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FIM Superbike World Championship 2018

  • Penunggang bagi pasukan Kawasaki, Jonathan Rea, telah mendominasi musim WorldSBK 2018 setakat ini.
  • Dia telah memenangi perlumbaan ke-lapan berturut-turut di Litar Magny-Cours, Perancis.
  • Kemenangan ini bermakna dia telah berjaya merangkul kejohanan musim ini dengan baki empat perlumbaan.

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  • Kawasaki rider Jonathan Rea has dominated the 2018 Superbike World Championship season thus far.

  • He won his 8th consecutive race win in Magny-Cours, France.

  • The victory means he has sealed the season with five races to go.

Reigning Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) champion, Johnathan Rea and Kawasaki Racing Team (KRT) have clinched their fourth straight championship title.

The 2018 championship was sealed at the Magny-Cours circuit in France this weekend when Rea won Race 1 (there are two races per round). It was Rea’s 8th consecutive and 13th total victory of the year.

Judging from the results, Rea and Kawasaki made the least mistakes for the rest to capitalize on. The Northern Irish rider finished only twice off the podium and retired once so far. Besides the 13 wins, he finished second on three occasions and once in third.

In terms of statistics, Rea had won 63% of the races and was on the podium for 86% after 23 races this season. He now has the chance of setting a new record for the most wins in a season.

Jonathan Rea wins #4 – Courtesy of WorldSBK

Rea is only the second racer to win four WSBK titles after Carl Fogarty, but he is the first to achieve the milestone back-to-back.

Pundits are quick to point out that Rea’s amazing achievement is due to other teams lacking full factory support and that his competitors’ bikes are pretty old to some extent. If this is true, we shall see how the new Ducati Panigale V4 does next year in the hands of Chaz Davies and Alvaro Bautista. Honda is also rumored to be coming up with a new V4-powered CBR1000RR.

In the meantime however, the man of the moment is Jonathan Rea, who is the current King of Superbikes. Long live the King!

  • Tom Sykes and the Kawasaki Racing Team (KRT) WorldSBK have announced their split at the end of 2018.

  • Months of speculation and drama between Sykes and teammate Jonathan Rea have led to the decision.

  • Sykes has gathered 34 wins, 106 podiums, and one championship crown during his nine seasons with KRT.

After nine great seasons together in WorldSBK, Tom Sykes and the Kawasaki Racing Team (KRT) will be parting ways at the end of the 2018 season. After months of speculations and slightly hostile environment between Sykes and his teammate Jonathan Rea, the decision to leave wasn’t really a surprising one. (more…)

  • Kawasaki Racing Team, atau singkatannya, KRT, dengan secara rasminya telah memperkenalkan jentera perlumbaan mereka bagi siri WorldSBK musim 2018, Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 2018.
  • Kedua-dua penunggang pasukan tersebut, Rea dan Sykes, akan mempertahankan kejuaraan dan kemenangan perlumbaan mereka di atas jentera dengan kemasan grafik yang serba baru.
  • Motosikal ZX-10RR telah merangkul begitu banyak kemenangan perlumbaan serta kejohanan sejak diambil alih oleh kumpulan yang bertapak dari Barcelona, Provec, pada tahun 2012.

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The Kawasaki Racing Team or KRT has officially unveiled their WorldSBK 2018 challenger that is the 2018 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR.

Both Rea and Sykes are looking to defend their titles and race wins with brand new bikes and liveries.

The ZX-10RR has been gaining a lot of race wins and championships ever since Barcelona-based Provec outfit took over in 2012.

The Kawasaki Racing Team (KRT) has officially launched their 2018 WorldSBK title challenger in the form of the super competitive 2018 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR. The unveiling by KRT was held at the KRT headquarters located near Barcelona together with their star riders, Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes. (more…)

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