Donington Park
Rea: “Engine braking strategy key to success at Donington”
Source: | Motorcycle Sport | World Superbikes - Friday, 24th May 2013, 18:54 GMTJonathan Rea made an encouraging start to the Donington Park race weekend after finishing second fastest at the end of the opening first qualifying session. Since the start of the season the team have had to overcome set-up problems of... Read article
Rea: “Engine braking strategy key to success at Donington”
Source: | Motorcycle Sport | World Superbikes - Friday, 24th May 2013, 18:54 GMTJonathan Rea made an encouraging start to the Donington Park race weekend after finishing second fastest at the end of the opening first qualifying session. Since the start of the season the team have had to overcome set-up problems of... Read article
Sykes pushes over the limit in Q1
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Friday, 24th May 2013, 16:55 GMTFollowing the morning's wet Free Practice, Qualifying 1 for the eni FIM Superbike World Championship at Donington Park saw improving conditions, that led to a nearly full dry situation towards the end of the session. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) set a 1'30.278 lap-time to finish on top, with a big margin (1.282 seconds) over 2nd place Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike). Sykes has made the difference at Donington Park today, as the remaining 9 to complete the top-10 finished within a second of each other. His encouraging start of the weekend was hampered by a late crash at Turn 4 that damaged his Ninja ZX-10R, but the works Kawasaki rider walked away from the gravel uninjured. A Few seconds before Frenchman Jules Cluzel (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) lost control of his GSX-R1000 at the exact same spot. Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet) kept his momentum after Monza's success up by finishing 3rd , followed by Aprilia duo of Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) and Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing), home rider Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) and Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Roma Aprilia). Melandri's team mate Chaz Davies was 8th ahead of works Aprilia rider Eugene Laverty. Local hero Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) fought against the pain to complete an outstanding total of 8 laps. The rider from the near Derby was declared fit to ride but his conditions will be reviewed again before tomorrow's Qualifying 2. Haslam fractured his leg at Assen and despite still recovering from the injury, he is doing his very best to tackle the whole round. Read article
Laverty confident of improved Donington Park result
Source: | Motorcycle Sport | World Superbikes - Friday, 24th May 2013, 16:15 GMTFactory Aprilia man Eugene Laverty has plenty of room for improvement this weekend at Donington Park. The 26 year old currently sits second in the overall championship standings after the opening four rounds, but has a shocking record at the... Read article
Laverty confident of improved Donington Park result
Source: | Motorcycle Sport | World Superbikes - Friday, 24th May 2013, 16:15 GMTFactory Aprilia man Eugene Laverty has plenty of room for improvement this weekend at Donington Park. The 26 year old currently sits second in the overall championship standings after the opening four rounds, but has a shocking record at the... Read article
Quick appearance and 1st position for Lowes in Q1
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Friday, 24th May 2013, 14:37 GMTDespite wet track conditions, low temperatures and strong winds blowing, World Supersport riders were on track this afternoon for the first qualifying session of Round 5 at Donington Park. While some of the front-runners in the standings kept in the respective garages for most of the session, the rest of the field put up a good challenge as the tarmac conditions improved slightly during the 45 minutes. Current Championship leader Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha) waited until the very last minutes to enter the track and top the timesheets - courtesy of a 1'43.642 lap-time - ahead of reigning and defending Champion Kenan Sofuoglu (Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki), who's seeking retribution after last round's DNF. Lowes mastered perfectly the Leicester track in difficult conditions, putting a 1.116 seconds gap between himself and the 3-time World Champion in the process. Although being declared fit to ride, Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport) and Fabien Foret (Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki) decided to stay out of trouble and didn't get on track. South African Mathew Scholtz (Suriano Racing Team Suzuki), joined this weekend by new team mate Alex Baldolini, finished 3rd followed by 2007 125cc World Champion Gabor Talmacsi (Prorace Honda) and the winners of yesterday's Pre-event Jack Kennedy (Rivamoto Honda) and Christian Iddon (ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse). Read article
2013 Donington World Supersport FP1 Results: Sofuoglu Beats The Rain
Source: MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks - Friday, 24th May 2013, 10:17 GMTKenan Sofuoglu managed to put in a fast lap before the rain started to come down at a cold and damp Donington. Read article
June – A Busy Month for Auto 66
Source: Latest News Articles from ACU.org.uk - Friday, 24th May 2013, 8:49 GMTThe Auto 66 UK Northern Clubmans Championships come to Donington Park on Sunday June 2nd. This Championship includes all race classes, but unfortunately the meeting clashes with the Isle of Man TT where a lot of members are competing, especially the sidecar competitors, which has resulted in the club deciding not to run the Sidecars at Donington. However the circuit will see some special action, with three races devoted to the Superkarts, with over 40 competitors in each race. Action at Donington commences at 9.00am with practice, with the first of 16 races at approximately 11.00am. Read article
Donington WSBK: Haslam passed fit to race
Source: Bike Sport News RSS Feed - Friday, 24th May 2013, 0:00 GMTHe will take part in this weekend's action Read article
Donington WSBK: Sofuoglu tops wet Supersport free practice
Source: Bike Sport News RSS Feed - Friday, 24th May 2013, 0:00 GMTThe reigning champ was the fastest after four laps Read article
