Entries by The Motor Bug

Davies denies Rea’s title celebrations with race two win

Chaz Davies and Jonathan Rea (GBR) side by side at the final turn Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team) has won the second WorldSBK race of the 2015 Pirelli Malaysian Round after a spectacular last-lap battle with Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team), which saw the two riders separated by 0.091s at the line. […]

WSBK – Rea win in Sepang opener

Jonathan Rea (GBR) a fraction ahead of fellow Briton Chaz Davies at the line Championship leader Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) won the opening encounter at the Sepang International Circuit after a race of two halves, which saw Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) slip to fifth at the flag after leading for the first eleven […]

Biaggi remains quickest following afternoon downpour at Sepang

Max Biaggi (ITA) set the fastest lap-time of the day in his third quick lap attempt Two-time WorldSBK Champion Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) has topped the combined timesheets on the opening day of action at the Sepang International Circuit. The 2’04.823 lap-time set in the early minutes of the morning’s Free Practice 1 allowed […]

WorldSBK History in Malaysia.

Race start at Shah Alam – 1990 The first World Superbike round to be staged in Malaysia was at the Shah Alam circuit in 1990, the third year of the championship. Taking place in November ahead of only the Phillip Island and Manfeild races, it played a crucial role in deciding that year’s world title […]

World Superbike heads to Malaysia for Round 10

For the second time in its history, the Sepang International Circuit is all-set to host a round of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship. Just a stone’s throw from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the venue first featured on the calendar last year. It now returns two months later in the year than it did in […]

Davies on the double at Laguna Seca

Chaz Davies (GBR) attacking the Corkscrew Chaz Davies has made history at Laguna Seca by taking the first double win for the Panigale and with it, wins number 11 and 12 for the Italian manufacturer at Laguna Seca, California. For Davies it was an almost perfect weekend with him taking Pole Position, both race wins […]

WSBK – Chaz Davies wins Race 1 at Laguna Seca

Chaz Davies pulling away from fellow Britons Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea Chaz Davies has won the opening race of the day at Laguna Seca after a lights-to-flag display that saw the British rider take the win by 1.798secs at the line. After several days of sunshine on the Central Coast of California, raceday at […]

KAWASAKI H2 TEST RIDE 2015

How does one feel getting onto 200 steroid fed horses in-between their legs? Well, a week before I laid my hands on an exclusive Kawasaki H2, thanks to Kawasaki Motor Malaysia (KMSB), I was ecstatic, nervous, pinching myself to see if I am dreaming, all of those and more I would say. HISTORY. The first […]