Motorsport
Dean Berta Vinales deceased after racing accident
On Saturday morning there was a serious accident in the Supersport 300 race in the WSBK environment. The only 15-year-old Dean Berta Vinales suffered fatal injuries. […weiter lesen]
World SBK
Motorsport
Tom Sykes in hospital with severe concussion
BMW rider Tom Sykes crashed heavily in the second WorldSBK main race on Sunday in Barcelona. He was taken to the Hospital General de Catalunya for further examinations. […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
Start of WSBK 2021 postponed
A comprehensive event ban in the Netherlands means that the start of World Superbike 2021 will be postponed. As a result, the first race weekend will not take place until 07th – 9th May. […weiter lesen]
NEWS
Start of the 2021 SuperbikeWM postponed
Originally, the start of the 2021 WSBK season was scheduled for the end of April in Assen, but since major events in Holland are banned until the beginning of June, the race has also had to be postponed. […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
6-time WSBK champ, but no driver’s license
Some may already know, others will be surprised: Six-time WorldSuperbike champion Jonathan Rea does not have a motorcycle license. However, he intends to get it and wants us to be part of it. […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
WSBK zum sechsten Mal Weltmeister
Yamaha rider Toprak Razgatlioglu won the first race of the World Superbike season finale. Kawasaki record World Champion Jonathan Rea, however, secured his sixth World Championship title. […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
WSBK: Further races canceled
As now been announced, the races in Assen, Great Britain and Qatar had to be completely canceled for 2020. This leaves only six confirmed races and the hosting of the last two events is still unclear. […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
Michael van der Mark will drive for BMW in the WSBK in 2021
The 27-year-old Dutchman will switch to the BWM team next year and start with the S 1000 RR. A one-year contract was initially concluded. […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
Jonathan Rea and KRT extend contract for WSBK
The five-time world champion in the FIM Superbike has extended his contract with Kawasaki and KRT for several years. […weiter lesen]
Meetings / Events
Further effects from the corona virus
After one MotoGP race had to be canceled, another had to be postponed, Wunderlich and Suzuki canceled participation in the Dortmund Motorcycle Fair and the Ducati and Piaggio museums in Italy remain closed (as reported), there are now further consequences of the epidemic / pandemic , […weiter lesen]
MotoGP
Unfortunately, no Kawasaki World SBK bike in a MotoGP race
For many it would be very interesting to see how the Kawasaki ZX-10RR from the WSBK would fare in the field of the prototypes of the MotoGP. Especially if Jonathan Rea were the pilot. But we won’t see that at first. […weiter lesen]
MotoGP
MotoGP: First look at the Indonesia Lombok Circuit
MotoGP is planning a race on the holiday island of Lombok in Indonesia 2021. The architecture of the route is presented in a video. Next year there are expected to be two new racetracks on the MotoGP calendar. In addition to Brazil, there will also […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
Leon Camier was operated
Leon Camier had to be operated because of a shoulder injury. It is not yet clear whether he will be fit at the start of the WSBK 2020. […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
Caricasulo joins the WSBK, Cortese loses his place
The GRT Yamaha team has now confirmed the driver pairing for the 2020 season. Sandro Cortese has to leave the team. Caricasulo joins the WSBK, Cortese loses his place The title candidate in the Supersport class, Frederico Caricasuli, will move to WSBK in 2020. Next […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
Strike in the WSBK
Already since the training in Argentina, the drivers complained about the poor condition of the track in San Juan Villicum. Six drivers refused to participate in the race. Strike in the WSBK Loris Baz (Ten-Kate-Yamaha) was already injured in the Superpole because of the difficult […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
Jonathan Rea writes WSBK history
Jonathan Rea secured the early World Championship in WSBK’s in the second race at Magny Cours. For the fifth time in a row, he is now WSBK World Champion, which has managed no one before him. Jonathan Rea writes WSBK history The first race and […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
WSBK: Razgatlioglu gets his first win
In today’s World Superbike race at Magny-Cours (France), the Turkey Toprak Razgatlioglu (Puccetti-Kawasaki) started from the 16th place. The weather conditions at the training sessions were not very good, but he was able to show an extremely strong race. WSBK: Razgatlioglu gets his first win […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
Official: Alvaro Bautista joins Honda
For weeks there was already rumors that Alvaro Bautista will compete for HRC Honda in the World Superbike next year. Now there is the official confirmation. Official: Alvaro Bautista joins Honda Alvaro Bautista is currently driving the Ducati Panigale V4 R in the WSBK and […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
Scott Redding drives for Ducati in the WSBK 2020
As previously reported, Alvaro Bautista will leave Ducati’s WSBK team at the end of the season and move to Honda. For the vacant place Ducati committed the Englishman Scott Redding. Scott Redding drives for Ducati in the WSBK 2020 In 2018 he ended the collaboration […weiter lesen]
Motorsport
WSBK: Reiterberger has to give way to Laverty
BMW Motorrad has announced with which riders they will compete in the WorldSBK on the BMW S 1000 RR in 2020. New to the team comes the British racing driver Eugene Laverty. WSBK: Reiterberger has to give way to Laverty Tom Sykes will remain in […weiter lesen]
