Jonathan Rea wins first two races of the 2017 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island

The season-opening Yamaha Finance Australian Round at Phillip Island saw Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) wrap up a double victory in a superb Sunday race, with Aruba.it Racing – Ducati pair Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri also on the podium. A superb last lap battle between four riders for podium positions saw Rea come out on top again, with Davies a close second (+0.025s), whilst Melandri…

Jerez confirmed as penultimate World SuperBike Championship round

World Superbike officials have confirmed the host venue for the penultimate round of the 2017 season will remain with Jerez. The Spanish circuit, which is a key venue for pre-season testing for both World Superbikes and MotoGP, had been in contract negotiations with organisers over its World Superbike round and wasn’t included officially on the initial calendar release. The opening round in…

2017 World Superbike Championship – Rider Line-up so far

The 2017 World Superbike championship provisional entry list has been published with a 21-rider grid. The provisional entry list has 21 permanent confirmed riders but could still expand – the 2016 grid had 24 permanent entries. Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea Tom Sykes Aruba.it Ducati Marco Melandri Chaz Davies Honda World Superbike Team Nicky Hayden Stefan Bradl PATA Crescent Yamaha Michael…

World Superbike Championship gets Major rules change for 2017

World Superbike Championship will never be the same again with the announcement of changes to the grid lineup for the second race of a World Superbike event. Instead of Superpole qualifying deciding both race grids, Race Two’s first three rows will be decided by Saturday’s Race One results, with a twist thrown in. All this means that the Superbike events will see crazy turn of events for race 2…