WSBK News

The Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin team closed out the 2004 AMA Superbike season with strong performances from world championship regulars Lorenzo Lanzi and Regis Laconi, at Virginia International Raceway, USA.

Postponed by Hurricane Ivan, the rescheduled AMA season finale takes place this weekend at Virginia International Raceway, with the exciting triple-team of Eric Bostrom, Regis Laconi, and Lorenzo Lanzi riding the Ducati 999 for Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin.

James Toseland was crowned the 2004 World Superbike champion after a tense title showdown at Magny-Cours on Sunday, which ended with the #52 becoming the third British rider to take the SBK crown after Carl Fogarty and Neil Hodgson.

Foggy Petronas Racing riders Troy Corser and Chris Walker scored a top ten double in the final race of the 2004 Superbike World Championship to complete a second season of development for the FP1 and Carl Fogarty's team.

Fila Ducati's Regis Laconi took the championship lead from his team-mate James Toseland after two wars of attrition for the leading riders at the tenth round of World Superbikes from Imola on Sunday.

Foggy Petronas Racing riders Troy Corser and Chris Walker enter next weekend's final round of the Superbike World Championship looking to bounce back from a weekend of tribulation at Imola.

As the 17th season of World Superbike approaches its penultimate round At Imola there has never been quite so much at stake, for quite so many riders.

Gianluca Nannelli will compete in the final two rounds of World Superbikes aboard a third 999RS Xerox Ducati, along side Gary McCoy and Miguel Praia, instead of the Pedercini Ducati 998RS he has ridden this season.

Foggy Petronas Racing endured a deflating ninth round of the Superbike World Championship at Assen, the Netherlands.

Katsuaki Fujiwara was once again the fastest of the trio of Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders in final qualifying at Assen in Saturday's final qualifying. Fujiwara posted a lap of 2mins 07.675secs - more than a second faster then his previous best time in Friday's qualifying.

After several close calls earlier in the season, Pierfrancesco Chili took his first Superpole win of the 2004 season ahead of the Assen World Superbikes round. He took pole with a time of 2mins 03.103secs - the fastest official lap of the weekend so far.

Ducati Fila riders Regis Laconi and James Toseland got off to a steady start at round nine or World Superbikes at Assen, qualifying fifth and eighth quickest respectively as Pierfrancesco Chili (PSG-1 Ducati) set the pace in Friday's opening session.

Arguably the greatest global production-based racing success of recent years has been enjoyed by the Ten Kate Honda team, as they propelled first Fabien Foret and then Chris Vermeulen to World Supersport Championship wins, in 2002 and 2003 respectively, before successfully branching out to the Wo

Following his dramatic double race victory at Brands Hatch, Noriyuki Haga made a hasty return to Japan to be at his young son's hospital bedside.

Team Renegade Ducati Koji star Noriyuki Haga laid down the gauntlet to the rest of the World Superbike field by completing a scintillating double victory in last weekends eighth round of the Championship at Brands Hatch.

Chris Walker took full advantage of team-mate Troy Corser's second race misfortune at Brands Hatch World Superbikes to finish fourth and complete a morale-boosting weekend for Foggy Petronas Racing.

Karl Muggeridge has taken victory in the Brands Hatch World Supersport race, after an epic battle with second placed Sebastien Charpentier.

Yamaha Italia's Fabien Foret has been injured after losing control of his R6 after running wide at Graham Hill Bend, during today's Brands Hatch World Supersport round.

Steve Martin set the fastest lap in the World Superbike Superpole session at Brands Hatch today, his time nearly one second quicker than his previous best so far this weekend.

Veteran rider Pierfrancesco Chili showed that it could well be a good weekend for the Italian star by putting in the fastest time at Brands Hatch for this weekend's World Superbike event.

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Steve Martin claimed his second Superpole win of the year in a dramatic session ahead of the seventh round of the World Superbike Championship at Laguna Seca.

Carl Fogarty is expecting improvements to the Petronas FP1 to bear fruit for riders Troy Corser and Chris Walker at the seventh round of the Superbike World Championship at Laguna Seca, USA, this weekend.

Carl Fogarty has joined forces with Nigel Mansell to enter the world of publishing with a new magazine - Planet Driving.