SBK MAGAZINE: February 2011

Scassa slipstreams his way to WSS win for Yamaha

Sunday, 27 February 2011 04:51

On its return to World Supersport Yamaha scored a fantastic slipstreaming win as Luca Scassa took the flag on the ParkinGO machine by just 0.009 seconds from Broc Parkes (Kawasaki Motocard.com).
Third at the flag as the top 3 flashed across the line, was Sam Lowes (Parkalgar Honda), who scored a great podium in the first race of his first full championship season. Fourth was poleman David Salom on the second Motocard.com Kawasaki.

Checa seals a double win at Phillip Island

Sunday, 27 February 2011 07:34

Spain's Carlos Checa (Ducati Althea Racing) scored a splendid double win at Phillip Island, a repeat of his double win at Imola last September.
Just like in the first race, no one was able to run with the Spanish rider and he finished a couple of seconds ahead of Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia).

The reigning world champion battled it out for the runner-up slot in the final stages with an impressive Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team), just getting the edge at the line.

Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) emerged from a battering and bruising weekend with a fourth place that partially repaid him for his testing misfortune when he crashed heavily.

Rea finished ahead of the two Leons, Haslam (BMW Motorrad) and Camier (Aprilia Alitalia).

Salom steps up to the mark

Saturday, 26 February 2011 07:54

David Salom (Kawasaki Motocard.com) emerged as the surprise poleman for tomorrow's Supersport race after practice and qualifying was turning into a battle between Fabien Foret (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Broc Parkes (Kawasaki Motocard.com).
Salom's time of 1 minute 34.070 seconds came right at the very end of the session but it was good enough to earn the young Spaniard his best qualifying result so far. The front row was completed by Sam Lowes (Parkalgar Honda) and Parkes in fourth.

Two Italians line up in fifth and sixth on row 2, both on Yamahas, with ex-SBK man Luca Scassa (ParkinGO) just ahead of a very competitive Roberto Tamburini (Bike Service). They will be flanked by Florian Marino (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Chaz Davies on the second Yamaha ParkinGO.

After two big crashes this weekend, one in which he tore a tendon in his thumb, Gino Rea could only manage tenth for Step Racing Honda, while James Ellison was one place behind on his Bogdanka PTR version.

SBN General MotocrossNews

Officially Approved Teams for 2011 Motocross World Championship
02 February 2011 - World MX

Youthstream announces the officially approved teams for the 2011 Motocross World Championship season. The list of the official riders will be published soon.

Please find below the list of the 2011 officially approved teams:

	Team Name	Brand
1	3C Racing Yamaha	Yamaha
2	Andalucia Yamaha Castro Team	Yamaha
3	Beursfoon Suzuki MX Team	Suzuki
4	Bike-it Cosworth Wild Wolf Yamaha	Yamaha
5	Bud Racing / Rockstar / Kawasaki	Kawasaki
6	DIGA Racing Team	KTM
7	HM Plant Red Bull KTM UK	KTM
8	ICE1 RACING	Kawasaki
9	IST T.I.S.C.O. Racing	Kawasaki
10	JK Aprilia Racing	Aprilia
11	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki
12	KTM HDI MX Team	KTM
13	KTM Scott Racing Team UG	KTM
14	KTM Silver Action	KTM
15	Latvia Elksni Honda	Honda
16	Lieber Racing Team	KTM
17	LS Honda Racing	Honda
18	Monster Energy Yamaha	Yamaha
19	MVR-D Mark Chamberlain	Honda
20	Nestaan JM Racing	KTM
21	Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX1	KTM
22	Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX2	KTM
23	Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1	Suzuki
24	Sturm Racing Team	Kawasaki
25	Suzuki Europe MX2	Suzuki
26	Suzuki International Europe Motocross	Suzuki
27	Team CLS - Monster Energy - Kawasaki - Pro Circuit	Kawasaki
28	Team Gold Fren Schmidinger World MX1	Honda
29	Team Husqvarna - Ricci Racing	Husqvarna
30	Team MX Honda Racing	Honda
31	Team Yamaha Van Beers Racing	Yamaha
32	TM Racing Factory Team	TM