Tom Sykes scored a well-deserved podium second place today for Rizla Suzuki during the Brands Hatch GP round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship.
In the opening race, starting from fourth place on the front row of the grid at the 2.3-mile long Kent circuit, he battled with Ducati’s Shane Byrne, eventually finishing a close runner-up. [...]
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner took a thrilling maiden victory at Monza and also went into the record books for being the first German to win a World Superbike Championship race today at the fifth round in Italy.
Ever since Valencia, when he was cruelly robbed of victory on the last lap, Neukirchner has been [...]
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 [...]
It took a new lap record by series leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati) to deprive Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner of a Superpole win at Monza today. Bayliss smashed Noriyuki Haga’s 2007 time by well over a second, to take his third Superpole win of the season.
Suzuki Alstare rider Yukio Kagayama thought his Superpole [...]
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 [...]
The Rizla Suzuki team of Tom Sykes and Atsushi Watanabe can’t wait to start racing this weekend at the opening round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch in Kent.
Round one of the 12-round championship will be unleashed on the 2.301 miles GP circuit, which is a firm rider’s favourite. The natural amphitheatre [...]
The Rizla Suzuki team completed the Pirelli Official test at Snetterton today without turning a wheel due to the horrendous weather conditions.
Tom Sykes and Atsushi Watanabe were disappointed at not being able to get on track but the harsh weather conditions put paid to any potential testing. Although there was a lack of on track [...]
After their win in Qatar last weekend, Team Suzuki Alstare headed to Australia in good spirits, with Fonsi Nieto and Max Neukirchner, but without Yukio Kagayama.
The Japanese rider crashed in the second race and broke his left collarbone and is forced to give the Phillip Island round a miss, but he will be back [...]
Team Suzuki Alstare rider Fonsi Nieto took his maiden World Superbike Championship victory in the second 18-lap race at the Qatar season opener today.
Despite having to start from the third row of the grid, Nieto stormed through the field to take the lead just four laps from the end. Ruben Xaus and Max Biaggi [...]
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