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WELCOME to February!

As every two-wheeled motorsport fan knows, this is the month when it all kicks off again.

While the rest of our racing series won't be roaring into action until March and April, we can always rely on the World Superbike boys who line up for their first round at the end of the month.

BTCC fans can look forward to more than 120 hours of bumper-to-bumper TV action this season.

ITV4 has revealed it will broadcast all 10 BTCC rounds live on race Sundays, with a show running from 11.30am-6pm.

And with 65 hours of live action, it will also add two 90-minute highlight shows three times in the week following the round, amounting to a further 45 hours of TV time.

BY ZOE BURN

JONATHAN Rea got his 2010 campaign off to a flying start by clocking the fastest time in the three day Infront Motor Sports official Superbike test session at Portimao in Portugal.

The Northern Ireland rider led an all British top four as the the chequered flag fell on the official test.

And the HANNSpree Ten Kate rider's fastest lap of 1.42.270secs was faster than 2009 champ Ben Spies' Polesetting time of last season.

BY Zoe Burn and Mic Archbold.

LEON Camier made sure it was back to business as usual as he clocked up yet another win in the first of today's MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship races at Oulton Park.

The newly-crowned champion this time managed to hold off a last lap charge by Hydrex Honda's Stuart Easton to take yet another win for Airwaves Yamaha.

His Cumbrian team-mate, James Ellison, crossed the line third ahead of the second Hydrex bike of Tommy Hill.

BLYTH'S Jonny Dickson fought back from a dismal qualifying session to cross the line 12th in today's final round of the Metzeler National Superstock 600 Championship.

The 21-year-old had been forced to fight for a grid spot in yesterday's shoot-out race after struggling during qualifying.

Winning the shoot-out with ease, the Bell Racing Yamaha rider was able to start today's 12-lap race of Oulton Park from a lowly 31st spot.

NEXT season's motorsport bonanza is finally beginning to take shape as two other championships release their 2010 calendars.

While MotoGP and F1 chiefs have already announced provisional calendars for next season, it's been a wait for the rest.

But today the BTCC and WSBk dates have finally landed. And although those BSB officials are clearly intent on making us wait the longest (as ever) it's great to have at least something to be going on with.

SAMURAI of Slide Noriyuki Haga leads the World Superbike championship once again after a dominant win in Race Two at Magny Cours.

And as the Xerox Ducati rider took his 41st victory, title rival Ben Spies was only able to wrestle his Yamaha Racing machine to fourth place.

This now puts Haga back at the top of the points table with a 10 point advantage with just one round to go.

JOAN Lascorz took a solid win in today's World Supersport race at Magny Cours - while Eugene Laverty hampered his title hopes by crashing out.

While championship leader Cal Crutchlow cruised home second, a mistake by Laverty could have cost him the title.

The Irishman crashed out on Lap 12 after passing Crutchlow for second behind Lascorz, who had led for most of the early part of the race.

BEN Spies pipped Noriyuki Haga to the win in today's first World Superbike race from Magny Cours to take a two point lead in the championship.

Spies, who had led from lights to flag, ended up having to ride a defensive last lap after a late charge from Haga.

What looked like it was going to be another easy win for the Texan Yamaha rider rapidly turned into a close fight in the closing two laps, as Haga pulled the pin and made a last ditch bid for victory.

EUGENE Laverty and Cal Crutchlow have paved the way for a battle royale after both qualifying on the front row for tomorrow's World Supersport race at Magny Cours.

But it was Cal Crutchlow who grabbed the top spot, after sneaking in a hotlap of 1.40:980min in the closing seconds of the session.

As Kawasaki Motocard.com's Joan Lascorz and Hannspree Ten Kate's Kenan Sofuoglu finished second and third quickest respectively, Laverty managed to bounce back from a slow start to take the final front row spot.