The first official Moto2 and 125cc Grand Prix World Championship test of the year with Honda's control engines finished at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia on Wednesday, with Julián Simón and Marc Márquez the fastest riders in each respective category.
Current Australian Superbike Champion Josh Waters has vowed to keep on fighting in his title defense despite a crushing blow to his season when his Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 got stuck in third gear at Phillip Island’s season opener last weekend.
Spanish Althea Ducati rider Carlos Checa has become the first privateer to win a World Superbike race since 2008 with a vintage performance in race two at Phillip Island this afternoon, winning race two after Leon Haslam won the first.
Demolition Plus GAS Honda Racing’s Wayne Maxwell has secured pole position for tomorrow’s opening round of the Viking Australian Superbike Championship, while Christan Casella gave Triumph a shock debut victory in Supersport.
Spanish Althea Ducati rider Carlos Checa is on provisional pole position after a bruising opening qualifying session at Phillip Island for the opening round of the 2010 Superbike World Championship, while the Aussie contingent close in on top 10 results.
Fiat Yamaha MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi has continued his stunning pre-season form, again topping the time sheets yesterday at Sepang in Malaysia to carry on from where he was three weeks ago at the previous test.
With the preliminaries all over, the focus now turns to the real business of racing when the season kicks off with the 2010 Yamaha Phillip Island Superbike World Championship at Victoria’s world famous circuit this weekend on 26-28 February.
Queenslander Robbie Bugden will miss this weekend’s opening round of the Viking Group Australian Superbike Championship at Phillip Island, focusing on capturing his fourth successive New Zealand Superbike title at Manfeild's penultimate round instead.
