Australia’s stocks in the Superbike World Championship have been given a massive boost with news that motorcycle ace Josh Brookes will join the line up in 2016
The 2015 Jerez WorldSBK pole position time was completely obliterated as Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea fitted Superpole tyres to their 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R bikes.
WorldSBK testing at Spain’s Aragon circuit saw the first appearance of Nicky Hayden aboard his Ten Kate Honda alongside team mate Michael van der Mark.
American Nicky Hayden wants the ‘double’ — a world superbike title to sit alongside the MotoGP trophy he won in such exhilarating circumstances in 2006