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FPR fun at the festival of speed.
The Petronas FP1 superbike with four times World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty in the seat, was a focal attraction within the motorcycling class at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend.
Haslam braves the storm to take BSB win.
World Superbike championship contender Britain's Leon Haslam took an astounding win in round seven of the British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch in Kent last weekend.
Toseland: Fastest crash then Chili take-out.
James Toseland's first home event as a factory Ducati rider turned into something of a nightmare at Silverstone on Sunday; the #52 being left injured by a high-speed race one fall, then losing his points lead in race two... after being 'taken out' by Frankie Chili.
Vermeulen beats Haga for first WSBK victory.
Having lost race one by just 0.15secs after being mugged by Noriyuki Haga in the final turn, WSBK rookie Chris Vermeulen took revenge in race two at Silverstone by matching all Nitro Nori's moves in an even closer encounter.
Laconi latest to hit front feel problems.
Having been apparently immune to the front end feel problems suffered at some stage by almost all the Ducati 999 riders this season, factory star Regis Laconi today experienced the dreaded issue - but insists it's no big problem.
Stalker gets nasty.
The influence of Foggy Petronas Racing team boss Carl Fogarty has rubbed off Chris Walker in the build-up to this weekend's British round of the World Superbike championship, at Silverstone.
Muggeridge gets win back, Honda admits error.
Oschersleben World Supersport winner Karl Muggeridge, and the five other Honda CBR600RR riders disqualified for underweight rear axles, have been reinstated after Honda admitted an error was made 'when filling in the homologation documents'.
All CBR600 Hondas banned from racing?
The entire crop of Honda CBR600RRs could be banned from racing following a controversial judgement by the WSBK technical director Fabio Fazi.
Chambon, Fujiwara 1-2 in WSS for Alstare Suzuki.
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Stephane Chambon and Katsuaki Fujiwara finished today's 28-lap race at Oschersleben in fourth and sixth positions when the chequered flag dropped, but were then sensationally moved up to first and second when six Hondas were disqualified.
Toseland back on top of the points.
Ducati Fila rider James Toseland moved back to the top of the World Superbike championship points table with a brace of second places at Oschersleben today.
Corser: I hit the haybales headfirst!
After the exhilaration of yesterday's Superpole success, today [Sunday] saw Troy Corser leave Oschersleben bruised and disappointed. Engine problems in both 28-lap races robbed Corser of his best weekend's prospects this season.
First pole joy for Foggy Petronas Racing.
Foggy Petronas Racing's Troy Corser will start tomorrow's races at round five of the Superbike World Championship in Germany in pole position after a stunning Superpole performance.
Oschersleben wild-cards.
The wild-card riders who will race in the Superbike and Supersport World Championship rounds at Oschersleben on May 30 are the following:
Further knee surgery for Fogarty.
Carl Fogarty is back on the road to recovery after the latest of a number of operations on his troublesome knee. The FPR boss had suffered from repeated pain in his right knee and, after advice from his surgeon, opted to undergo another episode of keyhole surgery yesterday (Tuesday).
Vermeulen disqualified from race two.
Just as it was looking so good for Chris Vermeulen and the Ten Kate Honda, a post race inspection revealed a discrepancy with the tilt-switch meant he was stripped of his race two second place.
Foggy FP-1 faces biggest challenge.
Foggy Petronas Racing faces what could well be its biggest challenge of the World Superbike season this weekend, when the FP-1 takes on the high speed straights of Monza.
World SBK beats MotoGP in UK TV ratings.
Surprise British TV audience figures for last weekend have shown that the Misano round of the World Superbike championship beat the opening round of the MotoGP world championship, in terms of outright viewer numbers.
Corser nets Foggy Petronas best.
Troy Corser achieved Foggy Petronas Racing's best result on the FP1 when he was second in a dramatic first race at Misano in the third round of the World Superbike championship.
Preview - Misano.
The Eastern coast of Italy plays host to the third round of an increasingly unpredictable 2004 World Superbike Championship, after two previous events of alternating fortunes for the top contenders.
Corser, Walker in fighting form.
Foggy Petronas riders Troy Corser and Chris Walker found themselves locked in intense battles throughout Sunday's two races at Australia's Phillip Island circuit.
Australia awaits Honda's Supersport elite.
After a gap of a month, the World Supersport Championship finally enters its second round of the year at the popular Phillip Island circuit - and a number of Honda riders believe that they are in with a chance of podium glory.
Phillip Island wild-cards.
The second round of the World Superbike and Supersport championships, at Australia's Phillip Island circuit, will see no wild-card riders in the SBK class, but two local stars join the Supersport event.
Fujiwara puts Suzuki on Supersport podium.
Katsuaki Fujiwara raced the new Suzuki GSX-R600 to its first podium position of the season in the opening round of the World Supersport Championship in Valencia, as all three Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders filled top six positions.
Chili: They thought I was stupid!
WSBK legend Frankie Chili turned what had been a nightmare Valencia weekend around with two strong finishes on race day, despite switching from his new Ducati 999 to last year's 998 model.