WSBK News

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.

Complete Friday Qualifying results for Round Six of the 2001 World Superbike Championship at Donington Park

The wildcard and replacement riders for this weekend's Donington Park WSBK event have been revealed - and there are places for several of the home crowd's favourites.

Experienced Australian motorcycle rider Peter Goddard today confirmed he would race the newly-developed Benelli Tornado 900 for the first time in the World Superbike Championship in next month's round of the series at Misano in Italy.

Akira Yanagawa showed that the venerable four-cylinder Kawasaki still has what it takes on the fast tracks as he scored a pair of third places at Monza while team-mate Gregorio Lavilla suffered his second nasty accident in two years at the Italian track, thankfully this time without serious injur

Troy Bayliss finally won his first race of the 2001 World Superbike Championship when he brilliantly passed Colin Edwards going into the final corner after 18 truly breathtaking laps around the beautiful Monza circuit.

Complete Saturday qualifying results for Round Five of the 2001 World Superbike Championship at Monza. Superpole Qualifiers