Dramatic Europe final – the World Cup remains open After the reigning world champion fell in the first two races of Portimão as a huge favourite in both races, the chance of defending his title seemed to be only theoretical. But then Jonathan Rea proved why he is already 6-time record world champion and the […]

Odendaal wins ahead of Cluzel and Caricasulo – Domi only fifth The sun and the strong wind had done a great job after the rainy Sunday morning. Picture book weather was the order of the day when the WorldSSP field started the race in Portugal for the second and last time this year. This also […]

Toprak with Crash – Rea makes World Cup exciting again with victory A split second before the start of the last European race there was some excitement and Jonathan Rea waved to the race management that something was wrong and that it should be cancelled. The reigning world champion was only in row four after […]

Rea out with 2nd fall in the title fight – historic victory for van der Mark On Sunday morning, the face of Jonathan Rea, who had fallen badly the day before, should have brightened significantly when he looked out the window after getting up. It was his first crash in 27 races at Portimão. Despite […]

After the 3rd fall of the season, the game seems to be over for Rea When the FIM Commission published the speed limit for the new BMW M-1000RR and Kawasaki ZX-10RR just a few days before the season opener in Aragon, the most successful manufacturer in the last five years was cheated of the fruits […]

Cluzel wins – Aegerter extends World Championship lead with P3 The pole sitter didn’t miss a thing this time and since the first run in Nevers Jules Cluzel had another podium in mind, which is why he tried to take the lead early on. It took until the third lap when the fast Frenchman was […]

Jonathan Rea with serious crash – Toprak wins in “Marquez-Style” The reigning world champion has already stood on the podium 20 times at the Autodromo do Algarve. In addition, the Northern Irishman had already been victorious here twelve times. After the start, Toprak was first in front, but Rea then passed inside to have to […]

Rea misses another pole and starts from P2 between Toprak and Haslam While Jonathan Rea was also the fastest ahead of Toprak in FP3 on Saturday morning, his Kawasaki team-mate Alex Lowes stayed in the pits with an injured hand. The man from Lincoln was second fastest behind the reigning world champion on Friday, but […]

Rea twice best on Friday – Toprak only on P5 In addition to the reigning world champion, his current and last team-mate was able to shine on the first day in Portugal. Alex Lowes and Leon Haslam convince just like Garrett Gerloff, with the third-best time of the day, a strong performance. Almost three tenths […]