The WSBK website has kindly put up this video so we can finally see how Ruben Xaus took out Noriyuki Haga during warm up practice at Phillip Island, and this fourth and final crash of the weekend resulted in Xaus pulling out of the first round.

While the latest rumors are saying that Xaus may lose his ride, BMW’s team manager Davide Tardozzi hasn’t given up on his Spanish rider and will be spending two days in Spain this week, talking to a dejected Xaus in order to help him regain his confidence:

“He has completely lost confidence and what I want is to to make him regain it. It might take a few races to see the Ruben we’re used to, but we’re counting on it. We know he’s a fast rider, aggressive, a quality rider. In 2008, a little more than a year ago, he won at Misano with a privateer Ducati. We want to bring him back to that level.”

Continue reading: WSBK Video - Ruben Xaus taking out Nori Haga at Phillip Island

BMW’s Ruben Xaus, who crashed out four times at Phillip Island has been the latest rider to be targeted by the caustic wit of Motoblog’s resident comic artist Luca Ruggeri.

The Spanish rider who seems to single handedly support the motorcycle fairings market, according to the latest rumors that are circulating, may find himself without a ride for the rest of the season if he doesn’t regain his confidence and improve his performance in the next two rounds at Portimao and Valencia.

Continue reading: Motorcycle Comic: Ruben Xaus on his Way Out?

We can imagine that BMW’s rider Ruben Xaus couldn’t wait to take the first flight out of Australia and put this last weekend at Phillip Island behind his back.

Xaus binned his S 1000 RR three times during Friday’s practice leaving him no spare bikes to ride and during Sunday morning warm-up slammed into the back of Noriyuki Haga’s Ducati at turn 1.

Both riders managed to escape serious injuries, but doctors and BMW’s team manager Davide Tardozzi probably though it was better that the Spaniard withdraw from the first round especially after Xaus said he felt disorientated.

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Last Friday at the BMW Group Classic in Munich, Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport officially launched its second season in the FIM Superbike World Championship with Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus who are ready to begin the 2010 season that takes of at Phillip Island February 28th.

In the presence of Infront Motor Sports CEO Paolo Flammini, Superbike World Championship Director Paolo Ciabatti and other guests, Corser and Xaus arrived on stage, riding their BMW S 1000 RR bikes.

Director BMW Motorrad Motorsport Berthold Hauser has ambitious goals: “Our goal is to close the gap to the leading teams. We are aiming to finish in the top five as regularly as possible and pick up our first podium. That’s the ambitious aim we have set ourselves for our second year in what is an extremely challenging World Championship. However, we are well aware that our competitors have not been standing still either. The Superbike World Championship brings us up against six motorcycle manufacturers who have established themselves on the race track. You can set yourself aims in sport and make plans to achieve them, but you cannot dictate results – those have to be earned out on the track. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport is working flat out to make this possible.”

Davide Tardozzi, former Ducati team manager will head up team management and operational control at the race tracks. Rainer Bäumel will continue as Head of Overall Project Management and Project Management Engineering, and Tardozzi has been given carte blanche by the German company.

Continue reading: BMW 2010 Team Launch

While BMW teammate Troy Corser scored an excellent 5th place and a 10th place during the WSBK round at Brno, Ruben Xaus was not so lucky. The Spanish rider crashed out in in the first lap of race 1 and broke his femur.

Xaus was operated on at the Centro Medico Teknon in Barcellona and three screws were inserted into his femur and the rider according to a hospital spokesperson will leave the hospital later tonight.

This injury will probably keep Xaus away for the next round at Nurburgring in September and Julian Mazuecos who is BMW’s rider in the German IDM Superbike series and also their official test rider, could fill in for Xaus.

You can see Xaus’s bone breaking crash after the jump.

Continue reading: WSBK- Ruben Xaus to miss Nurburgring?

The 2009 edition of BMW Motorrad Days at Garmisch-Partenkirchen was a success with more than 30,000 visitors from 30 countries attending the event. Official BMW SBK riders Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus made an appearance, and in the Stunt area presented the BMW S1000RR road bike.

Talking of actual stunts, champion Chris Pfeiffer left more than one spectator speechless in a show with his F800R, and a mountain bike acrobatics show featured Igor Obu and Andreas Schuster (who ever said you could do THAT with a bicycle?).

Motard and Enduro shows also took place, along with track trials of the current BMW Motorrad range, which took in the picturesque town. For BMW car fans, the X3, X5 and X6 were present with some opportunity to try out extreme driving with this range of luxury SUVs.

BMW Motorrad Days 2009

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Troy Corser will be another rider that will miss the Kyalami round of the World Superbike Championship.

During Race 1 at Monza, Corser was one of the several riders involved in the horrific pile-up. Hit by another rider, the Aussie crashed and while down another crashed bike struck the back of his neck and smashed his helmet. He struggled to his feet and staggered off the track and collapsed, winded and out of breath. The marshals put him on a stretcher and took him to the ambulance, but after recovering his breath he got to his feet and walked back to the pits. He was battered and bruised, but decided to take part in the restart.

On the first lap of the restart, he crashed at the Parabolica, but fortunately came out with no serious injury except a sore arm and a little daziness, but decided not to start Race 2.

BMW have advised him to avoid competing in South Africa due to the short gap between races and have called up test rider Steve Martin to take his place alongside Ruben Xaus.

Continue reading: Steve Martin to replace Troy Corser

Several top World Superbike riders took a break from their usual race routine in Assen today as they got to grips with Solex mopeds.

Noriyuki Haga, Ben Spies, Jonathan Rea and Ruben Xaus together with Dutch World Supersport riders Barry Veneman and Arie Vos were the riders chosen for the media event and rode around with vintage style helmets and long leather coats.

Lucky for us oliepeil was present and shot this brief video.

WSBK Solex race

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Finally arrived is the road version of the S 1000 RR, BMW’s superbike effort that will be presented at the World Superbike Championships at Phillip Island in March. After recent tests in Portimao and Valencia, riders Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus are positive about the future for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport Team.

The racing bike version will be similar to the series bike, in line with the sports spirit. Production of the road version has already commenced with a completely new package, compact and light, and a four cylinder, in line 999cc engine. The dry weight comes in at 183 kg, and combined with the performance, this makes for an attractive new package from BMW.

The whole bike, from valves to twin cam, has been designed to be light and compact with dimensions at the level of a Formula 1. This should enable the complete torque and performance of the bike to be fully exploited.

Continue reading: Supersport BMW S 1000 RR road version

Even when this bike moves in slow motion it looks like it’s going fast. BMW Motorrad has released on its Web TV channel the video of the BMW S1000RR Superbike that Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus will ride in 2009’s World Superbike Championship.

It’s quite an exciting video though I have to say if I had a ride (as passenger that is!) I would likely either be sick or fall off for the adrenalin of the thing. Below we give you a few more shots of this lovely masterpiece whose performance we will see next year.

Continue reading: Video BMW S1000RR Superbike

Seeing this bike in the classic BMW white, red and blue is lovely, as we give you this gallery of the BMW S1000RR Superbike, revealed at Intermot 2008. The company will be making its debut in Superbike next year with this model, which could very well throw the cat among the pigeons.

Ruben Xaus and Troy Corser are the riders who will be taking the new BMW Motrrad supersport, superbike to the track. For the photos, we thank Motociclismo.it and Motociclismo.es.

Continue reading: BMW S1000RR Superbike gallery from Intermot

Good news for the British rider Shane Byrne, “Shakey” who won the crown last weekend at the 2008 British Superbike Championship; he has signed for World Superbike 2009 with the Ducati Sterilgarda Team.

Marco Borciano was searching for two new riders after receiving the news that Max Biaggi will leave the team and will go to the new Aprilia Team and his other Spanish rider Ruben Xaus will leave for the new BMW Team. Marco thanks both riders and wishes them all the best for their new adventure at Superbike next year. In his search, and after many meetings they chose Shane, who impressed with his results and his human skills. Shane will test the bike after the end of the season in Portimao.

Shane Byrne is really happy, saying: “I’m absolutely delighted to be joining the Sterilgarda Go Eleven Team to participate in the 2009 WSB championship, It’s the perfect progression for me having secured the 2008 BSB championship last weekend at Silverstone on my very simular Ducati machinery, any team that can run riders of Max Biaggi and Ruben Xaus’s standard can only be at the top of their game. I look forward to benefiting from the team and Ducati’s experience to make the transition as straightforward as possible for me and can’t wait for my first opportunity to start working with my new team.”

Shane was born 32 years ago and he is the first of a couple of riders who will run for the team next year. He is now riding in BSB with the Airwaves Ducati Team.

Source | Sterilgarda

Continue reading: BSB winner Shane Byrne signs for WSB 2009