WSBK News

The Italian joins the factory team after a strong performance with the privateer Supersonic Ducati outfit in World Superbikes.

The Northern Irishman plots a 2011 World Superbike title challenge with the team he first joined in 2008.

The successful Japanese was set to race at Imola and Magny-Cours following its debut at Monza, but will now focus on its future plans.

The Italian ends his lengthy MotoGP tenure in favour of a chance to join the 2009 World Superbike champions.

Former 2010 World Supersport title contender Joan Lascorz remains in hospital more than a month after his accident on the opening lap of the Silverstone round.

Ducati will withdraw its factory support for the 2011 World Superbike season, but will continue to supply customer teams.

Ducati has won 13 of the 22 titles since the World Superbike Championship began in 1988.

Ten Kate Honda's struggling WSBK star Max Neukirchner gave his confidence a welcome boost by returning to the winner's rostrum in the IDM German Superbike championship round at Assen at the weekend.

Sam Lowes comes away from his Silverstone World Supersport outing as the high-placed British Supersport wild-card.

Tommy Bridewell battles hard at Silverstone to crack the top twenty on his wild-card outing with Tyco Honda.

The Briton was confident he is on course for MotoGP even before he claimed two superb victories at Silverstone over the weekend.

Troy Corser drops to tenth in the World Superbike standings after suffering his first DNF of the season at Silverstone.

Noriyuki Haga adds just five points to his tally at Silverstone after struggling to get comfortable on the circuit's revised layout.

Joan Lascorz and Roberto Tamburini suffer injury after a terrifying collision at the start of the Silverstone World Supersport race.

BSB front-runner Josh Brookes and Ryuichi Kiyonardi look to shine at Silverstone

Max Neukirchner's 2010 World Superbike season goes from bad to worse as two accidents prevent him from finishing either race at Brno.

Twin-cylinder bikes get their second weight break in just four rounds after a second review of the points' standings.

Max Biaggi starts second at Brnp - 12 grid positions and three rows up on title rival Leon Haslam.

Two-time World Superbike Champion James Toseland jokes that his Yamaha Sterilgarda team-mate Cal Crutchlow is 'a bit like Marmite...you either love him or hate him' - and confesses that third in the title standings would not really mean much to him this year...

Kawasaki takes wraps off the 2011-specification ZX-10R ahead of its testing debut at Suzuka this month.

With a World Superbike scoresheet of 1-2-4-3-2-1 and three Czech Grand Prix wins to his name, Biaggi has an outstanding record at Brno.

B&G Racing will defect to Aprilia with immediate effect after its relationship with Ducati goes sour.

Haslam wants Suzuki Japan to step up its investment in its World Superbike Championship effort after slipping further behind Aprilia at Misano.

The former MotoGP rider returns to Misano having tested there with the Althea team during the four-week break between races