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Monthly Archives: October 2024

Toprak Razgatlioglu and Michael van der Mark set for first 2025 test in Aragon

Two teams from the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship will head to MotorLand Aragon for two days of testing at the Spanish venue. The ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team will be joined by the bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team at Aragon, which will be the first glimpse of Toprak Razgatlioglu and teammate Michael van der Mark ahead of the 2025 campaign.

Andrea Iannone is back in MotoGP as Di Giannantonio’s replacement at Sepang

Andrea Iannone: “Riding the world champion bike is thrilling. MotoGP is the most technological and high-performing motorcycle; I am honoured that they thought of me, and I felt compelled to seize this opportunity as soon as it was offered to me."

Danny Buchan announces retirement from motorcycle racing

Danny Buchan: "2024 will be my last season racing motorcycles. I am closing the curtain on my 25 year long career. My body is smashed and it wants/needs looking after, life is long after racing!! One day I will talk about it all, my journey but for now I want to say thank you to everyone who helped me live out my boyhood dream."

Glenn Irwin announces retirement from road racing

Glenn Irwin has taken the decision to retire from road racing with immediate effect to concentrate on his 2025 British Superbike campaign and his family. Now a father of 3, he is more aware of the risks of road racing compared to the safer short circuits. He has achieved fantastic results in road racing, including becoming the fastest newcomer at the TT and the most successful superbike rider at the NW200.

Johann Zarco achieves his best result so far with 8th place at the Thai MotoGP

Johann Zarco: “It’s been a good day! We’ve achieved the best result of the year so far, which is always a boost of motivation. The beginning of the race was tough and I lost several positions. At that point, I tried not to lose concentration, and during the second half of the race, I started to feel better, which allowed me to get to the 8th position."

PTR Triumph complete Jerez test with Tom Booth-Amos and Oli Bayliss

The main focus of the test was the suspension chassis set up of the Triumph Street Triple 765 RS for the 2025 specification and the team came away from the two days extremely encouraged for the start of the 2025 season.

Garrett Gerloff tests the official Ninja ZX-10RR in Spain

Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) experienced his first taste of the official Ninja ZX-10RR he will compete with in the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship during a two day test at Jerez in Spain, between 22-23 October.

The PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team completes testing at Jerez

With the final WorldSBK round of the 2024 season having concluded just three days ago, the PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team and rider Tarran Mackenzie remained at the Spanish circuit of Jerez for a two-day test, alongside several other WorldSBK teams.

Manuel Puccetti on the new engine for his Kawasaki superbike testing in Jerez

Garrett Gerloff was quick on Day 1 as he linked up with Manuel Puccetti’s Kawasaki WorldSBK Team for the first time, but attention turned to his ZX-10RR on Wednesday with the team testing new components including an engine upgrade.

Davey Todd joins FHO Racing for Macau GP

Faye Ho returns to her home race with a formable four rider-line up and will be looking to defend Hicky’s dominant win last year. Joining the team last minute is the 2024 National Superstock Champion Davey, who FHO Racing are helping out after his ride for this year’s Macau GP unfortunately fell through.

OMG Racing and Kyle Ryde complete their Jerez WorldSBK wildcard

It wasn't the results that Kyle and the team hoped for, but they relished getting the opportunity to race at World level in Jerez this weekend.

Progress made for Honda Racing UK throughout a challenging Jerez weekend

Consistently making progress throughout the weekend on every pit exit, the highlight of the weekend for the team was a solid 20th-place finish in the Superpole race, with Tommy finishing just one second behind HRC test rider Tetsuta Nagashima. In both of the longer twenty-lap races though Tommy crashed out of the race early on.

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