French Round

Round eight of the 2024 Superbike World Championship has now concluded for Team HRC at the Nevers Magny-Cours circuit in France, with riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona placing fifth and seventh in the Superpole race, and seventh and tenth in Race 2. The Superpole race ran in dry conditions… read more.

Team HRC completes a very wet race 1 at the Magny-Cours circuit in France with strong results, Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge effectively managing the challenging conditions to finish sixth and seventh, respectively, with Lecuona making an impressive recovery from nineteenth on the grid. After two dry practice sessions on… read more.

Team HRC is currently in action at the Nevers Magny-Cours Circuit in France, competing in round eight of the 2024 Superbike World Championship with factory riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona. Out on track on Friday for the first free practice sessions, Vierge and Lecuona were keen to exploit everything… read more.

A little over three weeks since competing in Portimão, Team HRC moves on to the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France, as the squad prepares for this weekend’s eighth championship round. Riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona followed up the latest Portuguese round at Portimão with a test session at… read more.

The ninth round of the 2023 Superbike World Championship has now concluded for Team HRC at the Nevers Magny-Cours circuit in France, with rider Xavi Vierge placing ninth in today’s races and Iker Lecuona eleventh in Race 2. After a constructive warm-up, the team was ready for the morning’s ten-lap… read more.

Team HRC is at the Magny-Cours circuit in France where it is competing in the ninth WorldSBK round with factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge. Today’s action included the Superpole qualifying session and the first of the weekend’s races, which ran in particularly hot conditions and saw Team HRC… read more.

Team HRC is currently in action at the Nevers Magny-Cours Circuit in France with factory riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona. The duo was on track for the first practice sessions of this ninth WorldSBK round, both of which ran in warm and sunny conditions. While Vierge suffered a crash… read more.

Refreshed after a brief break, Team HRC is now on site at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France, where round nine of the 2023 Superbike World Championship is scheduled to take place this weekend. Although there has been no Superbike race action for close to six weeks, factory riders… read more.

With Iker Lecuona finishing tenth in Race 2, Team HRC concludes the seventh WorldSBK round at the Nevers Magny-Cours Circuit with an awareness that, for various reasons, the team was unable to exploit its potential at this track. At 11am local time, the SBK riders lined up for the short… read more.

Team HRC is currently competing in round seven of the Superbike World Championship at the Magny-Cours circuit in France with factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge. The final 30-minute practice and 15-minute Superpole ran on a dry track this morning, after yesterday’s preparation was carried out in full wet… read more.

Team HRC is now on track at the Nevers Magny-Cours Circuit in France, competing in the seventh round of the 2022 Superbike World Championship with factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge. A continuous alternation of rain, sun, cool air and rain again, in typical Magny-Cours style, made the Spanish… read more.

With the summer break now over, Team HRC is already setting up at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France, where round seven of the 2022 Superbike World Championship is set to play out this weekend. SBK rookie Iker Lecuona heads into this second half of the championship lying sixth… read more.

Alvaro Bautista concludes a solid weekend in terms of both results and performance, completing the day’s races in sixth and seventh place and proving competitive throughout all sessions. Haslam leaves France with some regret, unable to translate the good speed demonstrated in qualifying and the early laps of the races… read more.

Today’s race marked Haslam’s 300th start in the Superbike class; he is only the fifth rider in history to achieve this milestone. After a strong qualifying (sixth), the Brit concluded Race 1 in tenth place. A tough Superpole session meant a fifth row start for Alvaro Bautista, but a strong… read more.

Team HRC has dived into round eight of the 2021 Superbike World Championship at the French circuit of Nevers Magny-Cours, completing the weekend’s first free practice sessions with promising results. Factory riders Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista were out on track this morning for the first of three practice sessions.… read more.

Team HRC is in France, at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, the stage for what is the eighth round of the 2021 Superbike World Championship. Last year’s French round was a challenging one for the Team HRC riders, the racing taking place in October which made for three wet races.… read more.

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Team HRC has now concluded what turned out to be a challenging seventh round of the Superbike world championship at Nevers Magny-Cours, the race results failing to reflect the riders’ potential and not helped by the cold and wet conditions. Continuing the weekend’s trend, this morning’s 10-lap Tissot Superpole race… read more.

The first Superbike race making up the seventh WorldSBK championship round ran today at Magny-Cours in full wet conditions, quite a regular occurrence at the French circuit in recent years. Team HRC rider Leon Haslam did well to interpret the challenging conditions, demonstrating a podium-worthy race pace that saw him… read more.

The seventh and penultimate round of the 2020 Superbike World Championship is now underway at the French circuit of Nevers Magny-Cours.  In today’s first free practice, Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam Bautista  focused on their rain set-up and feeling, particularly as these conditions may well be replicated in at least… read more.

Team HRC is preparing for the penultimate round of the 2020 Superbike World Championship, set to play out at the French circuit of Nevers Magny-Cours this coming weekend. Just over a week ago, official riders Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam were competing at the Barcelona-Catalunya track in Spain. Further improving… read more.