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Normal service resumes at Monza.
Two weeks after their complete drubbing at the hands of a bunch of Japanese wildcard riders, the World Superbike regulars were back out in force at Monza with Ducati's Troy Bayliss comfortably in charge.
Goddard joins Benelli for championship assault.
Australian motorcycle racer Peter Goddard has officially joined Italian manufacturer Benelli for its June debut in the World Superbike Championship.
Tamada still dominant at Sugo.
Cabin Honda rider Makoto Tamada continued to embarrass the rest of the World Superbike regulars as he easily took Saturday's Superpole award ahead of Hitoyasu Izutsu and Troy Corser.
WSBK Second qualifying results - Sugo.
Complete second qualifying results for Round Four of the 2001 World Superbike Championship at Sugo. Superpole Qualifiers
Wildcard one-two in Sugo.
Makoto Tamada took provisional pole in Sugo by a massive 0.992secs from fellow wildcard rider Shinichi Ito, with Troy Corser (pictured) third - and over a second adrift of the top Japanese rider.
'Fearless' crashes out in downpour.
Britain's Iain MacPherson's World Supersport campaign continued to go against expectation, with a retirement in Australian not adding to his points tally.
Yanagawa takes fourth on 'best wet bike ever'.
Akira Yanagawa braved some of the worst weather conditions ever seen in superbike racing to push his Fuchs Kawasaki to fourth place in an event where half the field failed to finish.
Race Two cancelled amidst Phillip Island monsoon.
Arguments between riders, team bosses and the FIM amidst almost laughably bad conditions at Phillip Island surrounded the cancellation of the second World Superbike race of the day, a decision that should have been made far sooner when the puddles on the corners reached ankle deep!
Edwards majestic in Race One flood.
Colin Edwards obliterated the rest of the World Superbike field in atrocious conditions at Phillip Island to win the first race of the day as the Castrol Honda team celebrated their first one-two result of the year and Troy Bayliss took the Championship lead.
Phillip Island wild cards announced.
Motorcycle racing's governing body, the FIM, has revealed the identity of those rider permitted to take part in this weekend's WSBK rounds and supporting races.
Edwards out of hot water.
Factory Castrol Honda World Superbike rider and defending WSBK Champion Colin Edwards has escaped possible sanctions by motorcycles governing body, the FIM, after he was misquoted in a South African newspaper in an interview that claimed he disliked the predominantly black townships in South Afri
Injured Laconi will ride at Kyalami.
Frenchman Regis Laconi will be present in South Africa for the Axo Aprilia Team next weekend despite suffering a snapped left knee ligament in a freak warm-up accident during the first round of the 2001 World Superbike Championships in Valencia a fortnight ago.
WSBK Championship Standings - After Round One
Complete Championship Standings after round one of the 2001 World Superbike Championship in Valencia, Spain. Riders standings
Pair of top tens for Corona Alstare duo.
Team Suzuki Alstare riders Pierfrancesco Chili and Stephane Chambon opened up their 2001 World Superbike accounts with two top ten finishes each.
Top six for Suzuki Supersport stars.
Team Suzuki Alstare riders Katsuaki Fujiwara and Karl Muggeridge posted top six finishes in the opening round of the 2001 Supersport World Championship at Valencia yesterday [Sunday].
'Fearless' misses out at last gasp.
Kawasaki Racing's World Supersport team continued its steady improvement with good showings in the opening round of the 2001 WSS campaign, but things could have been better for team leader Iain MacPherson.
Corser leads Aprilia 1-2 at Valencia.
Troy Corser continued to stamp his authority over the opening round of the 2001 World Superbike Championship as he cruised to the 26th WSBK pole position of his career, beating out team-mate Regis Laconi for Aprilia's first 1-2 start in the series.
WSBK Qualifying - Valencia.
Complete results from Friday's qualifying session at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia.
Corser eyes World Championship.
Aprilia factory rider Troy Corser is increasingly confident about his chances in this year's Superbike World Championship following two highly successful pre-season tests.
Bostrom leaves Valencia test fastest.
Gloomy morning weather gave way to sunshine at Valencia allowing all the top World Super bike riders a final full day of testing at Valencia.
Ben Bostrom quickest at Valencia test.
A disappointing end to an otherwise fascinating first day of testing at Valencia saw the time clock run out with all the Superbike riders long gone.
Permanent Entry lists for WSBK championships 2001.
Superbike World Championship 2001 entries:
Suzuki continue development work at Kyalami.
Four days of testing at Kyalami allowed the Team Suzuki Alstare riders, Pierfrancesco Chili and Stephane Chambon, to learn more about their GSX-R750 race bikes - with Chili lapping well inside the circuit record.
Hodgson ends test on a high.
On the fifth and final day of testing at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa, GSE Racing rider Neil Hodgson took his bright orange Ducati 996 around the 2.64-mile circuit in a staggering time of 1 minute 41.477 seconds, nearly a second under Troy Corser's Superpole record and almost two seconds u