Stirling's Tarran Mackenzie feels stronger than ever ahead of debut World Superbike campaign
Stirling race ace Tarran Mackenzie hopes that the toughest two years of his career will make him stronger than ever for his debut World Superbike campaign.
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Toprak Razgatlioglu to leave Yamaha when his contract expires at end of 2023 - 'I need a new target'
Toprak Razgatlioglu will leave Yamaha when his contract expires at the end of 2023. It is not known where the 2021 World Superbike champion, who has spent four seasons with the Japanese manufacturer, will go next. Ad Razgatlioglu said: «I want to say to the whole Yamaha family a very big thank you for the love and respect they have shown me.
Gino Rea: I want to be back trying to win races again in EWC
The fact that Rea was still in contention for an FIM Endurance World Championship top-three finish at the legendary Belgian track owed plenty to the London-born rider’s refusal to give up. His F.C.C. TSR Honda France team had been leading after 15 hours of racing, but a broken chain left Rea stranded on track and with no alternative but to push his stricken bike back to the pits, where rapid repairs ensured the recovery charge could begin from outside the top 10.
ERC Endurance-Ducati shows off its EWC 24 Heures Motos three as Ottl links up
Philipp Öttl will join forces with ERC Endurance-Ducati pair David Checa and Chaz Davies for next week’s 24 Heures Motos, the opening round of the 2023 FIM Endurance World Championship. The World Superbike racer from Germany replaces Xavi Forés in the ERC Endurance-Ducati line-up due to Forés not being available for the Le Mans weekend from 13-16 April.
It happened in EWC 2022… #12: Odendaal helps make team boss Lucot’s dream come true
In the final look back to a key 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship moment before the focus switches firmly to the upcoming 2023 season, here’s a reminder of the day when Steven Odendaal helped to make his team boss Yannick Lucot’s dream come true. Along with Florian Alt and Erwan Nigon, Odendaal helped French privateer team Viltaïs Racing – then running under the Viltaïs Racing Igol and using a Yamaha YZF-R1 – to a dramatic victory in the 100th-anniversary Bol d’Or, the deciding round of last year’s EWC.
EWC winner Reiterberger ready to go racing
Markus Reiterberger’s busy 2023 fires into life in Thailand this weekend when the FIM Endurance World Championship race winner goes for glory in the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship. Reiterberger, 29, is contesting the six-event ARRC with the ONEXOX BMW TKKR Team alongside his EWC campaign with BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team. Ad The Chang International Circuit in Buriram is up first on Reiterberger’s ARRC schedule from today (24 March) until Sunday with events also taking place in China, Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia.
Bring on the “struggle”, says World Superbike racer Gabellini in EWC
Lorenzo Gabellini has chosen the FIM Endurance World Championship for 2023 because of the gruelling challenge he will face competing twice around the clock. The 23-year-old former World Superbike racer will line-up for the No Limits Motor Team from Italy, which has switched from Suzuki to Honda power for the upcoming season.
Fifty-five high! Huge interest in EWC as 24 Heures Motos entry list revealed
A sky-high 55 bikes are set for an FIM Endurance World Championship glory chase at Le Mans when the legendary French venue hosts the EWC season-opening 24 Heures Motos from 13-16 April. Revealed during event organiser l’Automobile Club de l’Ouest’s online press conference earlier today, the entry list features 18 Formula EWC machines, 34 Dunlop-equipped Superstock category bikes, plus three registrations from the Experimental class.