Filtering by Free Practice

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.

The sixth Superbike World Championship is now in play at the Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic, where Team HRC riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona have completed the day’s first free practice sessions. Having not visited the track before, both Lecuona and Vierge needed to first get a handle… read more.

Team HRC is out on track for the fifth round of the 2022 Superbike World Championship at the Donington Park circuit in the UK. Neither Iker Lecuona or Xavi Vierge has raced at the British track before, although Iker did benefit from a short one-day test last month. The Team… read more.

With the top twelve riders separated by just nine tenths of a second at the end of the first day of practice at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge placed eighth and eleventh respectively today and are keen to further reduce the gap to the… read more.

The 2022 Superbike World Championship continues this weekend on Portuguese soil, with round three now underway at the Estoril Circuit. Team HRC riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona have made a solid start to proceedings, rounding out Friday’s free practice sessions in seventh and ninth position overall. The weekend’s opening… read more.

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.