WSBK News

Carl Fogarty believes Axel Bassani should get the opportunity to line-up alongside WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista, thus replacing Michael Ruben Rinaldi at the Aruba.it Ducati team in 2024.

Iker Lecuona will compete in his second Suzuka 8 hour race after winning the event during his rookie WorldSBK season in 2022.

Toprak Razgatlioglu has revealed the reasons why he joined BMW and that he believes it’s a bike that can win in WorldSBK.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi has confirmed he should have a clear idea of where his WorldSBK future lies following the next two rounds.

Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea says road racing is not for him despite having huge admiration for those who have made a career out of it.

Motocorsa Racing are open to the possibility of switching to two bikes for the 2024 WorldSBK championship.

Alvaro Bautista will test Ducati’s MotoGP bike this month.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi says his mistake at the Misano WorldSBK round in Race 2 was due to carrying too much speed in the slipstream of Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Danilo Petrucci believes he was unfairly treated during the Superpole Race at Misano after receiving a Long Lap penalty due to causing a crash with fellow WorldSBK rookies Dominique Aegerter and Remy Gardner.

Jonathan Rea says the harsh reality in WorldSBK right now is that he and Kawasaki should not be expecting to fight for wins.

In the form of his life and running away with his WorldSBK title defence, Alvaro Bautista has admitted he’s keen to jump aboard Ducati’s MotoGP bike.

Andrea Iannone has dropped his biggest hint yet that a return to world championship racing in 2024 is his main goal, with WorldSBK seen as the likely destination.

Toprak Razgatlioglu saw his best chance of beating Alvaro Bautista on track this season disappear when red flags were waved in Sunday’s Misano Superpole race.

Jonathan Rea lost further ground in the 2023 World Superbike title fight after being left without a podium to show for his Misano efforts.

A 'chaotic' Misano WorldSBK Superpole race saw Danilo Petrucci penalised for an incident with Dominique Aegerter and Remy Gardner, then left fearing he had broken a femur after crashing out with Iker Lecuona.

Yamaha have confirmed that Andrea Locatelli rejected an offer from ‘a very strong competitor’ to stay with the Japanese manufacturer in WorldSBK.

Iker Lecuona will not take part in Race 2 of the Misano WorldSBK round following a collision with Danilo Petrucci in the Superpole Race.

After attempting to stay in the fight for the podium, six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea was left with no choice but to try and hang on for fifth.

Alvaro Bautista’s dominant 2023 WorldSBK campaign continued in Race 1 at Misano as he cleared off ahead of teammate Michael Ruben Rinaldi.

Alex Lowes says he needs to fight brother Sam Lowes for a job next season, after admitting the Moto2 rider wants to join WorldSBK.

Jonathan Rea believes a multitude of things held him back on the opening day of WorldSBK action at Misano, after finishing ninth on combined times.

Kenan Sofuoglu says Yamaha ‘hasn’t allowed us to start testing early’, and that 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu will have to wait until after this season.

Paul Denning says Yamaha’s 2021 WorldSBK title win was in part because of the unique talent that is Toprak Razgatlioglu, but that the level of performance from the R1 was just as important a factor.

At two completely different ends of the spectrum through four WorldSBK rounds in 2023, Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Bautista have given their thoughts ahead of the Misano round.