Motorcycling kicks off for 2010 with World Superbikes
Posted by DanThornton on February 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
International motorcycle racing has kicked off for 2010 with the Australian round of the World Superbike Championship.
The opening round this weekend saw Britain’s Leon Haslam claim his first international race win after a career including GP and British Superbike campaigns.
His maiden World Superbike win came in a photo finish with four thousandths of a second between him and second placed Michele Fabrizio. Noriyuki Haga finished third.
The second World Superbike race saw Haslam denied by Spanish veteran Carlos Checa, with Michele Fabrizio third.
This means that Haslam leads the WSB championship on the Alstare Suzuki. And British fans had another reason to celebrate as Eugene Laverty took a commanding win in World Supersport by 4.359 seconds from Joan Lascorz and Kenan Sofuoglu.
If that’s inspired you to pick up some two-wheeled virtual motorsport, then there are two options in the SBK series:
SBK: World Superbikes 09 (All Formats)
SBK-08 (All Formats)
Almost everyone should go for the ’09 version – the only exception beings being PC and Playstation 3 owners looking to save some money. PC owners can save £20 by opting for the older game for just £4.77 new from Amazon by following the above link. And Playstation 3 owners can pick up SBK-08 for £17.12 compared to the newer ’09 version for £43.48 – the Xbox 360 version is already down to £12.98.
There’s still some time before the MotoGP season kicks off on April 11th at the Losail circuit in Qatar, but pre-season testing has been dominated by the legendary Valentino Rossi, who has posted a lap record at the most recent test at Sepang in Malaysia last week.
