Filtering by Free Practice

Round two of the 2022 Superbike World Championship is now underway at the Assen TT Circuit in The Netherlands, where Team HRC is in action with its factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge. During the morning’s initial free practice, the two Spaniards got reacquainted with the Dutch track aboard… read more.

Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge spend the first two practice sessions working on race pace in preparation for their first ever three-race weekend in what is a WorldSBK debut appearance for them both. After a long winter of preparation and pre-season tests, the 2022 Superbike World Championship finally gets underway… read more.

The thirteenth and final round of the 2021 Superbike World Championship is underway at the Mandalika International Street Circuit in Indonesia, with Team HRC getting its first taste of this brand-new track during the day’s first practice sessions. In the hot and humid conditions (air 35°C, track 62°) typical of… read more.

On the pace through the first half of the lap, Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam struggle to maintain the same speed in the twisty final sector of the San Juan Villicum track. Split by just over one tenth of a second in the standings, they are working with the team… read more.

Team HRC have again hit the ground running in Portimão, continuing the recent positive trend with Leon Haslam placing third in FP2 and fourth overall on day 1, and Alvaro Bautista ninth, less than four tenths from his teammate. Team HRC is in action at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve… read more.

Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista ended the first day of testing at Jerez de La Frontera in fourth and sixth position respectively in the combined standings. A very good start to the weekend for Team HRC. With round nine having concluded just days ago at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, Team HRC… read more.

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.

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.

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.

The sixth Superbike World Championship round officially opened today at the Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic, with Team HRC taking part in the first timed practice sessions with riders Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam. This morning saw the Superbike field head out for its first practice at what is… read more.