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Japanese Trio Hit the Front in SBK Qualifying at Brands
02 August 2008
A trio of Japanese riders hit the front in the first qualifying session for round 10 of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at Brands Hatch, with two-times British Superbike champion Ryuichi Kiyonari clocking a time of 1 minute 26.017 seconds to take provisional pole. The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda man, who also won the Suzuka 8 Hours a few days ago, was just a fraction ahead of his fellow countryman Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB), second quickest today despite a late trip into the gravel. Suzuki Alstare’s Yukio Kagayama set a similar time to Haga to grab the third slot, while Italian Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) was a further fraction of a second behind to complete the provisional front row.
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Neukirchner Powers to Superpole in Home Round
15 June 2008
Max Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki) powered to a second Superpole win of the season in his home round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at the Nurburgring. The 25-year-old from Stollberg in the former East Germany, set an incredible time of 1 minute 55.471 seconds around the 5.137 km circuit on his Suzuki GSX-R1000. The remainder of the front row was made up of riders from three different manufacturers; Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) was three-tenths of a second down in second place, followed by Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB), who ten days ago was undergoing surgery on a broken collarbone.
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Neukirchner & Haga Share the Wins in Monza
12 May 2008
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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Suzuki 1-2 At Le Mans World Endurance
21 April 2008
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team's number two squad led a SERT GSX-R1000 one-two at the opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Le Mans in France yesterday.
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Doha 8 Hours – Qatar Awaits The Final Race Of The 2007 Season
14 October 2007
The Doha 8 Hours, the final leg of the 2007 QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship, will roar into action on Saturday 10th November at the Losail circuit in Qatar. This final race of the year also marks an important precedent, as it will be the first ever Endurance World Championship race staged at Losail. The international circuit is 5.4km in length and was built in 2004 in the desert close to Doha, the capital of Qatar.
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Suzuki Clinches Endurance Title
17 September 2007
Suzuki has won the 2007 World Endurance Championship after finishing second at the Bol d'Or 24 Hour race at Magny Cours in France. Defending Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team - Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien da Costa - recovered from a crash five hours into the penultimate and fifth round, which put them down in 40th position, to fight back into second place behind race winners Yamaha GMT 94 as the GSX-R1000 riders' closest championship rivals Kawasaki France retired during the night.
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Suzuki Set For Albacete 6 Hours
03 May 2007
Defending World Endurance Champions SERT are looking to take control of this year's series at this weekend's second round in Spain following their second place at the opening round at Le Mans in France. GSX-R1000-mounted Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien Da Costa head a field of 42 teams - 20 permanent series competitors and 22 others - for the Albacete 6 Hours which starts at 18.00hrs on Saturday.
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Suzuki Wins Albacete World Endurance
21 May 2006
Suzuki Castrol has won the Albacete 8 Horas Nocturnas round of the FIM World Endurance Championship and increased its series lead to 39 points after three rounds. GSX-R1000-mounted Keiichi Kitagawa, Matthieu Lagrive and Vincent Philippe ran a consistent race which was incident packed from the start.
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Suzuki On Provisional Albacete Pole
19 May 2006
Reigning World Champions Suzuki Castrol is on provisional pole for tomorrow’s Albacete 8 Horas Nocturnas World Endurance Championship third round at Albacete in Spain.
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Suzuki Castrol On Assen Endurance Pole
16 April 2006
Team Suzuki Castrol’s Vincent Philippe set the fastest time in today’s qualifying for the opening World Endurance Championship round at Assen, Holland on Monday. The French SERT rider lapped his GSX-R1000 around the redesigned circuit in a time of 1:42.718, which was more than half a second quicker than Honda Alpha-Technik’s Michael Schulten. Third place went Yamaha Austria's Igor Jerman (1:44.408), fourth to Kawasaki Bolliger Team's Patric Muff (1:45.297) and fifth to Yamaha Phase One Endurance's Warwick Nowland (1:45.444).
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