WSBK News

A potentially crucial victory and fourth place finish for Ben Spies at Magny-Cours means he will be in 'control of his destiny' at the World Superbike showdown in Portugal, the American knowing two wins will be enough to take the title.

Ben Spies has revealed a faulty tyre was to blame for his lacklustre performance during the second World Superbike race of the day at Magny-Cours, his fourth place finish overshadowing a dramatic victory in the opening encounter.

Cal Crutchlow was unable to hide his disappointment after a 'false neutral' denied him the result that would have put him on the cusp of the 2009 World Supersport Championship.

Brake problems in both World Superbike races were at fault for Troy Corser being unable to continue BMW's recent progress at Imola, the Australian even being forced to retire during the second encounter for safety reasons.

Max Biaggi dismissed any hard feelings towards Marco Simoncelli despite missing out on a double podium finish during the latest World Superbike round at Imola.

Suzuki has explained the reason why its bikes did not carry Brux logos during the World Superbike round at Imola, the team revealing it is heading to court for a ruling on non-fulfilment of obligations.

Shane Byrne has apologised to his team for being unable to put together two stronger results for Sterilgarda Ducati on home ground after suffering a crash in race one.

Ben Spies will start his first race as World Superbike Championship leader in this weekend's Imola round, held in Ducati's 'backyard'.

Having been forced to deny rumours that its presence on the World Superbike grid is in doubt, Sterilgarda Ducati hopes to let its results do the talking in this weekend's Imola round.

Ducati has announced that both its factory World Superbike riders, Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio, have been re-signed for the 2010 season.

During this weekend's World Superbike round at Imola, the home Ducati Xerox Team will allow fans to see right to the heart of the action, by providing live and uncut streaming direct from Noriyuki Haga's garage on both Saturday and Sunday.

Noriyuki Haga has vented his 'anger' at Jonathan Rea after their collision in the second race of the day at the Nurburgring forced him to hand over the World Superbike Championship lead to Ben Spies for the first time this season

John Hopkins says he has not suffered any serious injuries, despite being involved in a vicious looking accident at the start of the opening World Superbike race of the day at the Nurburgring.

John Hopkins and Makoto Tamada have been taken to hospital to be treated for concussion following their accident during race one at the Nurburgring.

Noriyuki Haga says he feels fit and ready to resume his fight for the World Superbike title following a timely break to fully recover from injuries sustained in a crash back in June.

Triple World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss will make his V8 Supercar race debut at Phillip Island on September 11-13, before tackling the world famous Bathurst 1000 on October 8-11.

The most successful rider in the history of AMA Superbikes, Mat Mladin, has announced he will retire from the sport at the end of the 2009 season.

Cal Crutchlow is confident he will be riding for a factory-backed World Superbike Championship team in 2010, but admits he is not ruling out the possibility of defecting to the newly formed Moto2 series.

Leon Haslam and John Hopkins leave the tenth round of the World Superbike Championship at Brno feeling unsatisfied after a troublesome day concluded what has been a difficult weekend as a whole for the Stiggy Honda team.

Following a drought of 49 races that stretches back to his Suzuki days, Max Biaggi can call himself a winner once again after claiming a superb maiden World Superbike victory as an Aprilia rider at Brno.

Ruben Xaus has become the latest World Superbike rider to be sidelined with injury after breaking his leg in an accident on the opening lap of race one at Brno.

Cal Crutchlow converted his practice pace into an equally dominant performance during qualifying for the latest World Supersport round at Brno, although Eugene Laverty will start right alongside him for the race.

Yamaha WSB team manager Massimo Meregalli says it is his intention to re-sign Ben Spies for at least one more World Superbike season in 2010 as part of what he hopes will be an unchanged rider line-up with Tom Sykes.

Noriyuki Haga says he will be riding for 'as many points as possible' in the latest round of the World Superbike Championship at Brno after confirming he will participate in the event.