KRT’s Jonathan Rea fastest at WorldSBK Buriram’s FP2, Sykes 2nd and Melandri 3rd

KRT’s Jonathan Rea fastest at WorldSBK Buriram’s FP2, Sykes 2nd and Melandri 3rd

Kawasaki Racing Team’s (KRT) Jonathan Rea and teammate Tom Sykes with Ducati Aruba. IT’s Marco Melandri took the Top Three spots in FP2 as they battled it out for the final spots in Superpole 2, which will take place before Saturday’s opening race at the Chang International Circuit. Setting the fastest time in the morning…

2017 WorldSBK Australia: Jonathan Rea takes 40th win from Race 2

2017 WorldSBK Australia: Jonathan Rea takes 40th win from Race 2

The first race to be held under the new grid rules, where the top three from race one start race two from the third row, had little effect on the winning machine that is Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team). He had to fight for his second race victory again, the 40th in his career, with…

Team Honda World Superbike in Top 15 of Race 1 at Phillip Island

Team Honda World Superbike in Top 15 of Race 1 at Phillip Island

The Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team has contested the opening race of the 2017 FIM Superbike World Championship today at Phillip Island, with Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl finishing eleventh and fifteenth respectively. Hayden launched from eleventh place on the grid and was immediately eighth on board his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2 machine as…

Jonathan Rea Wins Race 1 in Opening Round of WorldSBK at Phillip Island

Jonathan Rea Wins Race 1 in Opening Round of WorldSBK at Phillip Island

In a brilliant first race of the 2017 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island on Saturday Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) took a superb win, to start the season in style. Rea beat Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) by just 0.042s across the line as the pair battled hard to the last…