THIS YEAR'S WSB championship will be a 15-round season, as the franchise enters it's 26th year.The 2013 championship will get underway at Phillip Island in Australia, as is tradition. New additions to the schedule are Buddh International Circuit

in India 15 days before the race but it won't be possible as the opening race of the WSBK championship is at Phillip Island, Australia on 24th February and the second round, at Buddh International Circuit, India is on the 10th of March.However, F1 boss

CARLOS Checa topped the timesheets after the second and final day of testing at Phillip IslandMany doubted the Panigale's potential in World Superbikes when Ducati decided not to race the bike the year it was introduced, however Checa has won four

unclear, with one race yet to be allocated, and two (Portimao and Imola) subject to contract. World Superbikes 2013 calendar dates scheduleRound 1 - Phillip Island, Australia 24 FebruaryRound 2 - Motorland Aragon, Spain 7 AprilRound 3 - Assen, Netherlands

the production-based class and so this year all WSB bikes will feature stickers that look like the headlights from a production bike.World Superbikes 'unofficial' test times from Phillip Island1. Eugene Laverty    Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.7s2. Leon Camier

WORLD Superbikes lapped faster than MotoGP bikes at a shared test at Jerez, yesterday.Aprilia World Superbike rider Eugene Laverty led the test with a fastest lap of 1m41.185 seconds, second fastest was Ducati MotoGP rider Nicky Hayden who set a

Racing RSV4 1m 31.452s5. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 1m 31.485s6. Carlos Checa ESP Alstare Ducati 1199 R 1m 31.523s7. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.701s8. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.966s9. Jonathan Rea