Andrea Locatelli and Xavi Vierge started work in Friday Free Practice for what will prove to be the hottest race weekend of the 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship so far at MotorLand Aragon today, refining their race pace Yamaha R1 WorldSBK set-up in gruelling conditions. Track temperatures were officially recorded as 53 degrees Celsius during Free Practice 2 this afternoon, the hottest point of the day, but the team’s direct asphalt measurement was much higher – 62 degree

Andrea Locatelli and Xavi Vierge enjoyed two days of “perfect” weather on the Adriatic Coast to complete a productive performance test at Misano World Circuit for Pata Maxus Yamaha. Warm, sunny temperatures and track conditions up to 50 degrees Celsius greeted many of the 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship field, whose teams opted to join the private test alongside their competitors in preparation for the Emilia Romagna Round taking place next month. The mid-season test w

Andrea Locatelli, Xavi Vierge and Pata Maxus Yamaha closed out the Czech Round of the 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship at Autodrom Most today, with Locatelli’s fightback to a ninth-place finish in Race 2 providing fuel to push on to a two-day performance test at Misano World Circuit this coming week. The team’s 29-year-old Italian rider came through to 11th place in the Superpole Race this morning, but finishing outside of the all-important top nine positions meant he wa

Pata Maxus Yamaha rider Andrea Locatelli’s Race 1 performance at Autodrom Most delivered reasons for optimism, as Round 5 of the 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship continued in the Czech Republic today. Qualifying on the fifth row was not a hindrance to Locatelli, who worked his way through the field methodically to run seventh by Lap 10. After a lap-by-lap battle with Alex Lowes, the team’s Italian rider crossed the line in eighth place to take a solid finish in the first