donington Park round last time out but still feels Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea has a clear pace advantage.

Full WorldSBK FP3 results from Brno

Full WorldSBK FP2 results from Brno Jonathan Rea heads up the second free practice session as the Brno circuit dries up after early morning rain ahead of Kawasaki teammate Tom Sykes.

Andreas Mikkelsen has stormed into an early lead at Rally Italia Sardegna thanks to a pair of early stage wins to pull out a useful advantage of 14 seconds on Hyundai teammate Thierry Neuville.

Full WorldSBK FP1 results from Brno

Chaz Davies is eager for Aruba.it Racing Ducati to refine its current Panigale R package than “throwing parts at it and confusing the situation” as he looks to strikeback at Brno.

Leon Camier accepts Red Bull Honda will attack the Brno round “a little behind the other teams” having missed the in-season test with both he and teammate Jake Gagne out injured last month.

Arriving at a new World Superbike round as a race winner for the first time, Michael van der Mark is fully confident his Pata Yamaha package “has improved even more” since the in-season test at Brno.

After his frustrating home round at Donington Park, Tom Sykes is aiming to fight back to winning ways on World Superbike’s return to the Czech Republic at Brno.

Bradley Ray says he can take pride from his World Superbike debut performances with his British Superbike-specification Buildbase Suzuki at Donington Park as his attention sharpens on the national series.

Fresh from taking his maiden World Superbike rostrum Toprak Razgatlioglu has re-signed with the Puccetti Kawasaki squad for the 2019 World Superbike championship.

Toprak Razgatlioglu has become the first Turkish rider to secure a World Superbike podium finish, coming in just his 12 th race in the series, finishing as top Kawasaki rider ahead of the likes of factory riders Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes.

Eugene Laverty says his race two at Donington Park “was a disaster” with a scary technical problem with his Milwaukee Aprilia which caused his throttle to get stuck open.

Leon Camier has been buoyed by the progress Red Bull Honda has produced with its new electronics package but is eager for the team to deliver more power to catch its World Superbike rivals.

Chaz Davies says he feels he has to fight his Aruba.it Racing Ducati to see improvements after making a small recovery to fifth place in race two at Donington Park.

Jonathan Rea may have to wait a little longer to take the outright record for all-time World Superbike race wins but feels it was mission accomplished at Donington Park with a pair of podiums to extend his championship lead to a commanding position.

Michael van der Mark says he’s in dreamland after securing a maiden double victory at Pata Yamaha’s home round at Donington Park and feels the team’s tireless work is starting to pay off.

Tom Sykes says “being pissed off is an understatement” after his frustrating race weekend at his home round Donington Park which saw him lose ground to his World Superbike championship rivals.

Both Marco Melandri and Chaz Davies have been left deflated by Ducati’s grip and stability issues plaguing its pace at Donington Park as the Italian manufacturer suffered its worst World Superbike race in over three years.

Tom Sykes feels a drop in rear traction with his Kawasaki was the cause behind his late race fade at Donington Park but was content to take third place to continue his mid-season resurgence.

Jonathan Rea says he will try out the same Pirelli rear tyre option Michael van der Mark used in his charge to victory in the Donington Park opener after losing out to the Pata Yamaha rider.