After a nasty crash put him into hospital during the 2nd race of the World Superbike round at Donington Park, Noriyuki Haga’s hope of taking his first ever World Superbike Championship seemed to be fading fast once it was revealed that his injuries included a damaged vertebrae in addition to a fractured wrist and suspected [...]
Spies Wins Again as Haga Air-lifted to Hospital Yamaha’s Ben Spies took the double at the 9th round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park in the UK. The victory was almost flag to flag like the first race after Spies passed a fast starting Max Biaggi within the first few turns. The race [...]
Spies Makes it 9, Biaggi Shines Yamaha’s Ben Spies made it 9 race wins this season following his flag to flag victory in the first race of the 9th round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park in the UK. Max Biaggi on the Aprilia RSV4 shadowed Spies all the way as they almost [...]
Talented Brit Jonathan Rea, took his first ever World Superbike win in Race 2 of the 8th round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship held at Misano in the Republic of San Marino today. Rea took the lead early in the race from a surprisingly fast starting Noriyuki Haga given his first race performance and [...]
Yamaha’s Ben Spies timed things to perfection to win the first race of the 8th Round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship held out Misano in the Republic of San Marino after the new flag to flag format was tested for the first time. Spies switched bikes at just the right time from wets to [...]
Smrz Snuffs Out Spies StreakIt was a Ducati that stopped Ben Spies qualifying record at 7 in a row but not the one belonging to Michel Fabrizio. Perennial strong qualifier but poor finisher Jacob Smrz put his Ducati on pole whilst Jonathan Rea denied Spies of even the second spot on the grid.
Surprising no-one, Ben Spies was the fastest by the end of the first free practice session at Misano yesterday. What was a surprise was that in the 2 qualifying sessions held since it was Michel Fabrizio on the factory Xerox Ducati who has set the pace. Can he break Spies record qualifying run?
With 7 of the 14 rounds of the World Superbike Championship completed a lot has occurred since the pundits (ducatinewstoday included) made their predictions for the 2009 season. Xerox Ducati’s Noriyuki Haga has asserted himself as the man with the championship to lose whilst newcomer Ben Spies has simply wowed; setting pole position after pole [...]
Looking at the picture of Noryuki Haga’s Miller Motorsport Park practice crash during the recent World Superbike Championship round it is now a little more understandable why the Japanese star and series leader garnered such relatively lackluster results.
Xerox Ducati’s World Superbike Championship points leader, Noriyuki Haga, had a troubled weekend during Round 7 of the series at Miller Motorsports Park. Haga, who is no fan of the circuit, struggled with setup and then seemed a little battered and bruised after a crash during the Superpole. His results were an uncharacteristic 9th and [...]
