supersport

Tommy Hill has been diagnosed with another broken thigh bone after being taken out in a first corner melee on his return to action in the World Supersport Championship this weekend.

1 Glen Richards MAP Embassy Racing Triumph 1min 7.707 secs 2 Steve Plater AIM Racing Yamaha 1min 7.711 secs 3 Ian Lowry Relentless Suzuki by TAS 1min 7.717 secs 4 Hudson Kennaugh Raceways Yamaha 1min 7.805 secs

A meeting at this weekend's Catalan Grand Prix has ended with the MSMA (Motorcycle Sports Manufacturers' Association) responding to Dorna's proposal for a new four-stroke class, to replace 250GP from 2011, by naming 600cc four-cylinders as its preferred choice.

After a lengthy pace car period, a thoroughly absorbing Fuchs British Supersport race was eventually won by HM Plant Honda rider Steve Brogan after a race long scrap with Glen Richards on the British Triumph.

The British Supersport Championship will not only boast a capacity field in 2008, but will also be sponsored by the world's largest specialist motorcycle and motorsport lubricants provider, Fuchs-Silkolene, it was revealed on Tuesday.

Reigning Spanish Supersport champion Graeme Gowland registered the first points of his 2008 World Championship season at the weekend, coming home a fighting 13th at Phillip Island.

Andrew Pitt believes he has to win his home round of the World Supersport Championship at Phillip Island after being forced to retire from the season opener in Qatar last weekend.

James Webb will be the man to step up to the challenge as the sole UK1 rider in the British Supersport Championship. The team will also run Taylor Mackenzie in the British GP125 Championship.

The 27-year-old Liverpudlian completed this year's British Superstock Championship in second place on his Tengo Honda and also impressed when he replaced Ian Hutchinson on the Bikeanimal Supersport machine.

Full British Supersport times from Oulton Park.

Katsuaki Fujiwara raced the new Suzuki GSX-R600 to its first podium position of the season in the opening round of the World Supersport Championship in Valencia, as all three Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders filled top six positions.

FGSport, organisers of the World Superbike, Supersport and Sidecar championships, have confirmed that next year's WSS series will continue to run under the same technical regulations.

1. Chris Vermeulen AUS Honda CBR 600RR Ten Kate Honda 2min 05.736secs 2. Karl Muggeridge AUS Honda CBR 600RR Ten Kate Honda 2min 05.921ecs