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British Superbikes - Rizla Suzuki - Sykes 4th on Brands BSB grid

Tom Sykes and Atsushi Watanabe used today’s additional free practice time at the rescheduled Brands Hatch GP round, to work on fine tuning their Rizla Suzukis giving them a competitive set-up ahead of tomorrow’s Bennetts British Superbike Championship double header.
Soaring temperatures at the 2.3 mile Kent circuit allowed Rizla Suzuki’s racers to make the most [...]

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Relentless Suzuki - Supersport podium for Lowry at Oulton

Ian Lowry jumped onto his first Supersport podium of the season at the Oulton Park British Superbike round with third place while team-mate Michael Laverty continued to score solidly in the Superbike class with seventh and fourth places.
Laverty now sits sixth in the British Superbike championship table, also holding the position of leading Suzuki, while [...]

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Sykes on Oulton BSB front row

Tom Sykes has put his Rizla Suzuki firmly on the front row of the grid in third place for round three of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park in Cheshire.
The single 50-minute qualifying session was held in difficult conditions as the track was drying out following heavy rain which had fallen until just [...]

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Donald seals debut podium

Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing made a positive start to their 2008 British Championship campaign at Thruxton with a debut British Superstock podium for Aussie Cameron Donald in third place; a fifth-placed British Superbike debut for the Relentless Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the hands of Michael Laverty, and a hard-fought fifth place for Ian Lowry in [...]

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Byrne and Crutchlow share the points at Thruxton

Airwaves Ducati’s Shane “Shakey” Byrne and HM Plant Honda’s Cal Crutchlow took the victories in a dramatic opening round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Thruxton.
Former BSB champion Byrne took the lead at half distance in the opening race from Crutchlow and went on to win by two seconds. NW 200 Ducati rider Michael [...]

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SYKES BATTLES THROUGH PAIN BARRIER

Rizla Suzuki’s Tom Sykes, riding with a hand injury, got his Bennetts British Superbike Championship off to a solid start today at Thruxton in Hampshire scoring a sixth place in race one and an eighth in race two.
The gritty Huddersfield rider severely bruised his left thumb in a qualifying crash yesterday and had to ride [...]

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TOUGH QUALIFYING SESSION FOR RIZLA SUZUKI

The Rizla Suzuki team had a dramatic qualifying session today at Thruxton in Hampshire for the rescheduled opening round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship with Atsushi Watanabe finishing in 11th and Tom Sykes in 12th.
Wet and blustery weather made conditions difficult on the 2.4 mile high speed track, but the Rizla Suzuki racers worked [...]

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Times improve for the Rizla Suzuki boys

Rizla Suzuki’s Tom Sykes and Atsushi Watanabe got their team’s home round off to a good start today during free practice for the second round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Thruxton in Hampshire, finishing in fifth and 19th places respectively.
Sykes improved his lap times by 0.8secs between free practice one and two, while [...]

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British Superbikes - Season opener at Brands Hatch called off

Heavy snow has caused the postponement of the British Superbike championship’s opening round at Brands Hatch.
The race has been rescheduled for May 11 after the Thruxton and Oulton Park rounds. Bad weather also disrupted the recent pre-season test at Snetterton.
Several centimetres of snow fell on the Kent circuit early on Sunday morning, organisers initially pledged [...]

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