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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A variety of sources are reporting that 2009 British superbike champion Leon Camier has or will shortly sign a deal that will see him ride alongside Max Biaggi on the factory Aprilia team in the World Superbike championship. Camier will test with the team at Misano Wednesday and Thursday and some sort of announcement may be made by the team at that time. The young Brit has been considered a front-runner...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Althea Ducati has announced that Shane "Shakey" Byrne will team with Carlos Checa on the squad in the World Superbike championship in 2010. Althea ended a relationship with Honda at the end of the 2009 season that had lasted the last two years in favor of the Bologna based manufacturer. Byrne brings extensive experience with the 1098 Superbike to Althea, having won the 2008 British superbike...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
1 Ben SPIES USA 462 2009 World Champion 2 Noriyuki HAGA JPN 456 -6 3 Michel FABRIZIO ITA 382 -80 4 Max BIAGGI ITA 319 -143 5 Jonathan REA GBR 315 -147 6 Leon HASLAM GBR 241 -221 read more
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Johnny Rea held on to provisional pole during the second session of qualifying for the World Superbike class at Portimao. Rea improved his time to finish ahead of Ducati's Michel Fabrizio and Aprilia's Max Biaggi, while Jakub Smrz completes the provisional front row. Noriyuki Haga took four tenths off his time from QP1 to leapfrog ahead of Ben Spies, who could not improve on the time he set yesterday....
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Jonny Rea led the first session of free practice for the World Superbike class at Magny-Cours, putting in a scorching lap in the final minutes of the session, and displacing the surprising Fonsi Nieto on the DFX Corse Ducati. Rea put his Ten Kate Honda ahead of the Stiggy Honda of Leon Haslam, while Noriyuki Haga set the 3rd fastest lap, ahead of Carlos Checa. Nieto finally ended the session in 5th...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
With Shinya Nakano out for the rest of the season with an injury, Aprilia are in need of a replacement rider for the World Superbike rounds at Magny-Cours and Portimao. Marco Simoncelli returns to his day job as factory Gilera 250cc rider this weekend at Estoril, and Aprilia test rider Alex Hofmann has duties of his own as a TV presenter for the German-language sports channel DSF at the Portuguese...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Aprilia head of communications Alain Roger, in an interview with Caradisiac. com revealed that Aprilia will field another 2-bike team in World Superbikes in 2010. Roger was not forthcoming on who would manage the team or whether the team would be a satellite. Roger did infer however, that current factory rider Shinya Nakano could find his way onto the squad. Roger also dropped the bombshell that former...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
1 Noriyuki HAGA JPN 391 2 Ben SPIES USA 388 -3 3 Michel FABRIZIO ITA 330 -61 4 Jonathan REA GBR 263 -128 5 Max BIAGGI ITA 257 -134 6 Leon HASLAM GBR 219 -172 7 Carlos CHECA ESP 183 -208 8 Tom SYKES GBR 176 -215 9 Jakub SMRZ CZE 155 -236 10 read more
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Jonny Rea set the fastest time on the final session of practice, snatching the top time away from Ben Spies at the very end of the session. Spies finished ahead of the two Ducatis of Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga, Fabrizio within a few hundredths, Haga half a second back. Max Biaggi finally beat his team mate, setting the 8th fastest time, a tenth quicker than Marco Simoncelli. Results: read more...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
With track conditions at Imola too slippery to practice on, SBK race organizers are facing the very real possibility of a race cancellation. A combination of a freshly washed track and oil allegedly rising from the asphalt to the surface culminated in the first practice session being suspended and probably cancelled. Points leader Ben Spies reckons that the available traction is worse than a full...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
1 Ben SPIES USA 364 2 Noriyuki HAGA JPN 346 -18 3 Michel FABRIZIO ITA 289 -75 4 Jonathan REA GBR 244 -120 5 Max BIAGGI ITA 224 -140 6 Leon HASLAM GBR 201 -163 7 Carlos CHECA ESP 177 -187 8 Tom SYKES GBR 165 -199 9 Shane BYRNE GBR 140 -224 10 read more
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Ten Kate Honda's Johnny Rea is on provisional pole after the first session of qualifying for the World Superbike class at the Nurburgring, in conditions that were a little kinder than the downpour of the early afternoon. Rea was fastest for most of the session, taking over provisional pole from Leon Haslam who had made the early running. But while Haslam slipped down the order, it was a Yamaha R1...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Rain lashed the beautiful surroundings of the Eifel mountains in Germany, making conditions difficult for the riders at the Nurburgring. Unsurprisingly perhaps the session was dominated by the large British contingent that packs the World Superbike paddock, with Johnny Rea, Leon Haslam and Shane Byrne leading early on. But with 15 minutes of the session left, it was Noriyuki Haga that took the lead,...
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Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Max Biaggi wins his first World Superbike race since Vallelunga 2007, while Aprilia celebrate their first success at this level since Regis Laconi's 2001 victory at Imola.
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