Red Bull regularly spoils us with entertaining, breathtaking and spectacular videos. This time, superbike star Toprak Razgatlioglu competed against DTM driver Ayhancan Güven – in the “Dark Canyon”. The Karanlik Canyon in Turkey, popularly known as the “Dark Canyon,” is one of the deepest in the world and is notorious in the motorsport community for … Read more
Bautista, champion start! The Carrera 2 was the most exciting of the weekend, with 8 pilots fighting for fourth place. While this was happening, Álvaro continued to lead the race, scratching tenth by tenth over his teammate, Michael Ruben Rinaldi. The young Ducati factory rider had a good weekend, after crashing in Race 1 in … Read more
In reality there is no news from the three days of winter testing at the Circuito de Jerez, but the World Superbike riders are communicative. What leaked from the first day of testing. As the Jerez circuit has been booked by Honda’s MotoGP test team, they are also dictating the rules for testing this week … Read more
The meeting in Portimão was not the easiest venue for the BMW team B-Max-Racing for their debut in the Superbike World Championship. Nevertheless, it was astonishing how Gabriele Ruiu performed almost in series trim with an M1000RR The result lists at the meeting in Portimão do not cast a good light on Gabriele Ruiu, who … Read more
There will be no Superbike World Championship in Australia in 2021. According to the latest statements by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, there will be no World Cup opener at Phillip Island at the end of February 2022. On April 29, promoter Dorna announced that there would be no Superbike World Championship in Australia in 2021 … Read more
Although Loris Baz has not yet competed in MotoAmerica, the star from the Superbike World Championship is considered a favorite for the title. During the test in Austin, the Ducati driver found out that his opponents will not make it easy for him. With the move to MotoAmerica, Loris Baz is starting a new chapter … Read more
One of the few internationally successful New Zealanders is Simon Crafar. The now 52-year-old won MotoGP, but not the Superbike World Championship. Nevertheless, the near-series championship was more pleasant for him. From 1990 to 2000 Simon Crafar competed in the 500cc and Superbike World Championships. The 52-year-old even ventured into the 250 class. He told … Read more
Before the Superbike World Championship existed in its current form, Frantisek Mrazek had been racing motorcycle races for over 30 years. It was not until the age of 55 that the Czech won championship points in a run in the near-series championship. Frantisek Mrazek was someone who can be called a contemporary witness. When he … Read more
Lorenzo Zanetti from Ducati New York verbally had the promise that he would contest the US Superbike series MotoAmerica for her in 2021. But then suddenly Loris Baz was available and won the bid. In 2020 Ducati laid the cornerstone for a stronger presence in the US Superbike Championship MotoAmerica. Lorenzo Zanetti started three events … Read more
For two years now, as part of the MotoGP, we’ve seen the MotoE with electric prototype motorcycles. In the Superbike World Championship it will be even longer before the new drive technology is introduced. World Cup promoter Dorna installed the “MotoE World Cup” in 2019. At four events, a total of six races with electric … Read more