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Rea & Pitt to Participate in BSB Round
Yesterday
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Supersport riders Jonathan Rea and Andrew Pitt will participate in the next round of the British Superbike Championship at Donington Park on the 26th of May. While the Superbike team heads to the USA for the new addition on the Superbike Calendar at the Miller Sports Park in Salt Lake City, it would leave the Supersport team with a month long break before their next round in Germany. The chance to do some extra testing at the highly competitive BSB round at Donington is a welcome event that will help the team in finding a competitive race set-up ahead of the WSS round on the same track later this season.
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Pitt Takes 4th in Monza Supersport Race
4 Days ago
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda’s Andrew Pitt was well on the pace in the warm up session but struggled in race conditions at Monza today. After an imperfect start and a struggle through the first corner, Pitt came through the first lap in 8th position and started his move forward. Despite a strong overhaul of riders in front of him, problems with the grip of his tires forced him to abort plans to push further and he finished the race in 4th position.
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Neukirchner & Haga Share the Wins in Monza
4 Days ago
Max Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) shared the wins in the IDS Italian Round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in front of a record crowd of 112,000 spectators. The first-ever win for a German rider in World Superbike history came at the end of a sprint finish to the line with Haga, just 0.058 seconds behind at the flag. The final podium place went to championship leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) after a late attack by Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki Alstare), who finished fourth despite a couple of errors at the chicane.
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Supersport Team Ready For Monza Race
6 Days ago
The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Supersport team finished the final day of qualifying at the Autodromo Nazionale in Monza. Both riders qualified on the second row of the starting grid for tomorrow’s race.
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda: Bring on Monza
08 May 2008
After a successful round at their home track in Assen in which the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda showed its dominance in the Supersport race and took a second and third place in the Superbike races, the team is now in Italy for the 5th round of the series at the Autodromo Nazionale in Monza.
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Bayliss Takes Healthy Points Margin to Monza
08 May 2008
Following his double victory at Assen, Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) will come to Monza for the IDS Italian Round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship this weekend with a healthy 70 point lead in the table over his closest rivals as the series reaches third distance. In eight races so far on his Ducati 1098 F08, the 39-year-old from Taree has taken the chequered flag on five occasions, finished second twice and has only been off the podium once, in race 2 at Losail. This sort of steamrolling form will guarantee Bayliss an ample cushion from his 178 points in the next few races should a challenge be mounted by the chasing four-cylinder contenders.
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Pirelli – Assen Race Review
28 April 2008
After a weekend of records at Valencia, thanks to the Pirelli tyres which used to improved the lap records in all the classes, Assen delivered another great performance from the Pirelli tyres. In the SBK class the riders use a qualifing tyre and Bayliss set the new record in Superpole with the incredible time of 1’38.420, having set an even better one in final free practice, 1’38.355. No qualifying tyres were needed for a new pre-race record from the Diablo SUPERCORSA tyre, and Broc Parkes. In the two Stock classes DIABLO SUPERCORSA produced records, with Corti in the 1000 class (a time of 1’41.576 which could let him race in the SBK class) and Petrucci in the 600cc class.
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Double Dutch Delight for Bayliss at Assen
28 April 2008
Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) powered to his second double of the year with two convincing wins at the Assen TT Circuit in the Netherlands in the fourth round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship front of 75,000 spectators. Bayliss powered to his fifth win at Assen in the opening race after a mistake by early leader Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki) on lap 12 left him with a gap at the chicane. The Australian then increased his lead over the following riders in the final laps to win by a margin of 2 seconds. Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) took the runner-up slot, in a sprint to the finish with Max Neukirchner (Suzuki Alstare). Kagayama took fourth from Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB), both riders holding off a late charge by Jakub Smrz (Ducati Guandalini).
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Dominates Supersport Podium
28 April 2008
The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team managed to take top honours in a close Supersport battle at their home track in Assen. Jonathan Rea immediately lead the race after his start from the front row and showed how quickly he has familiarised himself with the fast Dutch circuit. Andrew Pitt, who started on the third row, also made his way forward in the field quickly and took the lead from Jonathan in the 3rd lap.
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Rea Takes Second Spot in Strong Day of Qualifying
27 April 2008
The second Supersport qualifying session saw HANNspree Ten Kate Honda’s Jonathan Rea firmly hold on to the provisional pole throughout most of the session, only to lose his leading position in the penultimate round to Broc Parkes. Rea managed to show his outright pace throughout the afternoon session and was the first one to dip under the lap record set by Kenan Sofuoglu last year. Rea finished in 1'40.944 which places him on second place on the grid for tomorrow’s race.
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Eager to Perform on Home Soil
24 April 2008
The fourth round of the Superbike World Championship heads to Assen this weekend where the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team will ride a home race for their fans at the Dutch TT Circuit.
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Pirelli Race Review Valencia
07 April 2008
The third round of the season for the Championship and the first with a full paddock at Valencia. After the first two overseas races the two ‘Stock’ classes started and the paddock was back to its full vitality. The good weather at Valencia allowed the riders to exploit their Pirelli tyres to the full, even on Friday, and records were broken. In the SBK class Max Neukirchner, in the SSP Andrew Pitt and even in the two Stock classes: there were new track record in all the classes and several more riders were under the previous records.
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Wins For Lanzi & Haga In SBK Round 3 At Valencia
06 April 2008
Lorenzo Lanzi (RG Ducati) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) took the wins in a spectacular day of action at Valencia in front of 60,000 spectators, a record attendance for World Superbikes at the Spanish circuit. Carlos Checa (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) and Max Neukirchner (Suzuki Alstare) were the protagonists of the first race. Neukirchner led every lap from pole position until the final corner, when Checa dived inside, but the Spaniard crashed and took his German rival down with him. Neukirchner suffered a broken left collarbone in the incident and failed to take part in race 2, while Checa remounted to finish fifth.
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Suzuki Take 1-2 In Thrilling Valencia Superpole
05 April 2008
Suzuki Alstare riders Max Neukirchner and Yukio Kagayama finished first and second in today’s thrilling Superpole session at the Valencia circuit. The young German rider has been on the pace all weekend and he took his first ever Superpole, Suzuki’s 16th pole position, with a time of 1m33.805s, the new outright circuit record. His Suzuki team-mate Yukio Kagayama was just a fraction of a second behind, the Japanese rider almost back to full strength after his recent collarbone injury. Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) was the first rider this weekend to dip under 1m34s, but he was outpaced in the one-lap sprint and had to settle for third place.
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Pitt Claims Pole Position In Valencia
05 April 2008
Day two qualifying saw HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Andrew Pitt remain firmly on top of the timesheets for the duration of the entire session, claiming his second pole position this season. Pitt endured some problems with the front of his bike, resulting in a crash in both the free practice and second qualifying session, but he maintained his lead on the rest of the field with no other rider able to dip under his best lap time of 136.773 he set in yesterday’s session.
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Pitt Claims Provisional Pole At Valencia
04 April 2008
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Andrew Pitt was well on the pace in the first day of practice at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. Pitt improved his best lap time set in the free practice with another 1,2 seconds in the qualifying session and claimed provisional pole position in 1’36.773 ahead of Jones and Fujiwara. Pitt claimed 2nd in last year’s Valencia race as he replaced injured Sebastian Charpentier for the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team
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Bayliss Faces Spanish Attack At Valencia
03 April 2008
With the opening two flyaway rounds behind them, competitors in the 2008 HANNspree Superbike World Championship are now on European soil for the third round of the series at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia, Spain. The form guide after two events shows Ducati Xerox Team’s Troy Bayliss at the top of the standings with 88 points and three wins to his name in four races, but other riders and teams are now emerging as powerful threats to the Australian, in particular Suzuki Alstare’s Fonsi Nieto and Carlos Checa of HANNspree Honda Ten Kate. “Valencia is one of those tracks where I expect everyone to go better and I think those teams that have perhaps been a little behind us with getting ready for the championship will now start to show results,” said Bayliss.
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HANNspree Team Ready For Valencia Race
02 April 2008
The Superbike World Championship starts its first race of the season on the European continent at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia this Sunday. The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Superbike and Supersport teams, who completed a successful test at the same Spanish circuit two weeks ago, are all geared up for the third round of the championship. Carlos Checa is expected to continue his progress and put some more points on the board, as he makes his first Superbike appearance in front of his home audience.
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HANNspree WSS Team Leaves Valencia With A Positive Outlook
14 March 2008
The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Supersport team leaves the Pirelli test on the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia with a positive outlook for the next race here in less then three weeks time. It didn’t take Andrew Pitt and Jonathan Rea long to pick up a consistent race pace in their race simulations on the final day of testing.
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Pitt Secures First Win For HANNspree Ten Kate Honda
02 March 2008
After an eventful first race at Qatar’s Losail circuit last week, HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Andrew Pitt was determined to show the competition he’s ready for battle and grabbed first place in a spectacular round of racing at his Phillip Island home circuit. It was a close fought battle at the front with Pitt and Brookes swapping places throughout most of the session. Pitt reclaimed the lead in the last lap, before Joshua Brookes and Robin Harms, who completed the successful day for title sponsor HANNspree. Jonathan Rea managed to put in a good performance finishing 6th despite the hand injury he sustained in last week’s Qatar crash.
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