2020 WorldSBK entry list revealed with 20 confirmed, 2 TBA

Upwards of 22 riders have secured slots on the 2020 WorldSBK Championship grid as the much-delayed entry list for the new season was finally revealed.

Ahead of the first WorldSBK test of 2020 in Spain, the FIM unveiled a 22-strong permanent entry list but with two spots listed as TBA belonging to Pedercini Kawasaki and MIE Racing.

It is understood issues with these two teams led to the delay of the entry list being published, but both are still yet to firm up its riders. Pedercini Kawasaki had originally confirmed Jordi Torres and Lorenzo Savadori, but investigations embroiling its title sponsor Global Service Solutions led to a split.

As such, Pedercini Kawasaki has slimmed to a single TBA entry and withdrawn from WorldSSP altogether, with Torres and Savadori now missing from the line-up.

Meanwhile, MIE Racing still looks set to run a pair of satellite Honda CBR1000RR-Rs, with an as-yet-unconfirmed rider to join Takumi Takahashi in the line-up.

In addition to the two missing names, two entries – Motocorsa Racing (Leandro Mercado) and Brixx Performance (Sylvain Barrier) – are only expected to join the ranks from the European rounds onwards.

Elsewhere on the entry list there are no surprises beyond what has already been revealed with upgraded Honda factory effort to be run under the Team HRC banner. Only Motocorsa is a brand-new entry.

In all, there will be six Ducati entries, five from Kawasaki, five from Yamaha, four from Honda and BMW on two.

Though there is a more international feel to this year’s line-up with entries from USA, Japan and Chile, the UK still dominates with seven riders.