LEON HASLAM has signed a deal to race BMW's fast-improving S1000RR for the 2011 WSBK season.The annoucement comes just hours after the Derbyshire rider's release from his contract with Alstare Suzuki at this weekend's Imola race.A lack of Suzuki

of the championship in 2012. To hold a race in Moscow, in the very first year, was our declared intention and we are therefore extremely satisfied with the choice of Moscow Raceway, a truly state-of-the-art circuit that is in an advanced phase of construction

CRESCENT Suzuki have announced that John Hopkins will remain with the team as they step-up to the World Superbike championship in 2012.Hopkins competed in the British Superbike championship for the team in 2011, finishing a close second

Racing outfit, who have led Honda’s World Superbike effort since 2004.Castrol’s association with Honda’s motorcycle racing activities goes all the way back to the Japanese manufacturer’s first foray into the sport at the Isle of Man TT in 1959

, Yamaha and Aprilia. • In part due to continued improvements in tyre performance, following the first season, average race time times have fallen year after year1: -0,2 secs (2005), -1,2 (2006), -0,8 (2007), -0,6 (2008), -0,7 (2009) and -0,2 (2010