Following a brilliant Superpole performance on Saturday, Max Biaggi came home from the Nurburgring solidly at the top of the world championship standings after losing just two points to his title rival Leon Haslam. The four time world champion now has a 58 point advantage over the Suzuki man, with four races still to go. From a championship point of view, the German round came down to the two riders, and by now the only riders - even according to the maths - competing for the title: in the first race Biaggi rode his Aprilia RSV4 to fourth place leaving Haslam behind (sixth) and thus earning t...continua»

Noriyuki Haga returned to his winning ways in Germany with a stunning victory in Race 2 at the Nurburgring. The last time the Ducati Xerox rider stood on the top slot of the podium was at Valencia back in April, and his other two major results this year have been two thirds at Phillip Island and Miller Motorsports Park. On lap 7 of race 1 Nori unexpectedly lost the front of his machine and crashed. Unhurt, he hoped to be able to return to the track and returned to the box to fix a damaged handlebar but unfortunately damaged mufflers meant that it was too dangerous to continue and the team dec...continua»

Yamaha Sterilgarda rider Cal Crutchlow's stay in World Superbike will come to an end after this season as he moves to join the Tech 3 MotoGP team. Crutchlow rejoined the Yamaha family in 2009, successfully taking the World Supersport Championship on the R6 before joining the World Superbike team in 2010. The 24yr old British rider has fought competitively over the season for podiums and race wins, taking a double victory at Silverstone for his home race. Following in the footsteps of reigning 2009 World Superbike Champion Ben Spies, Crutchlow is another rider nurtured through the Yamaha fami...continua»

The Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team has signed an agreement with Italian MotoGP rider Marco Melandri to join the World Superbike Championship for the 2011 race season. 28 year-old Melandri will replace current Yamaha Superbike rider Cal Crutchlow who stays within the Yamaha family, moving to MotoGP to replace Ben Spies on The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 M1 bike. Melandri is a former 250cc GP World Champion and has finished as high as 2nd in the MotoGP Championship with five MotoGP race victories to date in his career and a further 10 250ccGP victories. "I'm very happy with this new challen...continua»

1  50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 37'52.893 (154,592 kph) 2  54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 5.072 3  23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX-6R 15.890 4  99 Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 16.911 5   7 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 28.380 6  25 Salom D. (ESP) Triumph Daytona 675 28.495 7  55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 28.578 8  51 Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 28.787 9  44 Tamburini R. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'02.199 10   9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'19.432 11 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'24.011 12  21 Iddon C. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'30.504 13 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR6...continua»

Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) was an impressive winner of race two, the Japanese rider shining strongly in the German sunshine. He was an eventual 3.061 seconds ahead of Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda). Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) rode through the pain barrier to go third, with Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda) fourth. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) managed to keep Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki Alstare) behind him at the flag, in a tense 20-lap race for the championship's top men. Biaggi now leads Haslam by 58 points points, with Rea in third, 64 points ahead of race two faller Carlos Che...continua»

1  41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 38'43.565 (159,18 kph) 2  65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 3.061 3  91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 8.060 4  35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 8.457 5   3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 9.392 6  50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 9.556 7  66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 16.819 8  52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 20.564 9 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 21.040 10  67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 21.168 11  96 Smrz J. (CZE) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21.734 12  11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 22.746 13  57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 24.526 14  99 Scass...continua»

1 43 Perotti F. (ITA) Street Triple R 17'28.341 (141,124 kph) 2 25 Salom T. (ESP) Street Triple R 6.260 3 119 Heidger F. (GER) Street Triple R 7.137 4 37 Schnieders D. (GER) Street Triple R 7.326 5 5 Jelicic G. (GER) Street Triple R 26.024 6 84 De Nardi S. (ITA) Street Triple R 32.256 7 73 Rovelli P. (ITA) Street Triple R 51.452 8 19 Nicastro C. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'00.337 9 7 Blumetti P. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'01.124 10 39 Costa R. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'37.726 11 93 Mariage F. (FRA) Street Triple R 1'39.337 12 1 Anaclerio R. (ITA) Street Triple R RET 9 Annoni E. (ITA) Street Triple R RE...continua»

A close race at the front saw Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) take a win by only 0.058 seconds from Gino Rea (Intermoto Czech Honda) with Laverty setting the best time of the race on lap 17 to hold off the battling Brit. Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) was third and thus Sofuoglu leads the championship fight by 219 points to 211. Top Kawasaki rider was Broc Parkes (Kawasaki Motocard.com) fourth, ahead of Fabien Foret (Lorenzini by Leoni Kawasaki).      continua»

1  50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 37'52.893 (154,592 kph) 2   4 Rea G. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 0.058 3  54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 5.072 4  23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX-6R 15.890 5  99 Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 16.911 6   7 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 28.380 7  25 Salom D. (ESP) Triumph Daytona 675 28.495 8  55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 28.578 9  51 Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 28.787 10  44 Tamburini R. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'02.199 11   9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'19.432 12 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'24.011 13  21 Iddon C. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR ...continua»