At Brands Hatch
Andrew Pitt (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) had to give best to his own team-mate Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) at the most recent WSS round in Brno, but in the championship fight Pitt is the clear leader.

Pitt said: "Brands Hatch is one of my favourite tracks and the atmosphere is always great as well. Our Ten Kate ... [ more ]

“I have won for the last two years in a row”
Yamaha World Supersport Team rider Broc Parkes has been racking up record laps and pole positions this season but in the approach to the Brands Hatch round he will be going for three in a row in the most valuable contest there is, securing race wins.

For the past two seasons Parkes has won the World Supersport ... [ more ]

Brimming with confidence
Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) and Ryuichi Kiyonari (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) will arrive in the UK for the tenth round of the 2008 World Superbike Championship this weekend ready to add more World Superbike success to the victory they earned at the Suzuka 8hr race last week.

Having spent much of ... [ more ]

For more brands success
Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) are no strangers to the podium in the World Superbike Championship, Corser having taken 122 career top three finishes and Haga 82.

As their winning records show, each of Yamaha's lead 2008 season riders has a special affinity with Brands Hatch, having scored seven race ... [ more ]

At Mugello
Sete Gibernau finished a two-days testing session he was taking part in at Mugello together with the Official Testers Vittoriano Guareschi and Niccolo Canepa that will continue tomorrow for the final day.

The Spanish rider, back in action for the third time after retiring almost two years ago, kept up an excellent pace, lapping consistently ... [ more ]

“So far, so good”
Leading the riders, constructors´ and teams´ World Championships over the summer break and with their full factory and satellite rider line-ups already sorted for 2009 Yamaha have certainly been taking care of business so far this season.

Masao Furusawa, Executive Officer, Engineering Operations of Yamaha Motor Company, and his colleague ... [ more ]

“So far, so good”
Leading the riders, constructors´ and teams´ World Championships over the summer break and with their full factory and satellite rider line-ups already sorted for 2009 Yamaha have certainly been taking care of business so far this season.

Masao Furusawa, Executive Officer, Engineering Operations of Yamaha Motor Company, and his colleague ... [ more ]

Before summer break
The legendary Brands Hatch circuit on the outskirts of London greets the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship this weekend for round 10 of the series, the Bennetts UK Round, the first of two events on British soil book-ending the summer month of August.

The Kent circuit has always been a legendary jewel in the crown of World ... [ more ]

For Brno
Satellite Honda rider Shinya Nakano will be using a factory HRC 800cc prototype as of the Cardion AB Grand Prix Ceske Republiky, with the hope that he will simultaneously improve his own results and assist in development of the machinery which the Japanese giant will offer to satellite teams in 2009.

The Asian veteran and World Championship leader ... [ more ]

At Laguna Seca
LCR Honda MotoGP rider Randy De Puniet will start tomorrow's U.S. Grand Prix from sixth position following today's qualifying session at Laguna Seca Raceway which hosts the eleventh round of the season.

The Frenchman aboard the Michelin-shod Honda RC212V clocked a 1'21.921 fastest time on Q-tyres at the 3.610 Km American track and improved ... [ more ]