The town of Gouda in the Netherlands is 103 miles away from the fabled TT Circuit Assen that hosted the recent Motul Dutch Round of the 2022 FIM Superbike World Championship. And that’s the trek Michael van der Mark made last weekend when he competed in the first rounds of...

Michael van der Mark, speaking the day after he spoke to the motorcycle racing word about leaving the PATA YAMAHA WorldSBK Official Team, the team he placed a fighting fifth for in ’20 WSBK title chase, for new employer the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team:“That’s the ultimate goal,” answered the Dutchman...

Roughly a year ago, the 2020 WorldSBK Championship kicked off at Philip Island in Australia. That weekend, PATA YAMAHA WorldSBK Official Team member Michael van der Mark raced to four-four finishes atop his YZF-R1, and used the opening round scores as a springboard to an eventual fifth in the final...

Michael Van Der Mark was speaking to this writer shortly after placing fourth overall in the 2019 WorldSBK Championship as a member of the PATA YAMAHA WorldSBK Official Team.“Next year we will have a new bike,” offered the Yamaha YZF-R1 pilot and former WorldSSP and European Superstock champion. “Not a...

"We have so many races to go and our goal is to fight for the top three in the championship again and I think we have a really good bike now," said Michael Van Der Mark. "We want to fight for as many wins as possible and to fight for...

Eleven races and six venues into the 2019 WorldSBK Championship, it all finally came right for Pata Yamaha WorldSBK pilot Michael Van Der Mark when he won his first race of the season at Jerez. Bumped up to third in the WorldSBK title fight, the 26 year-old Dutchman has taken...

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rookie Jonas Folger, who hasn't raced since Aragon in late September due to "illness," has an answer for what has been ailing him.After illness forced the 24-year-old German to miss the Japanese Grand Prix and subsequent races in Australia and Malaysia, tests conducted in Munich discovered...

After testing his fitness on a Yamaha R1 for a number of laps at Misano on Monday and Tuesday, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi has decided to attempt to take part in the upcoming Gran Premio Movistar de Aragon.The Italian will need to be passed fit to ride in...

Valentino Rossi is set to miss a second MotoGP round due to his leg injuries suffered in a training accident, and this time his Movistar Yamaha team will replace him.Yamaha World Superbike rider Michael van der Mark (pictured) is set to make his MotoGP debut on Valentino Rossi's YZR-M1 at...

Nicky Hayden, the 2006 world champion, will leave MotoGP for the World Superbike Championship with Ten Kate Honda in 2016 after a 13-year career in grand prix motorcycle racing.The 34-year-old American joins Michael van der Mark in the lineup at Honda's leading WSBK team, replacing ex-MotoGP rider Sylvain Guintoli. Hayden...