Marco Melandri

  • WSB: Sykes storms to victory in Race Two at Assen

    WSB: Sykes storms to victory in Race Two at Assen

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    Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) put in the most dominant performance in the 2018 season of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship so far, recording fastest lap after fastest lap to score his first win of the campaign, ending Jonathan Rea’s (Kawasaki Racing Team) Assen winning streak in the process. Behind them, Michael van der…

  • WSB: Rea roars to eighth consecutive TT Assen win

    WSB: Rea roars to eighth consecutive TT Assen win

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    The KRT rider fends off attacks from Van der Mark and Davies to increase championship lead. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) stormed to his third win of the season with a quintessential Assen performance, nailing his eighth consecutive Dutch win and twelfth in total, equalling Carl Fogarty’s historic dozen Assen triumphs along the way. It…

  • WSB: Lucky number seven for Davies at MotorLand Aragon

    WSB: Lucky number seven for Davies at MotorLand Aragon

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    Strong day for Ducati with three bikes in Parc Ferme Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) took a stunning victory in the second race of the weekend at the Pirelli Aragon Round, making it his seventh win around MotorLand Aragon circuit. Joined in Parc Ferme by team-mates Marco Melandri (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) in third…

  • WSB: Rea scores massive win at restarted Aragon Race 1

    WSB: Rea scores massive win at restarted Aragon Race 1

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    KRT rider increases lead at top of championship after crash forces early red flag Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) had mixed feelings about his bike throughout Friday and the Saturday Superpole, but in Race 1 of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship Round Three he put to bed any worries he or his team…

  • WSB: Melandri maintains lead on Day 1 at Aragon

    WSB: Melandri maintains lead on Day 1 at Aragon

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    Rain returned at the start of FP3, with only one change in the top ten from FP2 Marco Melandri (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) kept his Friday lead ahead of Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK), as the Free Practice Three at MotorLand Aragon proved to be short-lived. The black clouds that crept over the five-kilometre…

  • WSB: Aragon this weekend, here’s some performance stats to warm you up with

    WSB: Aragon this weekend, here’s some performance stats to warm you up with

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      Aprilia have stood on the podium on ten occasions at MotorLand Aragon, and are second only to Kawasaki in this area. Their last podium came three years ago with Leon Haslam, who was third in Race 2. Last year the best result for Aprilia here was a seventh place by Leandro Mercado in Race 1.…

  • Chaz Davies becomes the third different WSB winner in four 2018 races.

    Chaz Davies becomes the third different WSB winner in four 2018 races.

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    In an unpredictable second race in the Motul Thai Round, Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) surged through the field to take a 28th career victory and a first around the Chang International Circuit, becoming a third different winner in the opening two weekends of the 2018 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship. Davies produced a…

  • After missing out in Australia, the reigning World Superbike Champion Rea, returned to top spot in Thailand.

    After missing out in Australia, the reigning World Superbike Champion Rea, returned to top spot in Thailand.

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    Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) took an excellent victory in Race One of the Motul Thai Round, continuing a dominant weekend that has now seen him take pole position, a race win and fastest lap. The 3-times World Champion certainly didn´t have things all his own way, with Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK),…

  • After free practice three in Thailand there’s just 102 thousandths of a second separating the top five.

    After free practice three in Thailand there’s just 102 thousandths of a second separating the top five.

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    Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) starred in Free Practice Three at the Chang International Circuit, where there was never much more than a tenth of a second separating the top five. Each of the best eight in the combined results set their fastest time in the third…

  • Laverty on top in Thailand WSB FP2

    Laverty on top in Thailand WSB FP2

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    Five different manufacturers occupy the top five positions in FP2, separated by just over two tenths of a second. Eugene Laverty (Milwaukee Aprilia) topped the timesheets in FP2 with a 1:33.851 lap time, as the pace continued to hot up and the top runners were separated by ever-narrowing margins at the Chang International Circuit.  With…

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