WSBK News

The scenery may change but the problems remain the same for the factory Benelli World Superbike team as they once again suffered from a lack of power in qualifying at Imola which left Peter Goddard languishing in 23rd on the grid, four seconds slower than the pace setters.

The wild-card and replacing riders who will race in the World Superbike, Supersport and Sidecar World Championship rounds at Imola on September 30th, are the following:

GSE Racing has confirmed that it has agreed a three-year contract with Ducati Corse to compete in the Superbike World Championship, and will field an unchanged line-up next season.

It has not been an entirely happy 2001 World Superbike season for Pierfrancesco Chili and the Alstare Corona Suzuki team but if any circuit could bring the familiar smile back onto the face of WSB's elder statesman it was Assen and sure enough the classic Dutch circuit saw Frankie back on form an

Australian Troy Bayliss wrapped up this year's 2001 World Superbike Championship in emphatic style in Assen on Sunday by becoming the first rider other than Carl Fogarty to score a double victory at the legendary Dutch track, which was in a fickle mood throughout the two races.

Complete results from the first race at the 2.228-mile Oschersleben circuit in Germany, round eleven of the 2001 World Superbike Championship

The fledgling Benelli World Superbike outfit watched rider Peter Goddard dump the beautiful Tornado 900 triple cylinder machine on the tarmac during final qualifying at Oschersleben as he qualified 21st for Sunday's eleventh round of the 2001 Championship, but the team are still upbeat about thei

The World Superbike Championship returns from a one month hiatus this weekend at the German track of Oschersleben, the track where Colin Edwards magnificently wrapped up the 2000 World title with a dominant double victory.

V&M Racing's World Supersport challenge came to a premature end at Brands Hatch, as Matt Llewellyn failed to finish the ninth round of the highly competitive world series when his Racing R6 Yamaha developed an ignition problem during the opening stages of the race.

Ben Bostrom was in immaculate form at Brands Hatch, running away with both races on a day which saw a record 122,000 weekend attendance at the Kent circuit.

Race one at Brands Hatch has been red flagged after 11 of the 25 laps following a fiery accident involving wild card James Haydon and Robert Ulm, who were both fortunate to escape serious injury.

Minor technical problems held Peter Goddard and the Benelli Tornado back in qualifying for the European round of the World Superbike championship at Brands Hatch.

The Fuchs Kawasaki team's qualifying woes continued at Brands Hatch, where riders Akira Yanagawa and Gregorio Lavilla slid down the time sheets to thirteenth and seventeenth positions in timed practice.

It may not be setting the superbike world alight in the face of competition from Ducati and Honda, but the Fuchs Kawasaki team can lay claim to having helped German daredevil Dirk Auer set a new world speed record of 270.0kph.

Prevented from riding in the British Superbike Championship by his team's financial struggle, Steve Plater will compete in this weekend's World Supersport round at Brands Hatch, after accepting an offer to ride alongside Australian, Adam Fergusson, in the Alpha Technik squad.

Motorcycle supplier Riders of Bridgwater has announced that it will sponsor GSE Racing's Neil Hodgson for the remainder of this year's Superbike World Championship, following speculation that a lack of finance might force the British star out of the series.

Peter Goddard took the Benelli Tornado superbike to a fifteenth place finish at Laguna Seca in the USA round of the WSBK, scoring the team's first championship point.

The factory Fuchs Kawasaki World Superbike team were outshone by the American built ZX-7RR of wildcard Eric Bostrom in Sunday's two races at Laguna Seca although had it not been for a frightening race one accident involving Akira Yanagawa the Japanese rider may have been able to challenge for the

Complete Saturday qualifying results from the 2.238-mile Laguna Seca Raceway in California, round nine of the 2001 World Superbike Championship. Superpole Qualifiers.

Two of the leading AMA Superbike contenders will be on hand this weekend at Laguna Seca to give the World Superbike regulars an extra headache in Sunday's ninth round of the 2001 World title chase.

Peter Goddard qualified a somewhat disappointing 27th on Benelli's World Superbike debut at Misano after finding his new three-cylinder mount was lacking in the grip department around the 2.52-mile circuit despite improving on his Friday time by more than half a second in final qualifying.

New father Peter Goddard will have two reasons to celebrate his comeback to the World Superbike Championship motorcycle series when it resumes at Misano in Italy this Sunday.

Hitoyasu Izutsu was the star of the Kawasaki trio in last Sunday's seventh round of the 2001 World Superbike Championship as he pushed World Champion Colin Edwards all the way for a place on the podium in race two.

Troy Bayliss increased his overall Championship lead with a superbly controlled wet weather ride under intense pressure from Neil Hodgson on a drying Lausitzring track.