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On what forecasts threaten might be the only totally dry day of the weekend, Leon Haslam makes a strong start to the Catalunya round, ending day 1 in 7th place just 0.374 tenths of a second off provisional pole position. Alvaro Bautista was one of eleven riders able to improve… read more.
Just over a week since the eighth Superbike World Championship round played out at the Magny-Cours circuit in France, Team HRC is now in Montmeló, Spain, ready for round nine, the first event in a triple-header that will see the SBK field take on the challenge of nine races in… 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.
After two years of intense work and constructive collaboration, in spite of the many difficulties caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic, Honda Racing Corporation will bid farewell to Alvaro Bautista at the end of the current Superbike World Championship season, thanking him for his commitment to its project. Shinya Wakabayashi… read more.
Alvaro Bautista closes the gap in terms of race pace in race 2 at Navarra, Haslam crashes while fighting for the top ten Team HRC has concluded the seventh Superbike World Championship round at Navarra, Spain with an eighth-place finish in race 2 for Alvaro Bautista and a best of… read more.
In the first of the weekend’s three races at the Navarra Circuit, Leon Haslam crossed the line thirteenth while Alvaro Bautista unfortunately crashed in the early stages. The morning’s Superpole qualifying session ran in dry, cloudy conditions. Bautista was able to record a 1’37.412 in the final minutes to finish… read more.
The Superbike field got a first taste of the new Navarra Circuit in Northern Spain as the first practice sessions making up the seventh Superbike World Championship round played out today in sunny conditions. Team HRC riders Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam made some progress throughout the opening session, picking… read more.
