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MV Agusta and NTS work towards 2019 at Aragon.

The World Superbike grid takes another blow as DFX Corse confirm it will miss the next two races.

Crash.net looks ahead to the opening round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship this week by discussing the chances of each manufacturer - first up, reigning manufacturer champions Ducati...

1. Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 48.670s 2. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098R 1min 48.847s 3. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R 1min 49.309s

The RG Racing Team will not be present at the final round of the World Superbike Championship in Portugal after announcing that they have concluded their season early.

Prior to that point, Neukirchner had remained clear of the accidents and incidents behind him and looked set to take a perfect lights-to-flag debut victory.

Carlos Checa made a last-gasp attempt to pass Max Neukirchner for victory at the final turn, but fell - bringing Neukirchner down with him and handing Lorenzo Lanzi victory!

Lorenzo Lanzi may be facing an uncertain future with the Ducati Xerox Team but the young Italian - together with Frenchman Yoann Tiberio - will at least head into the off-season with a cash prize from Pirelli.

2004 will see Ducati return to the World Supersport class - with a factory presence - for the first time in three years, where the Bologna based company's new 749R will take on Honda's championship winning CBR600RR - plus Yamaha's YZR R6, Suzuki's GSX-R600 and Kawasaki's ZX-6RR.