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FGSport & Pirelli to Renew Tyre Supply Contract
Yesterday
FGSport is pleased to announce that Pirelli will be the official tyre supplier for the FIM Superbike World Championship for a further three years after the conclusion of the current contract, therefore until the end of 2012. The supply, as already envisaged in the current agreement, will include the FIM Supersport World Championship, the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup and the UEM Superstock 600 European Championship. Pirelli’s working method, the undisputed reliability of the tyres, which have never caused any incidents or recorded any breakages, together with the absolute quality of the service provided were all determining factors in analysing the conditions for the renewal. Undoubtedly they were also a difficult obstacle to overcome for the competitors, who were required by the public supply tender to guarantee the same level of service that Pirelli has shown it is able to offer in this particular field.
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Co-ordit Racing Head to Oulton
Yesterday
The second half of the 2008 Bennetts British Superbike season begins in earnest for Co-ordit Racing at Oulton Park this weekend (18th-20th July). Round 7 sees the second visit of the season to the picturesque 2.69 mile Cheshire circuit. Co-ordit Racing’s Superbike rider, Dean Ellison will be looking to leave with points on the board rather than the injuries he suffered as an innocent victim back in May.The experienced rider was collected by Steve Mercer’s bike in the closing stages of the second race, scuppering any chance of points and setting the Leicester-based rider back a round through injury. Now, with a string of point-scoring results under his belt, Dean is eager to start moving towards the top ten and up the championship leader board.
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Bruce Wilson Aims to Collect Points at Oulton Park
6 Days ago
Gipsey Bridge rider Bruce Wilson is aiming to bag his first points of the season in his second visit to Oulton Park in Cheshire for round six of the Metzeler National Superstock 600 series. For one reason or another Wilson has been unsuccessful in claiming a points finish in his first five outings in the championship but is adamant his luck will change this weekend and he will begin his championship challenge with a strong points scoring finish to his race at Oulton Park.
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Misano Cauldron Awaits World Superbike Contenders
26 June 2008
The action in the 2008 HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship is undoubtedly set to heat up this weekend as the runners and riders head for the Misano World Circuit cauldron on Italy’s Adriatic Riviera coast for Round 8, the San Marino Round organized in collaboration with the motorcycling federation of the tiny, Italian-speaking but independent, Republic state. With 7 rounds done and dusted, the season now enters its second half and the revised Santamonica circuit could not be a better place for this next phase of the championship, with scorching weather expected at the holiday venue to liven up proceedings. The last two rounds have produced two double winners in Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) at Miller Motorsports Park and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) at the Nurburgring, but more to the point they have seen Troy Bayliss’s leadership grip on a championship gradually come under threat.
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LB's Sam Middlemas' R6 Inferno Disaster
17 June 2008
You can help - Fancy your name on the bike from just £10? - This past weekend, disaster struck for LB’s national Superstock 600 rider Sam Middlemas who was racing at Mallory Park after just getting a Yamaha R6. Middlemas crashed after hitting some brake fluid left on the exit of the bus stop during qualifying. His new R6 caught fire after the fuel-tank split and allowed petrol to flow out, which in turn ignited. The marshals were quickly on the scene and did their up-most to put the inferno out. Unfortunately this lasted for what seemed like an eternity and left Sam with a very swollen knee and a very burnt and looking R6.
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Bad Luck for Bruce Wilson at Snetterton
16 June 2008
Bruce Wilson encountered even more bad luck when he crashed heavily in practice ahead of Sunday’s fifth round Superstock 600 championship race at Snetterton on Sunday. Practice began well for the Gipsey Bridge rider who was circulating in second place in the opening session but as he negotiated Russell’s chicane the Team Motorcycle Racer Suzuki highsided and threw him off onto the tarmac. It was a race against time to get the bike repaired in time for the first qualifying period and although battered and bruised from his earlier mishap Wilson was up for the challenge. But he soon discovered a problem with the brakes and was forced to retire without recording a qualifying time.
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Pirro the Top Yamaha Finisher
16 June 2008
Michele Pirro was unable to get with the leading group at the Nürburgring today and therefore had to settle for fourth place, in the fourth round of the 2008 season. He now sits fifth overall in the standings, the top YZF-R1 rider in the rankings.
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Yamaha Riders go Back to the Future in Germany
12 June 2008
Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) approach the seventh round of the 2008 World Superbike Championship, at the Nürburgring in Germany this coming weekend, safe in the knowledge that they are as experienced at this circuit as almost any of their peers. Both Yamaha factory riders have raced on the 1998 and 1999 versions of the circuit, located in the Eifel Mountains close to the Belgian border, and will have little difficulty remembering the majority of the layout.
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Haslam & Crutchlow to Peg Back Byrne in Title Stakes
11 June 2008
Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow reckon that they will have the top end speed to beat off the challenge of Bennetts British Superbike Championship leader Shane Byrne on the super-fast Snetterton circuit in this weekend’s fifth round. The HM Plant Honda duo have jetted back from riding in a 300kms race in Japan and are raring to go at the Norfolk circuit that in recent years has favoured the Fireblades.
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Bruce Wilson Gears Up for Snetterton
06 June 2008
Gypsey Bridge rider Bruce Wilson is gearing up for a further challenge in the fifth round of the National Superstock 600 championship, which is set for Snetterton in Norfolk on Sunday. Wilson who rides for Team Motorcycle Racer Magazine was again denied a top 10 finish because of a red flag situation in the last round of the series at Donington Park three weeks ago but with a wealth of track knowledge behind him from previous outings at the Norfolk circuit he is positive he can break into the top 1o this time around.
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Bruce Wilson Denied Points Finish at Donington
27 May 2008
The red flag put paid to Bruce Wilson’s hopes of a points finish in the Metzeler National Superstock 600 round at Donington when the red flag brought the race to a halt after just two laps. Qualifying had seen Wilson from Gipsey Bridge near Boston secure a sixth row grid position in 24th place and at the lights he got away to a fantastic start moving up to 16th place on lap two of a scheduled 14. But proceedings came to an abrupt halt for an incident at the Melbourne Loop and a complete re-run was announced over a shortened distance of 11 laps and Wilson had to do it all over again.
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Byrne to Continue Early Season Domination
20 May 2008
Shane Byrne is the rider in form in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship and he intends to continue his dominant run in the country’s premier series in the fourth round at the Donington Park grand prix circuit on Spring Bank Holiday Monday 26th May. The Airwaves Ducati rider has won four of the six races so far, finishing second in the other two, as he bids to regain the crown he won some five years ago, but he feels that his record should be better, having missed out on completing a second winning double of the season at Brands Hatch.
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Pirelli Race Review - Monza
12 May 2008
A classic Italian weekend started on Thursday 8th May with a press conference, held at the Castello della Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, inside Pirelli’s headquarters in Milan. Many riders from the different classes participated, along with Pirelli and FGSport top-level management. Fanatics around the world watched it live, on the pirellityre.com website. On the racing stage, Pirelli fulfilled its promises by bringing a range of excellent tyres, both in SBK and WSS classes; thus Parkes and Bayliss made new track records at Monza. In SBK, Neukirchner was fast from Friday and ended Superpole in 2nd position, behind Bayliss, and clearly aiming to take his first ever SBK victory at the legendary Monza.
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Yamaha Contenders Taken Out at Monza
12 May 2008
A promising race at Monza for top Yamaha qualifier Claudio Corti (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team) and his fellow R1 runners was ended at the first chicane, in a double crash, which also put out Michele Pirro (Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni YZF-R1) and Sylvain Barrier (YZF Yamaha Junior Team). No fewer than 11 riders were halted by the results of these crashes, with Corti and Pirro hit by a bike that ran across the infield as another incident took place behind.
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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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Power Troubles Scuderia Triumph At Monza WSS QP
11 May 2008
In the final practice day the 675 Triumph-SC has been in difficult on the very fast Monza track, as well at the end of the qualifying session Garry McCoy was not particularly disappointed.
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Difficulties for Triples at Monza
09 May 2008
The ultra fast Monza circuit gave hard difficulties to the English three cylinder machines in this first day of the Italian round of the WSBK Championship on the 5793 meters of the historical circuit situated in Milano’s hinterland. After a free practice session full of mechanical and electric troubles fr the afternoon qualifying the bike of Garry McCoy performed a little better, but the Australian “King of Sliding” has been not able to do better as 22nd position, clearly far from the leaders.
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Monza Gets Ready for Another Slipstreaming Thriller
09 May 2008
As the gates opened at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza for the traditional SBK Open Paddock, riders taking part in this weekend’s races have been facing up to an intense day of PR activity, both inside and outside the circuit. The first appointment of the day saw six Superbike riders – Troy Bayliss, Max Biaggi, Carlos Checa, Noriyuki Haga, Makoto Tamada and Max Neukirchner, together with the leaders of the other three categories, Joan Lascorz (Supersport), Maxime Berger (Superstock 1000) and Dan Linfoot (Superstock 600) – take part in the traditional pre-event press conference in the delightful 14th century Castello della Bicocca building within the grounds of Pirelli headquarters in Milan.
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Haga Returns to Scene of Double Triumph
08 May 2008
The World Superbike Championship moves from the classic circuit of Assen to an even more historic one - Monza - for the fifth round of the series this Sunday, May 11th. Built in 1922, as first a speed bowl and then a fast parkland circuit, Monza is the oldest permanent race circuit in Europe still in regular use. A combination of flat out straights, similarly quick corners, a variety of chicanes and intense braking areas make Monza a unique stop-off on the WSB trail, especially as its Italian parkland cousin Imola is no longer on the calendar.
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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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- Metzeler National Superstock 600 Championship Results
- Bruce Wilson Out with Engine Failure
- Team Blackhorse Yamaha Ready for Oulton
- Battling Harris Bounces Back & Promises an Upset
- Yamaha Riders Race for Points & Prizes at Assen
- Bruce Wilson Set For Thruxton Showdown
- Pirelli Race Review Valencia
- Hard Working Day At Valencia For Team Triumph-SC
- Two Suzuki's Lead The Way In Valencia 1st Qualifying
- Pirelli Race Review Magny-Cours
- SBK Season Set For Awesome Finale In France
- Vallelunga Pirelli Race Review
- Two Troys Go To War On First Day Of Vallelunga Hostilities
- Competition History To Be Made In The Eternal City Once More
- Pirelli Race Review– Lausitz
- Toseland The Target For The Rest
- Pirelli Race Review - Brands Hatch
- Toseland Sets Personal Bests And Edges Ahead
- London Calling To The SBK Hordes
- Championship Battle Builds As Brno Comes On Line
- Reverse Revamp For Popular Misano Circuit
- Pirelli Race Review - Round 7 – Silverstone
- Bayliss Fastest Ever At Silverstone International Circuit
- Toseland Comes Home As Leader Once More
- Haga Obliterates Track Record To Win Superpole
- Toseland Goes To Italy With A Handsome Points Lead
- A Great Weekend, With Passion And Much Entertainment
- Toseland And Bayliss Share Wins After Dazzling Assen Races
- Toseland Scores Superpole Win Number Three
- Fabulous Sunshine Allows Toseland To Sizzle
- Assen Circuit Hosts SBK For The Sixteenth Time
- Valencia Superpole Taken In The Rain By Bayliss
- Disappointment for Roberts At Magny Cours
- Alstare Suzuki Corona's Xavier Ends With A Flourish!
- First Qualifying Practice - Magny Cours– 12th Round – 6th, 7th And 8th October
- Pirelli - Race Preview – Round 12 – Magny Cours, France – 5th October 2006
- Preview - Magny Cours – 12th Round – 6th, 7th And 8th October
- Pirelli - Race Review – Round 11 – Imola– 1st October 2006
- Superpole - Imola – 11th Round – 29th-30th September And 1st October
- Xavier Second And Ready To Pounce!
- First Qualifying Practice - Imola – 11th Round – 29th-30th September And 1st October
- Imola – 11th Round – 29th-30th September And 1st October
- Team Alstare Suzuki's Xavier Takes Another Podium
- Superpole; EuroSpeedway Lausitz – 10th Round – 8th, 9th And 10th September
- Team Alstare Suzuki Corona's Xavier Poised!
- First Qualifying Practice - Eurospeedway Lausitz – 10th Round – 8th, 9th And 10th September
- Pirelli Race Preview – Round 10 – Lausitz, Germany – 10th September 2006
- Preview Eurospeedway Lausitz – 10th Round – 8th, 9th And 10th September
- Xavier Takes A Narrow Second
- Superpole – Assen – 9th Round - 1st, 2nd and 3rd September
- Alstare's Xavier Ready To Pounce
- First Qualifying Practice - Assen – 9th Round – 1st, 2nd And 3rd September
- Preview - Assen – 9th Round – 1st, 2nd And 3rd September
- Pirelli Race Preview - Round 9 – Assen, Netherlands – 3rd September 2006
- Xavier Takes Win Number Four In Superb Fashion
- Xavier Takes Win Number Four In Superb Fashion
- Race Report Brands Hatch – 8th Round – 4, 5 And 6 August
- Xavier Second By Three Thousandths Of A Second!
- Superpole Brands Hatch – 8th Round – 4, 5 And 6 August
- Xavier Leads The Way!
- Preview Brands Hatch – 8th Round – 4th, 5th And 6th August
- Race Report - 7th Round @ Brno
- Team Alstare's Xavier Toughs It Out To Win Superbly!
- Team Alstare Suzuki's Xavier Ready To Attack
- Toseland Leads The Hungry Pack
- Preview Brno – 7th Round – 21, 22 And 23 July
- Kawasaki's Giugliano Wins With His ZX-6RR At Misano
- WSB & WSS Misano – Superpole Round 6 – 23rd, 24th And 25th June 2006
- Misano – 6th Round – 23rd, 24th And 25th June 2006
- Dynojet UK support the World Superbike Championship
- Silverstone–Race Report 5th Round – 26th, 27th And 28th May
- Corti Eighth On Superstock 1000 Debut
- WSB & WSS Superpole Overview
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