WSBK News

Marco Melandri sets his sights firmly on the 2014 World Superbike Championship title following the confirmation he will ride for Aprilia next season.

Eugene Laverty makes his feelings known about former team-mate - and possible successor at Aprilia - Marco Melandri following their clash at Jerez.

Kawasaki Racing's Tom Sykes is the 2013 World Superbike Champion, while Aprilia defends its Manufacturers' title.

Loris Baz fails his final medical at Jerez, meaning he won't line up for the final round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship season.

Javier Fores will ride the Alstare Ducati during the final round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship at Jerez.

Mark Aitchison is turning his attentions to the future as he looks to take advantage of a strong return to World Superbike competition with the Pedercini Kawasaki team.

Double Superstock 1000 Champion Sylvain Barrier will make his long-awaited World Superbike Championship debut at Jerez, it is confirmed.

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A 'close to the limit' last lap pass by Eugene Laverty forces Marco Melandri off the podium at Laguna Seca and loses him ground in the title fight.

Sylvain Guintoli comes good on his promise to push hard for the 2013 World Superbike Championship as he claims his first pole position of the season at Laguna Seca.

Carlos Checa joins Max Neukirchner, Jonathan Rea and Loris Baz on the sidelines in Turkey after suffering chest and wrist injuries, while Ayrton Badovini is also walking wounded...

Tolga Urpak and Yunus Ercelik are listed on the provisional entry list for the Turkish round of the World Superbike Championship.

Eugene Laverty says he is waiting on Aprilia to decide its strategy for the 2014 season before choosing where to race next season.

Confirmed with a broken femur following his huge accident at the Nurburgring, Jonathan Rea says there were no oil flags at he point where he fell.

A heavy morning warm-up crash forces Loris Baz to withdraw from the first race at the Nurburgring.

A wet Superpole at the Nurburgring allows Ayrton Badovini to shine through the gloom to claim a long-awaited maiden World Superbike pole for Ducati.

India's planned WSBK debut cancelled, 2013 season will now end at Jerez on October 20.

Limits on engine changes, an end to superior bikes at factory teams, plus a new EVO class for WSBK in 2014

Jakub Smrz's younger brother Matej is looking to make his World Superbike debut as a wild-card at the Nurburgring riding a Yamaha R1.

Leon Haslam and Michael van der Mark power to victory in the Suzuka 8 Hours for Honda; Former 500cc world champion Kevin Schwantz finishes third for Suzuki.

BMW announces it will withdraw its factory support from the World Superbike Championship at the end of the 2013 season.

Britain's Tom Sykes lost the lead of the World Superbike Championship after his Kawasaki ZX-10R suffered an engine failure on the third lap of Sunday's race at the Moscow Raceway in Russia.

The second World Superbike race and the World Supersport race at the Moscow Raceway have been cancelled.

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