WSBK News

Falling off three times is never ideal but to pull it back and claim pole position with the only sub 1min 36sec lap this weekend at Vallelunga is quite an achievement.

Foggy Racing was sidelined from the 2007 world championship after failing to find a replacement for Petronas, which left at the end of 2006 following a five-year association in which the FP1 Superbike was developed and raced against the established manufacturers.

This is the British manufacturer's first venture into racing on the world stage since the company was re-established in Hinckley. The Team Triumph-SC will be the sole factory representative for Triumph in the paddock.

Ten Kate Honda's Turkish star was entered at last weekend's Assen round as a reward for his total domination of WSS this season. Sofuoglu will graduate with Ten Kate to the premier class in 2008.

Double world champion Bayliss completed a few demo laps during the 2007 edition of World Ducati Week at Misano in July, however this was the first time that the 38-year-old Australian had ridden the bike in anger.

Team Manager, Johan Stigefelt said, "I am delighted to say that we have reached an agreement with Joshua Brookes for 2008. I think he is perfect for us.

In the first 24-lap encounter the Ducati Xerox rider charged to a commanding early lead until tyre problems saw him passed by Yamaha star Haga, Suzuki's Max Biaggi and the second factory R1 of Troy Corser by the finish.

Yamaha World Supersport Team and Broc Parkes are joined once again by Tommy Hill following his fifth place finish at Brands Hatch last month.

Maurizio Flammini, president of WSBK rights holders FGSport, said that Miller Motorsports Park is the ideal venue to host the championship's first North American round since Laguna Seca switched to MotoGP in 2005.

The tenth round of the Corona Extra Superbike World Championship at Brands Hatch turned into a fairy tale weekend for Britain's James Toseland as he secured his first ever double win, at home and before leaving the championship.

James Toseland's debut double World Superbike success on home turf - and maiden triumph at Brands Hatch - has been applauded by the chairman of the ACU's Road Race Committee.

The fourth leg of the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship, the Oschersleben 24 Hours, marks the start of the second half of the season and looks set to be a decisive point in the race for the title.

Sunday 5 August 18: 03 - Ousted and disqualified. Sebastien Charpentier had a bad day at the office. Not only did he have to hand his World Supersport title over to his young team-mate but he got disqualified too!

Although he didn't add to his season's six-win haul at Brands Hatch on Sunday, Kenan Sofuoglu did enough to secure a first World Supersport championship title for himself and HANNspree.

Yukio Kagayama had to battle more than just his rivals at the front of the World Superbike pack at Brands Hatch on Sunday afternoon, after a heavy race one crash left him nursing heavy bruising.

Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin overcame inclement weather and an all-day rain delay to win Sunday's second AMA Superbike race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and complete a sweep of the weekend.

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Noriyuki Haga is hoping that a faithful friend will help him in his quest to close the 45-point gap that has opened out between himself and World Superbike Championship leader James Toseland.

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The official test was held in scorching temperatures and attended by almost the entire 2007 line-up, eager to prepare for the September 30 event at the same circuit, and it was another Ducati rider who was fastest on day one, in the form of reigning double world champion Troy Bayliss.

Reigning double WSBK champion Troy Bayliss was given the honour of demonstrating the new racer, which is still in its factory development stage, sporting black carbon-fibre bodywork and aluminium fuel-tank. Bayliss has already signed to ride the machine next year.

Martin had been the original replacement for the injured Kevin Curtain, at Assen, but then made an ill fated return to the DFX Honda team - with whom he subsequently split.

Haga and leader Troy Bayliss had battled for supremacy from the start of race one, but were later caught by home hero Biaggi. Then, just three laps from the end, Biaggi attempted to overtake the Japanese by diving inside during the second part of the Curvone corner.

Anthony West who is deputising for the injured Kevin Curtain on the SSP Yamaha has taken provisional pole position at Misano for round eight of the World Supersport championship.