Donington MotoGP tipping contest prizes

Great news! Enter the Donington round of the Tipping Contest to have a chance of winning a copy of Ring of Fire, The Inside Story of MotoGP by Rick Broadbent. Prizes will be awarded as follows: Top three scorers for the round (not overall) will win a copy of Ring of Fire. The top two scoring Minellas will [...]

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Luigi Ancona Bob Anderson Chris Anderson Fergus Anderson

SBK Superbike Village comes to life at Monza.

visual_sbk_superbike_village_2defThe SBK Superbike Village project comes to life during the Italian Round of the Superbike World Championship this weekend at Monza.

It is a place where companies and clients, products and consumers can mix, mingle and live together a unique and direct marketing experience.

An innovative way of intending communication through a vast series of opportunities that range from brand evaluation to product displays and direct sales, from promotion to the creation of mini-entertainment events; all this to allow companies to enter in touch with potential new clients and to keep customers loyal.

Motorbikes, SBK Fan Day, Branding, Sport & Entertainment all represent the fundamental features of the SBK Superbike Village.

Three intense days of activity (from Friday to Sunday) in an area of 10,000 sq m and thousands of fans who can admire the latest high-performance Superbike models, watch the races from a reserved grandstand, be thrilled by the spectacular antics of professional stuntmen, purchase items of clothing of one’s own hero and much more.

The first edition can already boast the presence of prestigious brands such as Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, Yamaha representing bike firms, and Coca-Cola, Phillip Morris, Eni, Motodays, Wind, Dainese, Headbanger, Braking, Oakley, Virgin Radio, Ticket-One, Motology, Motonline from the specialized and non-specialized sectors.

To complete the offer a vast series of Merchandising Partners including DoDesign, MGS Group and Alan.

Other SBK Superbike Villages will be organized at the Misano (June 10-12) and Imola (September 23-25) Rounds.

Further information is available on www.worldsbk.com.

 

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Paul Bordes MotoGP MotoGP Racer List Jean Louis Tournadre

WSBK: A Point Proven During Superpole at Monza


Racing for some redemption, Max Biaggi (1:41.745) proved a point in winning pole for the 2011 World Superbike round at Monza, returning to the track to best his own qualifying time after most riders had returned to their garages. Biaggi also bested his record top speed (334.8 kph/208.035 mph) from an earlier practice session in qualifying. He will be joined on the front row for his home race by Eugene Laverty, Jonathon Rea, and Troy ...

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Norman Black Kenny Blake John Blanchard Ramiro Blanco

2011 Monza WSS FP2 Result:

Chaz Davies' love affair with Monza continues, the ParkinGO Yamaha rider setting the fastest time for the third session running during FP2 on Saturday morning. But the Yamaha riders did not make it another clean sweep, with Broc Parkes squeezing his Motocard.com Kawasaki betwen the Yamahas of Davies and his teammate Luca Scassa, while Parkes' teammate David Salom ended the session in 4th. Hannspree Ten Kate rider Fabien Foret was the first Honda, finishing fractionally faster than Parkalgar's Sam Lowes.

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Guy Bertin Franco Bertoni Juan Bertran Willi Bertsch

Biaggi Breaks WSBK Top Speed Record at Monza


Though provisional pole went to Leon Haslam in Friday afternoon’s World Superbike qualifying practice at Monza, reigning World Champion Max Biaggi made headlines of his own by breaking the WSBK top speed record. Despite this feat, Haslam outqualified the Italian at home by just 0.019s in a final lap dash, with Eugene Laverty and Ayrton Badovini completing the provisional front row for Yamaha and BMW Motorrad Italia. Though there will be another qualifying practice Saturday ...

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Manfred Bernsee Bruno Bertacchini Silvano Bertarelli Albert Bertholet

2011 Season Kicks Off

Qatar in March is an oddity. A race in the cooler evening air, floodlit. If that’s not different enough for you, throw in a covering of sand which makes any excursion from the thin, black racing line an adventure in optimism or blind faith depending on the rider. So Qatar is not a good race to [...]

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Ryuji Yokoe Toshimi Yorino Kenichi Yoshida Lewis Young

2011 WSS Monza FP1 Result: Davies Takes First Blood In The Park

Chaz Davies has brought his good form from Assen with him to Monza, topping the first session of free practice at the circuit in the park. Davies ended the session ahead of a pair of Motocard.com's Kawasakis, Spaniard David Salom beating his Australian teammate Broc Parkes. Davies' teammate Luca Scassa finished FP1 as 4th fastest, ahead of a pair of Hondas, the Hannspree Ten Kate bike of Fabien Foret and the Parkalgar machine of Sam Lowes, who is returning to action with a weakened shoulder after his massive highside in the race at Assen.

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Paul Berwick Kees Besseling Max Biaggi Pier Paolo Bianchi