WSBK News

The FIM has today released the final entry list for the 2005 World Superbike championship. The list confirms that GP riders Norick Abe and Fonsi Nieto have joined the class, while former WSBK race winner Ben Bostrom is duly named at Renegade Honda and Frankie Chili at Klaffi Honda.

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PSG-1 Kawasaki rider Chris Walker has been banned from driving after a "moment of stupidity" which saw him caught at almost double the speed limit, according to the BBC .

Four-times World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty has named American Scott Russell as his toughest racing rival.

Four times World Superbike Champion and Foggy Petronas Racing team owner Carl Fogarty believes that the new for 2004 control tyre rule hit his team harder than any other.

No one can accuse Carl Fogarty of hiding what he really thinks behind bland 'PR speak', and the four-times World Superbike champion had some cutting words for fellow Brit Neil Hodgson during a recent interview with Crash.net .

Carl Fogarty has recruited Jack Valentine as the new race team manager of his Foggy Petronas Racing outfit.

It's official: Crash.net can confirm that Ben Bostrom will return to the World Superbike championship this season, as the sole rider for Renegade Honda.

The FIM has today announced the finalised 2005 World Superbike and Supersport World Championship calendar.

As previously reported by Crash.net , Yamaha sources are now confirming that Norick Abe will be racing in the World Superbike championship this season.

After nine years in the World Superbike Championship, Frankie Chili will ride a Honda for the first time in his WSBK career next year after signing for Supersport graduates Klaffi Honda.

New Foggy Petronas Racing rider Steve Martin will join team-mate Garry McCoy in using Alpinestars racing products for the forthcoming World Superbike campaign.

250cc GP frontrunner Fonsi Nieto has declared that he'd be proud to ride for the Caracchi-NCR Ducati team in World Superbikes next season.

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Yamaha's official racing magazine, The Insider , has hinted at the return of World Superbike star Noriyuki Haga to the Japanese factory in 2005.

A strong contingent of 2005 Worls Superbike and Supersport championship contenders, attending an unofficial test at Valencia on 13th and 14th December, found their plans to test their new machines somewhat hampered by the cold and generally wet weather conditions.

Atrocious weather conditions welcomed testers at the Valencia circuit for an unofficial two-day test organized for the 2005 World Supersport and Superbike teams, which started on Monday.

Alstare Suzuki's new signing Yukio Kagayama recently announced his intention to take the World Superbike championship next season, over former champion and team-mate Troy Corser.

Former Yamaha Italia rider Jurgen van den Goorbergh, who finished third in the World Supersport title chase this season, has signed to ride for the SLM Ducati team for next season.

Yamaha's 2005 World Superbike championship campaign got underway today when new signing Andrew Pitt completed 75 laps in a shakedown test on an R1 at Valencia in Spain.

Renegade Ducati boss Mark Griffiths has admitted he'll look back on his team's debut World Superbike season with a mixture of joy and pain - and declared that star rider Noriyuki Haga currently remains a Renegade rider, despite negotiations with Yamaha.

Renegade Koji Ducati has told Crash.net that they have had interest from MotoGP, WSBK and AMA SBK riders to fill Leon Haslam's departure and Noriyuki Haga's possible absence from the team next season.

Ducati Corse has confirmed that 2004 World Superbike champion James Toseland will stay with the factory team to defend his title next season - and will again be joined by Frenchman Regis Laconi.

Five-times AMA Superbike champion Mat Mladin has completed his first test session aboard the all-new 2005 model Suzuki GSX-R1000 that he will use to defend his American title next season - and which will also be given to Alstare Suzuki for WSBK and Rizla Suzuki for BSB.