World Superbike Championship (WSBK)

[AMG]

Here are the current standings.

RIDERS (and teams they ride for)

CARLOS CHECA DUCATI 107
MARCO MELANDRI YAMAHA 85
MAX BIAGGI APRILIA 69
JONATHAN REA HONDA 63
LEON HASLAM BMW 57
JAKUB SMRZ DUCATI 42
MICHEL FABRIZIO SUZUKI 38
LEON CAMIER APRILIA 37
NORIYUKI HAGA APRILIA 26
TROY CORSER BMW 26
EUGENE LAVERTY YAMAHA 25
RUBEN XAUS HONDA 24
JOAN LASCORZ KAWASAKI 22
TOM SYKES KAWASAKI 21
AYRTON BADOVINI BMW 19
ROBERTO ROLFO KAWASAKI 12
SYLVAIN GUINTOLI DUCATI 10
MARK AITCHISON KAWASAKI 7
BARRY VENEMAN BMW 3
JOSHUA WATERS SUZUKI 3
JAMES TOSELAND BMW 2
BRYAN STARING KAWASAKI 1


MANUFACTURERS

DUCATI 111
YAMAHA 87
APRILIA 86
HONDA 63
BMW 63
SUZUKI 38
KAWASAKI 38

 

[AMG]

Interesting battles that I can foresee.

Yamaha(87) vs Aprilia(86)

Honda(63) vs BMW(63)

 

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Current standings.

CARLOS CHECA DUCATI 245
MAX BIAGGI APRILIA 193
MARCO MELANDRI YAMAHA 175
EUGENE LAVERTY YAMAHA 136
LEON CAMIER APRILIA 117
LEON HASLAM BMW 113
MICHEL FABRIZIO SUZUKI 95
JONATHAN REA HONDA 94
JAKUB SMRZ DUCATI 83
NORIYUKI HAGA APRILIA 80
AYRTON BADOVINI BMW 80
SYLVAIN GUINTOLI DUCATI 77
TOM SYKES KAWASAKI 76
JOAN LASCORZ KAWASAKI 62
TROY CORSER BMW 55
RUBEN XAUS HONDA 44
MAXIME BERGER DUCATI 21
ROBERTO ROLFO KAWASAKI 21
CHRIS VERMEULEN KAWASAKI 12
MARK AITCHISON KAWASAKI 10
JOSHUA WATERS SUZUKI 8
LORENZO LANZI BMW 6
MATTEO BAIOCCO DUCATI 4
ALESSANDRO POLITA DUCATI 3
BARRY VENEMAN BMW 3
JAMES TOSELAND BMW 3
FABRIZIO LAI HONDA 1
BRYAN STARING KAWASAKI 1

 

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Manufacturer standings

DUCATI 257
APRILIA 232
YAMAHA 215
BMW 146
HONDA 111
KAWASAKI 100
SUZUKI 99

 

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World Superbike Championship in India

Good news for the Motorcycle racing lovers in India.After successfully hosting the 2011 F1 Grand Prix ,the Jaypee Sports International Ltd (JPSI) and Infront Motor Sports recently entered a deal which will see Buddh International Circuit hosting the race of the 2013 season of World Superbike Championship. The race at India is scheduled to take place on 9-10 March. Superbike makers like Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Aprilia and BMW will race in the championship. (Motoriods)

 

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The Dutch TT at Assen enabled Casey Stoner to claw back a 25 point deficit to rival Jorge Lorenzo and draw himself level at the top of the championship table, on a day when the latter was taken out at the first corner by Alvaro Bautista.

In an attempt to haul his Gresini Honda back up the grid after a crash in qualifying that left him eighth, Bautista got a flying start and outbraked five rivals down the inside before falling and sliding into Lorenzo’s Yamaha, effectively ending both their races on the spot.

That left Honda duo Dani Pedrosa and Stoner clear to storm away from the field in unison. Pedrosa held the lead until lap 16 of 26, when Stoner was able to slip through and pull clear. The Australian's first win since Estoril in early May means he is equal with Lorenzo on 140 points. Pedrosa is 19 points adrift in third.

Remaining factory Yamaha rider Ben Spies had no challenge for the Hondas, and eventually lost third place to Tech 3 Yamaha's Andrea Dovizioso after a race-long tussle.

Dovizioso's team-mate Cal Crutchlow had to go wide to miss the Lorenzo/Bautista crash at the start and dropped to 15th place. The Briton then mounted another fightback charge to recover to fifth.

Nicky Hayden was the top Ducati in sixth, despite an early trip through the chicane gravel. He battled back past Pramac Ducati's Hector Barbera and his works team-mate Valentino Rossi, who eventually pitted for a new rear tyre and fell to 13th.

Stefan Bradl's promising weekend came to a sad end when he crashed his LCR Honda out of fourth on the second lap.

With Karel Abraham (Cardion Ducati) withdrawing pre-race due to continuing pain from his hand injury, the prototype field was slender even before the incidents, so top CRT rider Randy de Puniet ended up eighth, fending off Gresini's Michele Pirro. De Puniet's Aspar team-mate Aleix Espargaro had led the pack until an engine problem. Speed Master's Mattia Pasini completed the top 10.