Hannspree Ten KateHonda has confirmed today that Michele Pirro will join the Netherlands-based team to contest the 2010 World Supersport championship on the Honda CBR600RR. The 23-year-old from San Giovanni Rotondo in southern Italy finished 12th in the 2009 World Supersport series, with consistent top 10 results, a pole position at Misano in Italy and a best finish of sixth in...
Hannspree Ten KateHonda has confirmed today that Michele Pirro will join the Netherlands-based team to contest the 2010 World Supersport championship on the Honda CBR600RR. The 23-year-old from San Giovanni Rotondo in southern Italy finished 12th in the 2009 World Supersport series, with consistent top 10 results, a pole position at Misano in Italy and a best finish of sixth...
One of the big moves in the World Superbike paddock for next season is Max Neukirchner's move to the Ten KateHonda team. Now that the first test of the 2010 World Superbike season is underway at Portimao, the Ten Kate team have released a video featuring the Ten Kate riders in action at the Portuguese track. Here's how Max Neukirchner's first day in his new team went....
After a difficult 2009, the World Superbike paddock is slowly starting to fill up. Although generously endowed with factory-backed entries, with 7 manufacturers submitting 14 full-factory (or nearly full-factory, in the case of Ten KateHonda) supported riders, beyond that the pickings are rather slim, with just the Althea Ducati team, Echo CRS and Guandalini Aprilia adding 4 more riders....
... many would have expected, Max Biaggi looked a revived man in 2009Jonathan Rea: Took on the Ten KateHonda baton from Carlos Checa and Ryuichi Kiyonari to win twice in his maiden seasonLeon Haslam: Defied his team's lack of budget towards the end to produce some consistently excellent results on the unfancied Stiggy Honda.That is just what we think though – it is your opinion...
... new line-up of Sylvain Guintoli and Leon Haslam for 2010, Muggeridge has signed for the Holzhauer Honda team in Germany."The team is run by a Honda dealer who also has a tuning business. The team is HRP, they are good guys, and run it very professionally. We have put together a pretty good deal and the expectations are to go out and win!" "The guys in the team all speak German, but...
Jonathan Rea picked up where he left off on Tuesday with another accomplished performance onboard the Ten KateHonda during day two of testing at Portimao. Get all the latest WSB news Having spent the majority of the day at...
Hannspree Ten KateHonda’s Jonathan Rea took an impressive double podium in today’s final two World Superbike championship races at Portimao in Portugal.
Ten KateHonda's Gino Rea clinched the European Superstock 600 Championship by a single point ahead of Frenchman Vincent Lonbois after a three-way dice for the race win at Portimao.
James Ellison will be amongst the riders testing at Portimao after being invited to sample Cal Crutchlow's title-winning Yamaha SSP R6 machine.The British Superbike runner-up is one of several riders taking part in tests across just three Supersport teams – Yamaha, Ten KateHonda and Kawasaki Provec -, the Briton being joined by countryman and new Superstock 600 champion Gino Rea.Having...
Carlos Checa made a successful start to the next chapter of his lengthy motorcycling career following his first try-out with the privateer Althea Racing team at Portimao.Having been dropped by the Ten KateHonda team, with whom he made his World Superbike debut in 2008, Checa will switch to Althea Racing in 2010 following the decision to switch from Honda to Ducati machinery.The...
According to German site Motorsport Aktuell , Ant West, Martin Cardenas, James Ellison, and Gino (no relation to Jonny) Rea will all test in the next two days for the Yamaha Factory World Supersport team. West, who was scratched for the final race of the season at Portimao by his Stiggy Honda team because they couldn't afford to put him on the grid, has made no secret of the fact that he's...
Parkalgar Honda rider Eugene Laverty claimed victory in the World Supersport race at Portimao. Turkish rider Kenan Sofuoglu placed second for the Hannspree Ten KateHonda team, followed by Parkingo Triumph BE1 rider Garry McCoy. Brit and Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow finished...
