of 1'44.055. Following closely was Jakub Smrz on the new Liberty Racing Ducati, .058 behind the Rea.2010 WSB Champ, Max Biaggi started the new season campaign consistently in third place, with new Suzuki Alstare recruit, Michel Fabrizio and Tom Sykes

JONATHAN REA says he knows he can win at Brno this coming weekend. The Ten Kate Honda rider has been in flying form recently and says that his performance at the recent Imola tests, where he ended up fastest at the end of the two days, have only

NEWLY-CROWNED European Superstock 600 Champion Gino Rea has just completed a hugely impressive test on Cal Crutchlow's series-winning Yamaha World Supersport bike at the Portimao, Portugal. The young Londonner’s best lap of 1m 46.423 was just a

Jonathan Rea has set back his World Superbike campaign with a crash at the Phillip Island test ahead of the opening round this weekend.Rea was running third quickest following the morning session of the second day of official WSB testing when on his

WE'VE SEEN hundreds of crashes over the years in all forms of bikesport here at Visordown but we've never witnessed anything quite as bizarre as this!After low-siding his Ten Kate Honda in the early stages of Race One at Monza World Superbikes

IRISH ACE Jonathan Rea was the top Honda rider in the 2009 WSB championship in overall fifth place, partly thanks to second and third place finishes at the final round in Portimao.Rea, who bagged fourth in Superpole,  was not quite able to get

HONDA'S World Superbike team completed their first test after the winter ban, with Jonathan Rea and Hiroshi Aoyama lapping the Phillip Island circuit.The team tested a host of new chassis and suspension components for the new 2012 CBR1000RR

Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 55.138s3. Chris Vermeulen AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 1min 55.299s4. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1min 55.479s5. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 55.700s6. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Racing RSV-4

THE EUROPEAN Superstock 600 Championship battle had a terrific ending as Britain's Gino Rea (Ten Kate Honda) scored a third place finish in the race to take the title by just one point from Marco Bussolotti (Yamaha Trasimeno), who was the winner

overall, the Yamaha World Superbike man not improving on his time from Wednesday. Points leader and the only other WSB race winner this year Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) did not take part in the test because he is recovering for the next round at Brno