Pata Honda rider Michael van der Mark declared himself happy with progress made during day one of the sixth-round meeting of the 2015 World Superbike championship at Donington Park in the UK today. With three free practices sessions held today, Van der Mark had a...
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Round six of the 2015 World Superbike championship takes place this weekend (22-24 May) at Donington Park in the UK, with the Pata Honda Michael van der Mark looking to make further progress on his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP. Van der Mark took a double...
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Pata Honda rider Michael van der Mark had a dramatic day during round five of the 2015 World Superbike championship today at Imola in Italy. De Dutchmen fought his way back to ninth place in race one – which matched his grid position – after...
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Michael van der Mark will start tomorrow’s two fifth-round World Superbike championship races from the third row of the grid after setting the ninth fastest time in this afternoon’s Superpole at Imola in Italy. The 22-year-old Dutch ace qualified fastest from Superpole 1 after finding...
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Pata Honda rider Michael van der Mark found things far from easy in today’s opening two Free Practice sessions for round five of the World Superbike championship at Imola in Italy. The Honda CBR1000RR rider ended the day in 13th place following the two 45-minute...
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Michael van der Mark is preparing himself with his Pata Honda team for this weekend’s (8-10 May) fifth-round World Superbike championship event at Imola in Italy and is aiming to continue the forward strides made last time out. Van der Mark took a brace of...
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Michael van der Mark took his maiden World Superbike championship podium in the first of two fourth-round races at Assen in the Netherlands this afternoon and followed it with another in the second outing in front of a delighted home crowd. Both races were won...
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Michael van der Mark will start tomorrow’s two fourth-round World Superbike races from the second row of the grid after setting the fifth-fastest time in today’s Superpole sessions at Assen in the Netherlands. The Dutch Pata Honda rider, riding in front of an enthusiastic home...
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Michael van der Mark set the fifth fastest overall time in today’s two practice sessions for the fourth round of the 2015 World Superbike championship at Assen in the Netherlands. The 22-year-old Pata Honda rider fired his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP around the 4.542km Assen...
Read MoreAs a Dutch rider in a Dutch team, the Assen WSBK round is particularly significant for Michael van der Mark. In this beautifully-shot film, the 22-year-old talks about his childhood, growing up around his fathers transport company, the major influences on his career and how...
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The Pata Honda team is gearing up for this weekend’s fourth-round World Superbike championship races at Assen in the Netherlands with riders Sylvain Guintoli and Michael van der Mark on their Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP machines. The historic 4.542km TT Circuit at Assen is just...
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The third-round of the World Superbike championship this weekend has been a challenging outing for Michael van der Mark at Aragon, Spain. Over the weekend the team strived to improve and find the optimum setting for the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP around the 5.077km circuit....
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