Pata Honda rider Michael van der Mark is preparing for the final European round of the 2015 World Superbike championship at Magny-Cours in France this weekend (2-4 October). Van der Mark is in sparkling form having secured the third podium of his rookie WSBK season...
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Michael van der Mark took the third podium of his rookie World Superbike championship season today, taking his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP to third place in the first race of round 11 of the series at Jerez in Spain. Starting from fourth place on the...
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Michael van der Mark will start tomorrow’s two 11th-round World Superbike championship races from the front of the second row of the grid after setting the fourth fastest time in this afternoon’s Superpole sessions at Jerez in southern Spain. With temperatures in the low 30s,...
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With air temperatures over 30ºC and track temperatures approaching 50ºC, Michael van der Mark returned to World Superbike action at Jerez in Spain today. After a seven-week summer break, the Pata Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP rider ended the day in 11th place on combined times...
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After an extended summer break of almost seven weeks, the 2015 World Superbike championship reignites this weekend (18-20 September) at Jerez in Spain with Pata Honda riders Michael van der Mark and Sylvain Guintoli eager to get back into action on their Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade...
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Honda’s Michael van der Mark finished fifth in the second tenth round World Superbike championship race at a hot and steamy Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia today. The Dutch rider got a superb start to race two and was able to avoid...
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Pata Honda rider Michael van der Mark will start tomorrow’s two tenth-round World Superbike championship races from the fourth row of the grid, having been 12th fastest overall in this afternoon’s Superpole sessions on his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP at Sepang in Malaysia. The 22-year-old...
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Pata Honda rider Michael van der Mark finished today’s opening two free practice sessions in tenth place on combined times at Sepang in Malaysia. With mixed weather conditions covering the two sessions, overall times were based on this morning’s dry free practice. After a heavy...
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After a two-week break, the Pata Honda team and its riders Michael van der Mark and Sylvain Guintoli are preparing for this weekend’s (31 July – 2 August) tenth round of the 2015 World Superbike championship at Sepang in Malaysia. After two top-eight finishes in...
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After two consecutive Suzuka 8 hour victories in 2013 and 2014, the number 634 bike of team MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO began this year’s race from third spot on the grid, but was unable to covert this to win number three. Takumi Takahashi was the first...
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Michael van der Mark took his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP to eighth and seventh place finishes respectively in Sunday’s two ninth-round World Superbike championship races at Laguna Seca in the USA. Van der Mark, 22, got two good starts from a lowly 15th place on...
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Michael van der Mark will start the two ninth-round World Superbike championship races at Laguna Seca in the USA from the fifth row of the grid. The 22-year-old Dutch rider struggled for a positive front-end feeling throughout Friday’s practice sessions but a different front tyre...
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