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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…
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Australian SBK Test – Day One: Troy Bayliss takes tenth place at Phillip Island
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Troy Bayliss took to the track for the first official tests of the 2018 Australian SBK Championship season – after 10 years of racing retirement, and a 21 year absence from the series. The 48-year-old WorldSBK legend and multiple champion last contested the series way back in 1997, before he made a move into British…
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Jonathan Rea: 3 in a Row – new BBC documentary goes behind the scenes with WSBK Champion Jonathan Rea
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BBC Northern Ireland has created a documentary showing the behind-the-scenes story of Jonathan Rea, who created history in 2017 by becoming the first person to ever win three successive World Superbike titles. To watch the full documentary, click HERE. Filmed over the 2017 season cameras get unrivalled access to Jonathan – at his home…
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WSB 2018 Provisional Calendar Confirmed
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WSBK has decided on the final dates for 2018’s action – the season kicks off on February 23 in Australia (Phillip Island, natch) and ends in Qatar on October 27. The UK round will be held at Donington Park on May 27 but the Argentinian round scheduled to be held on October 12-14 is still…
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WSB Jerez: The stats that matter
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It’s Spain’s turn to host the WSB championship this weekend and here’s a host of statistics that every fan should know ahead of the championship’s penultimate round. Aprilia holds the record for podium finishes around Jerez with nine, all scored from 2013 to 2015. Their impressive performances include a double in 2013 and a double 1-2…
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WSB: Camier switches to Honda for 2018
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Leon Camier has signed to switch to the Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team for 2018, taking on the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship with the Dutch-based squad after three full seasons with MV Agusta. Currently sitting in eighth place in the world championship standings, the former BSB Champ has seen his season begin to improve…
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The clock is ticking for Rea’s WSB Champion moment
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Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours is the location for Round 11 of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship, and it could be the setting for a British rider to have his name permanently in the history books. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) could take the world title for the third consecutive season, a feat which has…
