As WSB geared up for their first racing at the Kyalami circuit in seven years, events have somewhat been overshadowed by Regis Laconi’s crash in Free Practice on Friday. Laconi, crashed heavily and fractured his C3 and C5 vertebrae as well having severe concussion and a bruised lung. After being transferred to the Sunninghill Hospital [...]
Entries Tagged as 'World Superbikes qualifying'
WSB Kyalami – Laconi crash lastest
May 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Tags: regis laconi·regis laconi wsb kyalami crash·World Superbikes qualifying·World Supersport
Monza Qualifying Latest
May 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
World Superbikes Racing fans look set to be in for a treat as tomorrow’s Monza World Superbikes races look set to be close with the first three qualifiers being within 6/10 of a second. There was an upset in Superpole one as Brit Leon Haslem languished in 17th putting him on the 5th row of [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·Cal Crutchlow·Michel Fabrizio·World Superbikes·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying·World Supersport·World Supersports Qualifying
Sun shines on Assen and Spies
April 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Ben Spies once again is on blistering form, and on a circuit he has not ridden at before, and set his fourth successive pole position. So far he is having a really impressive rookie season. He didn’t get it easy though and was pushed by both Jakob Smrz and Britain’s Leon Haslem who qualified second [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·World Superbikes·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying·WSB
Valencia Superpole
April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
After a promising first qualifying it was all change in superpole. In what must have been the shock of the session Max Biaggi finished 18th and therefore went out of the superpole in Superpole 3. We have to assume he gambled and did not use any of his alloted two qualifying tyres. He did not [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying
Valencia Friday Qualifying
April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
World Superbikes Friday’s qualifying session from Valencia saw Max Biaggi on the Aprilia take provisional pole position. It’s hard not to be impressed by the Aprilia and Max looks happy and settled and that is showing in his results. Ben Spies is showing that he is not just a flash in the pan (who thought [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Ben Spies·Max Biaggi·Max Biaggi Aprilia·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying
Yamaha R1 proving itself in Qatar
March 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Ben Spies and the new Yamaha R1 are proving to be a match made in heaven and have again taken superpole for tomorrow’s racing in Losail, Qatar. Whilst I’m still not a fan of the three stage superpole, and I’m in good company as Corser reportedly apparently dislikes it also, it has made for an [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·World Superbikes·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying·WSB
Rookie Takes First WSB Superpole Plus New Rules
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
The new rules for WSB Superpole qualifying that kick off the 2009 WSB season from Phillip Island were certainly interesting. Gone are the individual laps on a qualifying tyre. Now we see the top 20 qualifiers battle it out for 12 minutes, in which the bottom four get dropped off. Then a 7 minute break [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·Jonathan Rea·Max Biaggi·World Superbikes·World Superbikes qualifying
WSB Portimao Washout
November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Forget that the Algarve allegedly gets 240 days of sunshine every year or similar stories, certainly the owners of the new Portimao circuit hope you do. This new circuit looks like it could become a favourite for riders and fans, and certainly it is one of the only circuits where you can get a true [...]
Tags: World Superbikes·World Superbikes Portimao·World Superbikes qualifying·WSB
Latest World Superbikes racing news
October 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Racing
World Superbikes comes from Magny Cours this weekend, being the penultimate round of the season, and if Troy Bayliss can prevent himself from binning his bike then he will finish this round as World Superbike champion 2009. In the Superpole qualifying session there were some surprises in terms of riders running at the top of [...]