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Strong Day for Vermeulen & Rizla Suzuki in France
Yesterday
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP’s Australian star Chris Vermeulen had a positive first day’s free practice, in readiness for Sunday’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans. Vermeulen (1’34.630, 55 laps) topped the time sheets in both this morning’s and this afternoon’s sessions, before finally recording the fifth fastest time of the day, just 0.403 seconds behind the day’s best time set by championship leader Dani Pedrosa.
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Vermeulen Supports Biker Charity
Yesterday
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP rider Chris Vermeulen has given his support to the French charity Motards Solidarite in the lead up to this weekend's French MotoGP at Le Mans. The association, which was created in 1995 and now has almost 500 members, helps handicapped bikers to pass or renew their motorcycle driving licence after a disease or an accident, by supplying transformed motorcycle or sidecars specially equipped with foot throttle, hand gearbox, thumb brake or whatever the rider requires to get back in the saddle.
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Ramon Aims to Close MX1 Points Gap
2 Days ago
Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 rider Steve Ramon will enter the fifth round of the FIM MX1 World Motocross Championship at Mantova in Italy this weekend looking to close the points gap on series leader David Philippaerts. Ramon - who is the reigning MX1 World Champion and currently sits in second place in the 2008 series - proved at round four in Sevlievo, Bulgaria that his race pace is better than the current championship leader, but poor starts have been making it difficult for him to beat the Italian rider in a straight-up race.
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Alstare Sign Neukirchner Until 2010
3 Days ago
It is with great pleasure that Team Suzuki Alstare would like to announce that Max Neukirchner has agreed terms and has signed a contract with the team for 2009 and 2010. The young German is one of the rising stars of the Superbike World Championship and his signing is seen as a great coup for the Belgian based outfit.
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Gregory Takes Win at Landrake
3 Days ago
Round three of the British Masters championship took place at the weekend, held at the ever popular Landrake circuit near Plymouth, with Lewis Gregory showing great form after recent injury woes. Starting out in striking style, Lewis took the lead in race one half way round the first lap and continued to lead for the rest of the race to take the win. A first turn incident left Lewis with work to do in race two, but another strong ride throughout the 25-minute race saw Lewis capture third place in the race and seal the overall victory.
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Laverty Closing in on BSB Podium
4 Days ago
Michael Laverty continued his impressive superbike form on the Relentless Suzuki GSX–R1000 at Brands Hatch earlier today, with a fourth placed finish in race two. In race one, after a superb start, Laverty forced his way through to third before unfortunately crashing out at Druids when hot on the heels of Tom Sykes in second place. Ian Lowry had a tough weekend but battled bravely in today’s supersport race with a shoulder injury. Unfortunately Lowry just lost out on a points scoring finish after being forced to start his race from pit lane, due to a front brake problem on the warm-up lap.
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Superb Second Place for Sykes & Rizla Suzuki
5 Days ago
Tom Sykes scored a well deserved podium second place today for Rizla Suzuki during the Brands Hatch GP round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. In the opening race, starting from fourth place on the front row of the grid at the 2.3-mile long Kent circuit, Tom battled with Ducati’s Shane Byrne, eventually finishing a close runner-up. He was in second position again in race two with only a handful of laps to go, when he crashed out unscathed due to a mechanical issue. The race was won by Cal Crutchlow.
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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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Tremendous Win for Xavi
5 Days ago
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Xavier Simeon won the third round of the 2008 Superstock 1000 FIM Cup at Monza today after leading the race from start to finish. Xavi started from the third row of the grid, but made a superb start and was third going into the first corner. It was just as well that he was so far up the field, for behind him a rider had crashed braking for the turn and then skittled ten riders and their bikes! Despite there being bikes and riders all over the first chicane, by the time Xavi and the rest of the depleted field came round again the track was clear. Xavi then controlled the race from the front and ran out the winner by over two seconds, with Matej Smrz (Honda) second and Alessandro Polita (Ducati) third. Xavi’s win also moves him into first place in the championship, with a fifteen point lead over Polita.
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Superb Debut Win for Max!
5 Days ago
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner took a superb maiden victory at Monza and also went into the record books for being the first German to win a World Superbike Championship race. Ever since Valencia, when he was cruelly robbed of victory on the last lap, Max has been ready to win and today he emphatically showed that he is a force to be reckoned with this year. Max was a race-long contender for a win in the second race, but was beaten to the line in a photo-finish with Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha). At the end, he was deprived of victory (and a remarkable double!) by just nine thousandths of a second! Haga took second place in race one, with Troy Bayliss (Ducati) third and Suzuki Alstare riders Yukio Kagayama and Fonsi Nieto fourth and seventh places respectively. Behind Haga and Neukirchner in race two, was Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) in third, followed by Fonsi Nieto. Yukio suffered a dramatic crash in the Ascari chicane after just four laps, hurting his ribs and right knee in the process.
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SERT Extends Endurance Lead
5 Days ago
Defending World Endurance Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team have extended their lead in the 2008 championship by taking victory at the 6 Horas Nocturnas de Albacete in Spain. Vincent Philippe, Julien Da Costa and Guillaume Dietrich race their GSX-R1000 to a two-lap victory ahead of Spanish privateers Josep Sarda, Kenny Noyes and Bernat Martinez of the Suzuki Catala team and Bolliger Switzerland's David Morillon, Patric Muff and Horst Saiger.
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Lucas De Carolis Takes Pole In Suzuki GSX-R Cup At Monza
6 Days ago
Frenchman Lucas de Carolis held off a late charge by ‘wild card’ Fabrizio Pirovano to take pole position for tomorrow’s second round of the 2008 Suzuki GSX-R Cup at Monza. Despite it being his first time at the circuit, twenty-one year old De Carolis took to it almost straightaway. Behind Pirovano in third place is Spaniard Arturo Tizon, with Italian Simone Saltarelli fourth.
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Alstare Suzuki's Max Neukirchner On The Front Row For Monza!
6 Days ago
It took a new lap record by series leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati) to deprive Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner of a Superpole win at Monza today. Bayliss smashed Noriyuki Haga’s 2007 time by well over a second, to take his third Superpole win of the season.
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Third Row Start For Xavier Simeon Due To Engine Problems
6 Days ago
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Xavi Simeon will start tomorrow’s third round of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup from the third row of the grid after problems today. The team changed the engine braking characteristics in order to help Xavi in a particular corner but unfortunately it caused problems in the other corners and Xavi couldn’t push as hard as he wanted. But the lap times of the top ten are very close and, if Xavi had gone just two tenths of a second quicker he would’ve ended up on the front row of the grid! Italian Claudio Corti (Yamaha) set the day’s fastest lap, with Michele Pirro (Yamaha) second, Davide Giugliano (Suzuki) third and Michele Magnoni (Yamaha) fourth.
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Suzuki's Steve Ramon 4th On Bulgarian MX1 Gate
7 Days ago
Qualification for the Grand Prix of Bulgaria - the fourth round of the FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship - saw Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 rider Steve Ramon finish in fourth position on his factory RM-Z450 with team-mate Ken De Dycker ending the session in 11th.
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Fine Tuning Benefits Rizla Suzuki at Brands
7 Days ago
Tom Sykes and Atsushi Watanabe used today’s additional free practice time, at the rescheduled Brands Hatch GP round, to work on fine tuning their Rizla Suzuki's giving them a competitive set-up ahead of tomorrow’s Bennetts British Superbike Championship double header. Soaring temperatures at the 2.3 mile Kent circuit allowed Rizla Suzuki’s racers to make the most of the two 30-minute free practice sessions. Sykes finished in fifth place, steadily working through changes on both his Rizla Suzuki race bikes. Watanabe came home in 18th on his return to the challenging track.
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Xavi Fifth on Day One
7 Days ago
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Xavi Simeon ended the first day of qualifying at Monza with the fifth quickest lap time. All four of the riders in front of him today raced here at Monza last weekend in the Italian Championship, so had a wealth of knowledge on which to draw, so it’s no surprise that they were ahead of the young Belgian. Claudio Corti (Yamaha) set the day’s fastest lap, with a time of 1:49.468. Second is Michele Pirro (Yamaha), with Michele Magnoni (Yamaha) third and Chris Seaton (Suzuki) third.
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Saltarelli Leads the Charge
7 Days ago
Italian Simone Saltarelli was the fastest rider in today’s first qualifying session for the second round of the Suzuki GSX-R Cup at Monza. His time of 1:54.562 was just over two tenths of a second ahead of his nearest rival Emeric Jonchiere. Third quickest today is Roland Resch, with Ismael Ortega fourth. Race legend Fabrizio Pirovano is a ‘wild card’ rider here at Monza and he finished the day with the fifth fastest time, though many of rivals believe that he was holding back today and will be the one to beat come raceday. A surprise ‘wild card’ entrant today is former GP star Jeremy McWilliams. The Irishman decided to try and help out Briton Grant Molloy and is experiencing Monza for the very first time, but enjoying every minute.
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Max Storms to provisional Pole!
7 Days ago
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner was in sensational form today, posting the day’s fastest lap in this afternoon’s qualifying session at Monza. The young German blitzed the 5.793 kilometre circuit in 1:45.990, breaking the lap record in the process. Over three tenths of a second behind is series leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati) with Suzuki Alstare rider Yukio Kagayama third. Completing the provisional front row is Japanese rider Makoto Tamada (Kawasaki). It was not such a good day for Suzuki Alstare rider Fonsi Nieto. He crashed in the qualifying session, fortunately without injury, and lost time when most of the riders were setting their quick lap times. Fonsi ended eleventh and he and the team know that a lot of good work will have to be done tomorrow to get a good grid position.
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Alstares's Biofuel Bike Debuts at Monza
09 May 2008
Alstare is sensitive to the environmental problems caused by the continuing consumption of fossil fuels affecting the earth’s climate control. We are aware that it is inevitable and urgent now for the world to reduce CO2 carbon emissions in the atmosphere and to replace the consumption of polluting energies with clean and renewable sources. Therefore, since last year, Alstare began working on the development of small sized engines - such as in motorcycles and ATVs - using biofuel. Such a project is the result of a synergy between Alstare’s technical and intellectual resources and the experience and the support of Japanese manufacturer Suzuki and Magneti Marelli, Alstare’s race team partners for several years.
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