Superbike

The sixth round of this year’s Superbike World Championship takes place in Misano and Team Alstare Suzuki rider Michel Fabrizio is looking forward to his second ‘home’ round of the series. Michel has recovered from his ‘flu and the badly bruised and battered left leg he suffered when he was hit by Spaniard Ruben Xaus in the first race in the last round at the Miller Motorsport Park, USA.

Team Alstare Suzuki rider Michel Fabrizio defied the pain barrier to take a superb fifth place in race two at Miller Motorsports Park today. The young Italian had been taken out in race one after being hit by Ruben Xaus and suffered heavy bruising to his left thigh and leg in the process. His performance in race two made a mockery of his discomfort. He fought through the field from fifteen place on the grid and was catching fourth-placed Eugene Laverty (Yamaha), but ran out of laps and ended less than half a second behind at the flag.

Team Alstare Suzuki rider Michel Fabrizio fought off the effects of ‘flu to finish 9th on the first day of qualifying at the Miller Motorsport Park in Utah today. Michel had arrived in USA with a high fever, but improved the past two days and was able to get on the bike today. Despite suffering from low energy levels, Michel toughed it out and finished first qualifying with the eighth fastest time.

Team Alstare Suzuki rider Michel Fabrizio heads off to USA, with increased confidence thanks to his superb podium in the last round at Monza. This will be the fourth time that Miller has hosted a WSBK event and this year’s race once again takes place on a Monday, Memorial Day, a public holiday.

Team Alstare Suzuki rider Michel Fabrizio took a tremendous third place in the second Superbike World Championship race at Monza today. It was his first podium for the team and just reward for all the hard work he and the team have been putting in since the start of the season.

Team Alstare Suzuki rider Michel Fabrizio qualified a superb seventh in Superpole today and will start tomorrows pair of 18-lap races from the second row of the grid. It had been his goal to qualify on the first two rows and he will now be in a good position to challenge the leaders right from the start of the races.

Team Alstare Suzuki rider Michel Fabrizio just missed out on a top ten finish on the first day of qualifying at Monza today. He spent the two sessions working on his bike’s set-up and also tried some new Ohlins forks, so didn’t push hard on the unfamiliar material. Whereas many of his rivals used slipstreaming to set their fastest laps, Michel’s lap of 1:43.762 was completed without any assistance.

The fourth round of this year’s Superbike World Championship takes place at the historic Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit and will be one of three ‘home’ races for Michel this year.

Team Suzuki Alstare rider Michel Fabrizio fought his way up from the fourth row of the grid to take a superb fifth place in the opening WSBK race in Assen today. Despite not getting a good start, Michel battled his way through the field and was up to fourth place with just four laps remaining.

Team Suzuki Alstare rider Michel Fabrizio was unable to get into Superpole 2 when he was held up by a slower rider on his final hot lap in Superpole 1. Fellow countryman Ayrton Badovini (BMW) was not going quickly but remained on the racing line instead of moving over. Michel was forced to check his speed and go off line and so lost the chance of getting into Superpole 2 by just one hundredth of a second.

Team Suzuki Alstare rider Michel Fabrizio ended the first day of practice and qualifying at Assen with the fourth quickest time and was happy with the job he and the team had done. Conditions were good throughout the day, though the morning sun did give way to grey clouds in the afternoon.

The third round of this year’s Superbike World Championship takes place at one of the circuits most favoured by riders - Assen. The circuit has been a fixture on the calendar since 1992 and this year sees the 20th anniversary of World Superbikes there. Although the circuit was modified in 2006, Assen remains essentially a flowing track partly thanks to the fact that many of the corners are banked.