WSBK News

Colin Edwards put any lingering doubts over the sheer power of the Castrol Honda straight out of the window by dominating the time-sheets throughout Friday practice.

It has been all change in the Ducati camp ever since Carl Fogarty broke his arm at Phillip Island during round two of the World Superbike championship.

In 1999, Australian veteran Peter Goddard spent most of his time developing Aprilia's initially troublesome RSV1000 in the team's first factory assault on the World Superbike Championship.

Defending World Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty was given a second brain scan recently after the Ducati star suffered a severe bout of headaches at his Blackburn home.

Yamaha's spectacular number one rider Noriyuki Haga is facing a possible three month ban from the World Superbike championship after he was twice found to be over the FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme) limit for ephedrine, a dietary supplement.

Hockenheim, like Monza is a power circuit with long blasts punctuated with tight, fiddly chicanes. It is not uncommon to see a train of ten to twelve bikes towing each other around the 4.2 mile German Grand Prix circuit where keeping momentum is of premium importance.

Tragedy hit the British Superbike series last weekend, when a spectator was killed by a machine which flew into the crowd at Oulton Park.

Throughout practice and qualifying, the Honda of Texan Colin Edwards was the rider/bike combination to beat. Edwards turned in two stunning laps to take top spot in qualifying which he then translated into a third successive Superpole victory.

Superpole results.