Snetterton BSB: Race weekend statistics, facts and pub ammo
Race weekend stats, facts and pub ammunition for this weekend’s Bennetts British Superbike round at Snetterton
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Cadwell BSB: Skinner becomes youngest Showdown contender
Rory Skinner has become the youngest rider to qualify for the Bennetts British Superbike Showdown after booking his 2022 spot at Cadwell Park.
Barcelona WorldSBK test: Rea fastest as Razgatlioglu crashes
Former WorldSBK king Jonathan Rea topped the timesheets as testing at Barcelona concluded early due to rain.
World Superbike star Jonathan Rea on what it takes to challenge for EWC glory in Suzuka
Jonathan Rea, the six-time winner of the FIM Superbike World Championship, has revealed the level of effort required to bid for victory in the FIM Endurance World Championship. Northern Irishman Rea and English team-mates Leon Haslam and Alex Lowes finished second in the 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours, Japan’s hugely famous and demanding round of the EWC, earlier this month riding for the Kawasaki Racing Team. Ad Having qualified second fastest, the #10 Kawasaki ZX-10RR led the race on lap nine, and from lap 29 to 30 during a gruelling race of attrition.
2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: ‘Tough ten days’ for Kawasaki’s Lowes
Kawasaki’s Alex Lowes had to fly straight from the Most WorldSBK round to compete in yesterday’s Suzula Eight-Hours despite suffering from illness.
HRC take win, SERT first of season contenders in EWC Suzuka 8 Hours
Whilst there might have been drama and heartbreak behind, it was a dominant win for #33 Team HRC in 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours with the line-up of Tetsuta Nagashima, Takumi Takahashi and Iker Lecuona taking the chequered flag by over a lap in the third round of the FIM Endurance World Championship. There has been late drama and a safety car in the final hour of the race after the leading season-contender #7 YART — Yamaha Official Team YZF-M1 got caught up with the #74 Akeno Speed – Yamaha Superstock bike at T13 such that rider Marvin Fritz had to dig the Yamaha out of the air barriers to get it back to the pits.
2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: Team HRC take win by a lap
Team HRC demolished considerable opposition in japan today, winning the prestigious Suzuka Eight-Hours by a lap from Kawasaki in second and Yoshimura Suzuki in third.
HRC blast into the 2m04s with Nagashima in EWC Suzuka first qualifying
Tetsuta Nagashima unleashed the opening salvo in the Suzuka 8 Hours qualifying contest with blinding lap to put the #33 Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-RSP into 2m04s territory in the first of the three Q1 sessions. Nagashima used every bit of his Bridgestones’ adhesion and knew he had set a blinder with his 2m04.942s, waving to the crowds as he returned to the pits halfway through the 20-minute first session for Blue Riders.