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Pedrosa & Repsol Honda on Top
Yesterday
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa made a great start to his French GP weekend by setting the pace in today’s opening practice sessions aboard his RC212V. Team-mate Nicky Hayden had a more difficult day, ending up 12th fastest, but the American is confident of improvement tomorrow, so long as the forecast rain stays away. With showers predicted for tomorrow, there was extra pressure on the team to find the best-possible set-up during today’s two one-hour outings, Pedrosa looking superbly smooth and controlled around the historic French circuit, while Hayden worked to improve corner-entry performance.
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HM Plant Honda on Pole for North West 200 SBK Races
Yesterday
John McGuinness placed his Honda CBR1000RR on pole for tomorrow’s Kennedy International North West 200 races. Meanwhile team-mate Steve Brogan continued to familiarise himself with the nine-mile course on both his Superstock Fireblade and Supersport CBR600RR. Tomorrow’s racing will still go ahead, despite the death of one of road-racing’s biggest names in practice last night at the Triangle circuit. Robert Dunlop crashed during the 125/250 and 400cc practice session on the first lap.
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Rea & Pitt to Participate in BSB Round
3 Days ago
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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Honda Gears Up for BladeDay2
3 Days ago
Honda and motorcycle fans across the UK are gearing up for Bladeday2, a unique motorcycling event at Donington Park on Friday 23rd May, to celebrate sixteen years of the Fireblade – the bike universally known to capture the very essence of sports motorcycling. The anticipated 5,000 ’Blade and motorcycling enthusiast visitors to the event can expect an action packed day of entertainment for just £10 entry fee on the day (under 16s free), but remember to bring cash as no card payment facilities will be available at the event. Gates at the Melbourne Entrance open at 9.00am with the event, located on the Launch Pad site, ending at 5.00pm.
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McGuinness Tops the Leaderboard for HM Plant Honda
3 Days ago
John McGuinness topped the Superbike leaderboard last night for Saturday’s Kennedy International North West 200 race. He and team-mate Steve Brogan spent the four hour practice session getting to grips with the nine-mile Triangle circuit, which is the debut pure roads event for the new-for-2008 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade. The final practice session is to be held this Thursday evening with racing taking place on Saturday 17th May
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HM Plant Honda Ready for Tonight’s first North West 200 Outing!
4 Days ago
HM Plant Honda teamsters John McGuinness and Steve Brogan will line up this evening for the first practice for Saturday’s Kennedy International North West 200. The North West 200 circuit runs between the towns of Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine in Northern Ireland and has a history stretching back to 1929. Roads master McGuinness is a previous winner in the Superbike class at the event, while Brogan is a relative newcomer to the famous race. John will be riding in the Superbike class aboard the awesome new 2008 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, based closely on the machines used in the Bennetts British Superbike championship. The major differences include the use of Dunlop instead of Pirelli tyres, more power thanks to different regulations, while the suspension will be set-up softer for the harsher conditions found on the nine-mile ‘Triangle’ circuit.
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Top Ten For Lavilla at Monza
4 Days ago
Vent Axia VK Honda rider Gregorio Lavilla overcame a couple of problems to post a pair of points scoring results in round five of the World Superbike Championship held at Monza in Italy yesterday. The Paul Bird Motorsport rider squeezed into Superpole in sixteenth position and was hoping for a pair of solid points scoring finishes at the historic Italian circuit. In the opening race, the 36 year old Spaniard had clawed his way up to eighth and was looking set for a good result when the machine started to run out of fuel on the final lap and he had to eventually coast in to an eleventh place finish at the end of the first 18 lap race.
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Goodwood Festival Celebrates BSB in 2008
5 Days ago
Over the weekend of the 11 – 13 July, the Goodwood Festival of Speed will celebrate the UK’s role in providing a high-profile, competitive environment for the world’s top manufacturers and star riders by commemorating the success of the most competitive domestic motorcycle racing series in the world, the British Superbike Championship. Goodwood aims to gather together one of the largest collections of significant machinery and famous riders from the renowned championship that has ever been seen. Expect to see great champions such as Terry Rymer on his 1990 championship winning Loctite Yamaha OW01, Jamie Whitham riding Niall Mackenzie’s 1998 championship winning Cadbury’s Boost Yamaha YZF750 and John Reynolds on his 2004 championship winning Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000.
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Kiyonari Shines in Monza with First WSB Podium
5 Days ago
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari was one of the surprises in the second Superbike race at Monza today as he magnificently pushed his Honda to the top of the field and claimed his first ever World Superbike podium, despite the fact he had never raced the famous Italian track before. His maiden World Superbike podium was the reward for a strong race in which he worked hard to catch up with the front runners. Starting from 8th place on the grid, Kiyonari was determined to make his way forward and close the gap with the front runners. The last laps of the race saw Kiyonari closely following Haga and Neukirchner swapping the lead. He managed to overhaul the fighting dogs and grab the lead, but lost it in the final turn and finished his best race this season in third place with only 0.05 from victory.
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Solid Points for Ellison & Martin at Brands
5 Days ago
In totally contrasting conditions to the snow that caused the postponement of round one of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship five weeks ago, the rescheduled races took place at Brands Hatch today in glorious conditions and it saw Hydrex Bike Animal Honda riders James Ellison and Guy Martin score more solid points. Languishing well down the grid after problems in the initial qualifying session back in April, Ellison rocketed through to run with the leading bunch in the 20-lap opening race in front of another bumper Brands Hatch crowd.
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Crutchlow & Brogan Win, Haslam Nets More Points
5 Days ago
Cal Crutchlow battled to a brave win in today’s Bennetts British Superbike races at Brands Hatch, less than a week after dislocating his right ankle. Cal led the first 15 laps of race one before being overtaken by race-winner Shane Byrne down the Cooper Straight and then by Suzuki’s Tom Sykes on the same lap at Surtees. He eventually finished third. Meanwhile, HM Plant Honda team-mate Leon Haslam was hampered by a poor start, which saw him down in 10th at the end of the first lap.
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Pitt Takes 4th in Monza Supersport Race
5 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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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda SBK Makes Good Progress In Monza
11 May 2008
The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Superbike riders finished their second day of qualifying for the IDS Italian Round of the Superbike World Championship at Monza. Both Carlos Checa and Ryuichi Kiyonari are making their debut at the Autodromo Nazionale and placed their new CBR1000RR Fireblades on the 4th and 8th place on the grid respectively, in the Superpole qualifying. After struggling to keep his lap times consistent in the qualifying sessions, Checa managed to find a consistent race pace and was one of the fast men in the free practice ahead of the Superpole qualfiying. The third man to start his Superpole lap, Checa managed to set a satisfactory fast time and secured a front row start next to pole sitter Bayliss, Neukirchner and Haga.Team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari started the day as one of the fastest men in the final qualifying practice, but faced some critical moments later in the afternoon when he nearly lost control of his bike twice in his Superpole lap and will start from the second row tomorrow.
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Supersport Team Ready For Monza Race
11 May 2008
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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Third & Fourth Rows For Hydrex Bike Animal Honda
11 May 2008
Hydrex Bike Animal Honda riders James Ellison and Guy Martin will start from rows three and four of the grid at the rescheduled first round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch tomorrow. After the first round on 5th/6th April was abandoned due to snow, it was announced that the qualification times would be carried forward to this weekend's rescheduled round.
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Repsol's Pedrosa Brings Title Lead to Le Mans
09 May 2008
Repsol Honda RC212V rider Dani Pedrosa returns to Europe for the French GP holding a seven point lead at the top of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship. The Spaniard has made an impressive start to this season with a win, two second-pace finishes and a third from the first four races. Team-mate Nicky Hayden meanwhile comes to Le Mans gunning for his first podium of the year. The American has already come close, taking a hard-fought fourth place at Jerez and sliding off at Estoril while in the running for a top-three result.
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Brands Beckons for HM Plant Honda
09 May 2008
The HM Plant Honda team return to Brands Hatch this weekend for the re-scheduled opening round of the Bennetts British Superbike season. Superbike riders Cal Crutchlow and Leon Haslam should experience better weather than the snow, which forced the cancellation of the opening round and both will be hoping for better luck at the glorious 2.3-mile GP circuit than they experienced in the previous round at Oulton Park. Cal has been declared fit for the race after dislocating his right ankle in his race two fall, while Leon hopes to put more points on the board after being excluded from the race two results. Meanwhile, Steve Brogan will be out to make it three wins from three starts in the Metzeler National Superstock race, and return to the podium in the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship.
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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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Podium Joy for Ellison at Oulton
05 May 2008
Hydrex Bike Animal Honda rider James Ellison recorded his and the team's best result with a superb second place at the Bennetts British Superbike Championship meeting held at Oulton Park today. The 27 year old from Kendal in Cumbria qualified on row three of the grid and after weather conditions intervened in the opening race causing a red flag, he eventually posted eighth position to add to his two sevenths at Thruxton in the previous round.
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Front Row for HM Plant Honda Men at Oulton
05 May 2008
Cal Crutchlow has taken his maiden pole position for HM Plant Honda at Oulton Park with team-mate Leon Haslam joining him on the front-row. The 22-year-old rider from Coventry placed his CBR1000RR Fireblade on pole by more than half a second from Ducati’s Shane Byrne in drying conditions around the 2.69-mile Cheshire circuit. Leon suffered a high-side early in the qualifying session, but despite feeling a little second-hand, the 24-year-old from Derbyshire took the final spot on the front-row for tomorrow’s two 18-lap Bennetts British Superbike races.
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