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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…
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WSB: Home heroes and history makers at Assen this weekend
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This weekend, the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship heads to the iconic TT Circuit Assen for the fourth round of the season. For the first time in history three riders have managed to pull off two wins each – meaning there’s just 18 points splitting the top three riders in the standings, so there will…
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MotoGP: Seville aiming to be added to race calendar
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It has been revealed that the city of Seville has begun work to mount a campaign to be added to the MotoGP calendar. Of course, according to Dorna’s big cheese Carmelo Ezpeleta, there are already around a dozen countries on the waiting list to join the MotoGP calendar – but a new candidate has popped…
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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.…
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Rea joins Haslam and Watanabe on Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR’s for the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours
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Triple World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea will partner Leon Haslam and Kazuma Watanabe at the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race – as Kawasaki looks to topple three time consecutive winners Yamaha. Last year, Kawasaki finished in second place at the iconic Japanese endurance – with Haslam, Watanabe and Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman coming in just…
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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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It’s the Thai WSB round this coming weekend! Here’s some handy stats to know, going in to the second round of the season
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1. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) has never finished lower than second here, winning five times out of six. 2. Rea’s team-mate Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) has won the only race his team-mate hasn’t won here: Race 2 in 2016. 3. Jonathan Rea has led every single lap around Chang International Circuit both last year and…
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WSB stats for Phillip Island: First round fun
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Want to be an instant WSB ‘Expert’? Then do what they do and read this below. Boom – straight away you know more about WSB at Phillip Island on Feb 23- 25 for the season opener. Simple stuff. 324,6 – The fastest ever top speed recorded at Phillip Island is 324.6kph, set by Max Biaggi on…
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Alpinestars has just revealed its new GP Plus suit for kids!
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In advance of the race season kicking off, Alpinestars has just unveiled its new, specially designed GP Plus race suit for kids (and smaller framed riders) – and it looks awesome. The new Youth GP Plus suit pulls together the top level performance technologies developed in MotoGP and World Superbike racing, in a smaller, more compact package,…
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Northern Ireland set to host World Superbike NEXT YEAR
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Northern Ireland is set to host a round of the World Superbike Championship for the first time at the new £30m Lake Torrent Circuit in Coalisland. The circuit is under construction currently on a former clay pits site. A round of the series is set to be staged at the 2.2-mile county Tyrone course…
