Michael Schumacher tested the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Fireblade alongside World Superbike racers Carlos Checa at Magny Cours in France. Get the full interview about Schumacher's passion for bikes in the October 1 edition of MCN. http://www.motorcyclnews.com

A fantastic last lap from Corser and Fogarty with equally brilliant comments from Keith and Julian

MCN caught up with WSB start Ruben Xaus on the BMW stand at the NEC Motorcycle Show. The Spaniard flew in to unveil the all new S1000R hell be campaigning in next years World Superbike Championship. Xaus has so far completed a two day test at Valencia alongside new team-mate Troy Corser and will get three more days.... more

Watch our video of the Ten Kate Honda team testing their new 2008 WSB bikes at Almeria. The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team finished their first test onboard the brand new 2008 specification Honda CBR1000RR at the top of the time sheets in Almeria last week. WSB rookies Carlos Checa and Ryuichi Kiyonari set identical.... more

Jonathan Rea put pressure on his Ten Kate Honda World SUperport team-mate Andrew Pitt at last week's Magny Cours test lapping at world record pace and you can see how he felt in our video.

Timelapse film of WSB team building 999F07 racebike

The WSB Championship went to the wire at Magny Cours but MCN reporters Michael Guy and Trevor Franklin were behind that wire waiting to be the first to ride the top three bikes. See how they got on!

MCN Caught up with James Toseland at the Magny Cours World Superbike test to see how he got on at the rain soaked track.

The Donington round of the world superbike championship has got a massive lineup of Brits, both wildcard and regular. We caught up with some of them a the pre-race press conference

Carlos Checa admitted that he was as surprised as anyone with his 1m 48.193s lap time that secured him his first ever WSB pole position. The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider finished the session 0.3 seconds ahead of his closet rival Max Neukirchner and starts tomorrow's two races as favourite given his impressive pace on race rubber.