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, Jerez in Spain, and mayb...

RUMOURS are flying around that Nicky Hayden will be racing in the Superbike World Championship next year, but the Ducati MotoGP rider has quickly stepped in to counter them.Hayden, the 2006 MotoGP World Champion, is currently without a renewed

TEAM Alstare and Ducati have signed an agreement to run in World Superbikes for two years.Team Ducati Alstare will run with Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini. Francis Batta’s Belgian squad are commonly known for their association with Suzuki

and World Superbikes and doesn't look like adding much drama.The MotoGP 'tiered' knockout system is complex and blurs the boundary between what actually constitutes a qualifying and free practice session as the top ten riders from the first three Free

CARLOS CHECA took the track at World Ducati Week to test the WSB-spec 1199 Panigale around Misano.Enjoyingly sweltering conditions the reigning World Superbike champion lapped the Italian circuit on a sexy looking Panigale with a raw carbon fibre

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-up. This season, Crescent Suzuki's first in World Superbikes, Valentine has developed them into a highly competitive team. Team principle Paul Denning (who will take over the day to day running of the team) said: 'Jack has always retained a positive

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

MARCO Melandri has been convicted for tax evasion.The 30-year-old BMW WSB rider was given a 19-month suspended jail sentence for dodging Italian taxes on earnings of 3.6 million euros between 2003 and 2005, by claiming residence near Donington Park in England. Prosecution evidenc...

Ask any racer what corners they would choose for their perfect track and the long swooping left that makes up the final corner of Phillip Island would appear on quite a few designs.Here the Honda World Superbike riders Jonathan Rea and Hiroshi