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The first Friday Free Practice sessions of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship are “in the books” for Andrea Locatelli and Pata Maxus Yamaha at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Australia. The 28-year-old Italian, lining up for his fifth season in the premier production racing class, completed long runs during both FP1 and FP2 in order to provide Yamaha’s Official Team with the best opportunity to refine his R1 WorldSBK to fight for the podium this weekend. Due to the

Pata Maxus Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli was sixth-fastest overall on the second day of the FIM Superbike World Championship Official Test at Phillip Island in Australia today, completing a final shakedown with the Yamaha R1 WorldSBK before the start of the 2025 season. Two smooth and largely problem-free test days provided a welcome return to the Italian rider’s favourite race track, where in 2024 Locatelli was tantalisingly close to taking his maiden WorldSBK win. The circuit h

Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team) will miss the opening round of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship after a crash on the first day of testing at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Rea fell on the exit of Turn 2 in the closing stages of Monday’s first two-hour test session. He was taken to the circuit medical centre, before being transferred to Cowes for further assessment where it was confirmed he had sustained multiple fractures to the left f

Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli finished the Pata Maxus Yamaha WorldSBK winter test programme early at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (Portimão) today, as storms continue to lash the southern Iberian Peninsula. The 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship begins just around the corner in Australia next month, with many teams working to finalise their packages in Portimão during the last European test before the season opener. A window of clear, dry and sunny weather op

(click to view 2025 gallery) After uncovering the new-look 2025 PATA MAXUS YAMAHA R1 for the first time, Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli reveal their goals for this year’s FIM Superbike World Championship season – and reflect with Team Principal Paul Denning on the combined effort to return Yamaha to the top step of the podium. Under no illusion about the challenge ahead in the ultra-competitive championship, Yamaha Motor Europe, the team and its riders aim to fight back in

Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli undertook two days of pre-season testing at Circuito de Jerez, running a full day in “dry” conditions yesterday before continuing to work in the wet in preparation for the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship, today. On Day 1, Rea completed 50 laps as the Northern Irishman wasted no time getting back up to speed on the Yamaha R1 WorldSBK despite lingering damp patches in the morning and strong gusts of wind in the afternoon. The six-time Wor

Harris MAXUS, a brand of the leading commercial vehicle distribution company in the UK and Ireland, the Harris Group, is pleased to announce its new role as a major partner of the Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team for the 2025 and 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship.  The landmark partnership will unite cutting-edge automotive engineering with the world's most highly developed production motorcycles, showcasing the shared commitment of both MAXUS and the team to performance, in