Articles by Michael Le Pard

Estoril. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TUR) is firmly back in winning ways. At the penultimate round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) at Estoril, Portugal, he secured a dominant pole position and won both main […]

Fourth Place Finishes for Pata Prometeon Yamaha’s Rea and Locatelli on Sunday in Estoril

Fourth Place Finishes for Pata Prometeon Yamaha’s Rea and Locatelli on Sunday in Estoril Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli both achieved fine fourth place finishes from Race 2 and the Superpole Race respectively on the […]

Dominique Aegerter Completes Comeback Weekend with Points in Estoril Race 2

Aegerter Completes Comeback Weekend with Points in Estoril Race 2 Dominique Aegerter completed his comeback weekend with a solid Sunday in Estoril, fighting through the pain barrier to another points-scoring finish in Race 2 at […]

Game Changing 117 horsepower 2 & 3 Cylinder High Rpm Engines!

Game Changing 117 horsepower 2 & 3 Cylinder High Rpm Engines launch in the new Yamaha YZF-R line sportbikes from Yamaha! How does a 2025 Yamaha YZF-R9 117 horsepower 10,000 rpm triple-cylinder engine sound to you? […]

Gambling on one tire Toprak Razgatlioğlu wins FIM World Superbike Championship Estoril

Razgatlioğlu’s gamble: Pirelli standard SC0 to win Race 1 The BMW rider the only one to choose the soft rear to take the Race 1 win in Estoril. Montella successful in WorldSSP. Toprak Razgatlioğlu (ROKiT […]

Ducati Secures its Second Manufacturers’ World Title in Supersport at Estoril

Estoril, October 12, 2024 – Thanks to Yari Montella’s victory in Race 1, held this afternoon at the Estoril Circuit, Ducati secured its second Manufacturers’ World Title in Supersport, once again reaffirming its prominence at […]

Dominique Aegerter fought through the pain barrier to big points-scoring finish

Aegerter fights to Race 1 Points in Estoril Comeback Dominique Aegerter fought through the pain barrier to a points-scoring finish as race action got underway at the penultimate round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World […]

Manufacturers’ World Championship title winner: Ducati

Bulega second at Estoril. Bautista goes from P11 to P2 but crashes ten laps from the flag. Huertas second in WorldSSP with Ducati, which secures the Manufacturers’ title. On the one hand, the second place […]

Thrilling WorldSBK Race after team’s best 2024 qualifying performance at Estoril

Rea Converts Front Row to Positive Fifth in Estoril Race 1, Locatelli Falls from Podium Position Pata Prometeon Yamaha riders Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli both fought at the front of the pack in a […]

VICTORY FOR MANI LETTENBICHLER AT SEA TO SKY HARD ENDURO

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Manuel Lettenbichler has claimed a hard-fought victory at Sea To Sky in Kemer, Turkey – round six of the 2024 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship. The winning result sees the KTM 300 […]

Billy Bolt returns to racing with solid performance at Sea To Sky

Making a welcome return to racing following injury, Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Billy Bolt delivered a promising ride at round six of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship at Turkey’s Sea To Sky for an eventual […]

After two-year hiatus from WorldSBK calendar Estoril is back!

Pata Prometeon Yamaha Show Promising Pace in Estoril’s Stormy Friday Free Practice Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli navigated tricky conditions as storms lashed the Portuguese Riviera during Friday Free Practice at Circuito Estoril today, for […]

Unstable weather returned to WorldSBK action at Circuito Estoril Portugal

Weather Affects GYTR GRT Yamaha Friday in Estoril as Aegerter Returns Dominique Aegerter returned to action at the Circuito Estoril, Portugal, competing alongside teammate Remy Gardner on a busy Friday affected by weather conditions. The […]

Watch Husqvarna Factory Racing’s MX2 title-winning season highlights

Husqvarna Factory Racing recently completed a highly successful 2024 FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship, with Kay de Wolf crowned MX2 World Champion. The talented youngster raced his FC 250 to victory in a dominant season, […]

Estoril WorldSSP Superpole interrupted by rain