
Canepa’s Comments: Phillip Island WorldSSP
The 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship got underway at the iconic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit this past weekend and it marked an important landmark for Yamaha as the new R9 made its debut in […]
The 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship got underway at the iconic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit this past weekend and it marked an important landmark for Yamaha as the new R9 made its debut in […]
Bulega wins the opening round of the WorldSBK season at Phillip Island. Bautista completes the celebrations on the podium with a P3 after fighting for the runner-up slot until the final lap Nicolò Bulega is […]
History was made in Australia today as Stefano Manzi took the all-new Yamaha R9 to a maiden victory in its debut outing in the FIM Supersport World Championship at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. […]
Aegerter Grabs Points in Phillip Island Race 1, Misfortune Strikes Gardner The opening race of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship proved challenging for the GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK team as Dominique Aegerter taking a […]
Pit Stop to Seventh Place for Locatelli and Pata Maxus Yamaha in Phillip Island WorldSBK Race 1 The 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship got underway in earnest when the lights went out for Race 1 […]
After taking victory in the opening race of the season, Stefano Manzi rounded out a successful debut weekend for the new Yamaha R9 in the FIM Supersport World Championship with a second-place finish in Race […]
Phillip Island Free Practice Mission Complete for Locatelli and Pata Maxus Yamaha The first Friday free practice sessions of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship are ‘in the books’ for Andrea Locatelli and Pata Maxus […]
The Yamaha R9 will make its WorldSSP race debut from the front row of the grid at Phillip Island tomorrow, after GMT94 Yamaha’s Lucas Mahias put in a strong performance in this afternoon’s 40-minute Superpole […]
The opening round of the 2025 FIM Supersport World Championship marks a brand new chapter for Yamaha with the all-new R9 set to make its race debut as the new season gets underway at the […]
Gardner and Aegerter Complete Final Test at Phillip Island The GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team returned to action at the iconic Phillip Island Circuit in Australia for the Dorna-supported test on February 17-18, ahead of […]
Locatelli on Podium Pace as Rea Ruled Out of Phillip Island Races Pata Maxus Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli was sixth-fastest overall on the second day of the FIM Superbike World Championship Official Test at Phillip Island […]
Yamaha Motor Europe has presented its rider line-up for the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship as anticipation builds for the season opener at the iconic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Australia next month. An unchanged […]
VIÑALES IN EIGHTH, ESPARGARÓ SIXTEENTH AFTER A CONTACT. FERNÁNDEZ IN THE TOP TEN Maverick Viñales, who started from third on the grid, was unable to pull off a perfect start in the long race, dropping […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing endured a bright but windy and demanding Australian Grand Prix and the opening stint of another world championship ‘triple header’. The team were rewarded with 7th place thanks to Brad […]
Aldeguer wins Moto2™ and Alonso takes his 11th victory of the season gambling on the hard rear tyre; new best race lap and all-time lap records set in both races The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix weekend, the […]
A typically blowy and challenging stage at Phillip Island for the Australian Grand Prix saw bustling comeback performances from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. Brad Binder and Jack Miller made numerous passes to surge up […]
Unlucky sprint for Aprilia Racing at Phillip Island VIÑALES INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, ESPARGARÓ MAKES A COMEBACK AND TAKES EIGHTH PLACE Maverick Viñales confirmed his competitive streak once again at the Phillip Island circuit on […]
Fifth place for Bagnaia and the Ducati Lenovo Team in Phillip Island Practice. Sixteenth place for Bastianini • Five Ducatis in the top 5: Marc Márquez topped the timesheets with the Desmosedici GP machine of […]
VIÑALES COMES IN SIXTH, GAINING DIRECT ACCESS TO Q2, WHILE ESPARGARÓ IN EIGHTEENTH WILL HAVE TO BATTLE IT OUT IN Q1 The start of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix was blighted by poor weather conditions: […]
Development rears with harder compounds for Phillip Island, which features a new asphalt and, historically, is the series most demanding circuit for the tyres The Phillip Island Circuit, which hosts the Australian Grand Prix, is notoriously one […]
he Kawasaki rider wins both the Superpole Race and Race 2 with the WorldSSP win going once again to Montella and Ducati. Pirelli tyres put to an extreme test. It was an action-packed Sunday for […]
Phillip Island. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TUR), the new addition to the BMW Motorrad Motorsport WorldSBK factory rider lineup, achieved his first podium finish with the BMW M 1000 RR during his debut weekend on the bike. […]
Pit stop to Podium for Locatelli in Phillip Island Thriller Andrea Locatelli scored a sensational P2 result for Pata Prometeon Yamaha in Race 1 at Phillip Island during the opening round of the 2024 FIM […]
WorldSBK starts this weekend and we are pumped for another year of not only covering every motorsports race but the new WorldSBK changes! Mandatory Pit-Stops!! This eleventh-hour curve ball was thrown at teams and riders […]
Convincing start for Bulega, second on Friday at Phillip Island. Bautista (P12) works to find the best set-up. Huertas debuts with a stunning pole position in WorldSSP The first Friday of free practice of the […]
Locatelli Looking Impressive in Friday Free Practice at Phillip Island Pata Prometeon Yamaha rider Andrea Locatelli continued to impress with a super strong showing in Friday’s Free Practice sessions on Day 1 of the opening […]
Phillip Island. The waiting time is over. BMW Motorrad Motorsport and its two WorldSBK teams are set to begin the 2024 season of the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) this coming weekend (23rd to 25th […]
Lap-Record Pace for Locatelli in Phillip Island Official WorldSBK Test Pata Prometeon Yamaha riders Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea finally took to the track at Phillip Island in Australia today, with a rescheduled one-day Official […]
Australian GP Sprint race cancelled as strong winds lash Phillip Island The Australian GP Sprint at the Phillip Island circuit was cancelled half an hour before today’s 13-lap race was due to start after the […]
The threat of rain, strong winds, irrepressible fans and a fantastic racetrack. MotoGP made an exciting return to Phillip Island and the southern tip of Australia for the sixteenth round of twenty on the current […]
The speed and spiral of the magnificent Phillip Island circuit was the stage for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Brad Binder to thrill in a typically close and exciting battle for the podium. A cool […]
Harder solutions with sturdier structures to improve performance consistency on a particularly demanding track for tyres The Czech circuit of Most, together with that of Phillip Island in Australia, is undoubtedly considered one of the […]
The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team already back on track in Indonesia for the second round of the 2023 WorldSBK season. Only a few hours have passed since the amazing weekend at Phillip Island (Australia) […]
Unpredictable Mandalika Awaits Aegerter and Gardner The GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team is ready to get back in action on 3rd-5th March at Mandalika International Street Circuit after a thrilling season opener in Phillip Island […]
Locatelli Shines Bright in Race 2 Podium Performance, as Razgatlıoğlu Removed from Top 5 Contention Both Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK riders Andrea Locatelli and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu took third-place podiums during another exciting day of racing […]
Phillip Island. After a short but busy winter break, BMW Motorrad Motorsport kicked off the 2023 FIM Superbike World Championship with the new BMW M 1000 RR at Phillip Island, Australia. The ROKiT BMW Motorrad […]
A Good Late Charge Leads Aegerter and Gardner to Points in Race 2 at Phillip Island GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team’s Dominique Aegerter and Remy Gardner showed great potential on Sunday in Australia, securing points […]
Starting from pole, Ten Kate Yamaha WorldSSP Supported Team’s Stefano Manzi secured second in a red-flagged Race 2 in Australia, adding to Nicholas Spinelli’s (VFT Racing Yamaha) second-place finish in Race 1, to cap off […]
The first day of racing in the opening round of the 2023 FIM Superbike World Championship held in Phillip Island, Australia, was dominated by the Ducati riders: Álvaro Bautista (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) won in the premier class, Nicolò Bulega […]
Bautista leads the way in Friday free practice at Phillip Island. Positive P4 for Rinaldi. Bulega quickest in WorldSSP The first Friday of the 2023 WorldSBK season closed with extremely convincing indications for the Aruba.it […]
Locatelli Leads Yamaha Charge to P2 in Friday Phillip Island Free Practice Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK rider Andrea Locatelli set a scintillating pace to finish second overall in combined Free Practice during the first official […]
The pre-season officially came to an end today with the second day of testing held at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia, where free practice for the Australian Round – the first event of the 2023 WorldSBK season – […]
New Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Partnership Announced for 2023 Yamaha’s WorldSBK Official Team is pleased to announce an all-new partnership with Prometeon Tyre Group, one of the world’s biggest producers of specialised heavy transport tyres, […]
Misfortune on Final Day of 2022 in Phillip Island for Gerloff and Nozane Garrett Gerloff produced a solid final Superpole Race with the GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team to finish P7, with Kohta Nozane making […]
Aegerter Secures 17th Victory of 2022 in WorldSSP Finale Ten Kate Racing’s Dominique Aegerter battled his way to a 17th 2022 FIM Supersport World Championship victory in an epic season finale at the Phillip Island […]
Strong Race Pace for GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team on Opening Day at Phillip Island GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team’s Garrett Gerloff ended the first day of the FIM Superbike World Championship finale at Phillip […]
Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Top Five in Tricky Phillip Island Friday Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Andrea Locatelli ended Free Practice fourth and fifth-place respectively in the combined time sheets at the final round of the […]
GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Ready for an Emotional Last Ride of 2022 in Phillip Island The GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team will return to action this weekend for the final round of the 2022 […]
Pecco Bagnaia is the new MotoGP Championship leader. As he closed the Australian GP in third place, held this afternoon at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, the Ducati Lenovo Team rider succeeded in his […]
The Animoca Brands Australian Grand Prix was the scene for round eighteen of twenty in 2022 MotoGP™ and the KTM GP Academy toasted podium results in Moto3™ for Red Bull KTM Tech3’s Deniz Öncü and […]
MotoGP™ headed south in the latest swing of the transcontinental stage of the 2022 season and with the quick, sweeping and majestic Phillip Island circuit, close to the city of Melbourne staging the first Australian […]
The spectacular flow and challenging climate of Phillip Island welcomed back the growl of MotoGP for the first time since 2019 and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Brad Binder was the quickest KTM RC16 racer […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – October 15. Alex Rins: 10th – 1’28.541 (+ 0.774) Joan Mir: 14th – Q1 Phillip Island warmed up for the second day of action, with times dropping and action building. […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – October 14 Joan Mir: 12th – 1’29.944 (+ 0.469) Alex Rins: 16th – 1’30.138 (+ 0.663) The MotoGP field finally made its return to the much-loved Phillip Island on Friday, […]
The Ducati Lenovo Team is already in Phillip Island for the Australian GP, Jack Miller’s home race The Ducati Lenovo Team has arrived in Australia to contest the third-to-last round of the 2022 MotoGP season, […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – October 12 After the long break inflicted by the pandemic, the MotoGP World Championship has finally made landfall on Phillip Island. The Australian circuit is a favourite, not only for […]
Without a doubt, watching fully-fledged Factory race machines being piloted by the best riders in the world is nothing less than motorsport nirvana. Couple that with the “anything can happen” unpredictability of MotoGP™ and you […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – October 12. The provisional 2022 FIM MotoGP™ World Championship calendar has been released comprising 21 Rounds from March to November and including visits to two new venues in Indonesia and […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – October 11. The provisional 2022 FIM MotoGP™ World Championship calendar has been released, comprising 21 Rounds from March to November and including visits to two new venues in Indonesia and […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – September 8. The MotoGP™ season is in full swing as the teams and riders move to Aragón for the 13th round of the championship. With plenty of rounds and races […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – January 24. The first race of the 2021 MotoGP™ World Championship is due to begin on March 28th at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, but initial revisions issued by […]
Following an accident on the first lap and a connection problem, the Ducati Corse eSport team rider closes in tenth place Race 1 at Misano Adriatico; AndrewZh also finishes tenth in Race 2 at Phillip […]
Thanks to Andrea Dovizioso’s spectacular victory at the Austrian GP, Ducati achieved its 50th overall MotoGP success yesterday. It is an important milestone for the Borgo Panigale manufacturer: thanks to the determination and dedication of […]
Yamaha and Van der Mark to Part Company at Conclusion of 2020 WorldSBK Season Yamaha and Michael van der Mark will part ways at the end of the 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship season, with […]
Superb P1 for Scott Redding after 3 testing days at Misano. Positive feelings for Chaz Davies. Almost four months have passed since the first round of the 2020 WorldSBK season held at Phillip Island, Australia. […]
Phillip Island. The first Sunday of the 2020 FIM World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) at Phillip Island (AUS) did not go as planned for the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team. Tom Sykes (GBR) finished the morning’s Superpole […]
Phillip Island. The countdown is on for the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team: This weekend (28th February to 1st March) sees the team start its second season in the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) on Phillip […]
Two days of official WorldSBK testing for the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team, ended today at the Phillip Island Circuit (Australia), with Scott Redding and Chaz Davis in 6th and 11th position respectively. Scott Redding […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – January 5. Team SUZUKI ECSTAR is getting ready for its third test ahead of the 2020 MotoGP™ season with Suzuki staff in Japan working hard throughout the winter break from […]
The Malaysian Grand Prix is the last event in the three back-to-back, end-of-season flyaway races and the Sepang International Circuit will be the venue for the penultimate round of the 2019 championship. Let’s have a […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – October 30. Sepang International Circuit, the third in a trio of ‘fly-away’ races, will this weekend play host the penultimate round of the 2019 MotoGP World Championship. Alex Rins had […]
Andrea Dovizioso finished the Australian Grand Prix, which was held today at the Phillip Island circuit, in seventh place. The Ducati Team’s Italian rider, who was starting from row 4 following this morning’s Q2 session […]
Saturday’s track action at Phillip Island was affected by the adverse weather conditions, with cold temperatures, strong gusts of wind and intermittent rain throughout the day.This morning ten riders, including those of the Ducati Team, […]
The MotoGP World Championship arrives at Phillip Island this weekend for the third-to-last round of the season, the Australian Grand Prix. Let’s have a look at ten key facts about the race:– The Ducati Team […]
Less than one week after the GP of Japan, held last Sunday at Motegi, the MotoGP World Championship continues non-stop with another classic event on the calendar at the Phillip Island circuit, the scene for […]
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