Rather than splash through Portugese puddles, the works BMW squad headed for sunny Australia for their first shakedown test. The team have just completed their first test at Eastern Creek before heading for Phillip Island for another test. The team packed in an impressive 1400kms...

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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

Sniff hard and you can smell the fried onionsEVEN THOUGH the WSB season's only just got underway the 2009 SBK Superbike World Championship video game, developed by Milestone, is already about to go on sale.And as you'd expect, everything's been brought completely up to date, with...

THE WORLD Superbike paddock has commenced their two day 'unofficial' test at Phillip Island before the official test on the 18th and 19th of February and it's Aprilia rider Eugene Laverty who's proving the man to beat.With no official timing in place, these times are to be taken ...

KTM are backing a one make series to run alongside select European WSBK races. Details aren't yet fully finalised but the series will use the recently launched single-cylinder, 72bhp, Duke 690.The series will pitch 14 to 19 year-olds together

MOSCOW didn't disappoint at the weekend with great racing action on the track but there were also some rather pretty grid girls kicking about too.Check out the gallery below of World Superbike pit girls and brolly babes - one of the marshalls even caught the eye of our snapper. Y...

CHAZ Davies boosted his hopes for a world superbike title with a double win in Aragon Spain, taking him to second place behind Aprilia's Sylvain Guintoli.A fantastic wekeend for Davies, proved a disaster for Laverty who recorded a DNF in both races but still manages to hold third...

DESPITE Tom Sykes and Eugene Laverty sharing the wins at the weekend, Sylvain Guintoli still holds a comfortable lead in the championship standings, having finished a respectable third and sixth at Assen over the weekend.Laverty, Davies and Sykes are all equal on points and repre...

AMERICAN WSB rookie Ben Spies took the first Superpole win of the season at Phillip Island in Australia, earlier today. The former AMA Superbike Champion powered his YZF-R1 to a best 1:31.069. Italian Max Biaggi took second place on the grid, hustling his Aprilia RSV-4 around Phi...