WSBK News

Former WorldSBK rider Eugene Laverty has returned home after his accident during the season-finale at Phillip Island last month.

Kawasaki Racing Team Manager, Guim Roda, has acknowledged that the Japanese manufacturer must give six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea a stronger package next season. 

Winner of 14 WorldSBK races in 2022 which was one more than his title-winning season, Toprak Razgatlioglu was ‘outstanding all year’ according to his Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning.

Hafizh Syahrin will line-up alongside Eric Granado for the 2023 WorldSBK season after deciding to remain with MIE Honda for a second consecutive year.

After a difficult 2022 season with Ducati in British Superbike, Tom Sykes was back in WorldSBK action during his first pre-season test with Puccetti Kawasaki, which he claimed went beyond expectations. 

Jonathan Rea clocked the only sub 1m 40s lap during the Jerez WorldSBK test, finishing two tenths clear of Scott Redding.

Danilo Petrucci has revealed a lack of ‘technical guarantees’ was the reason for switching MotoAmerica for WorldSBK in 2023.

New WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista has pointed to his prior experience in MotoGP as the leading reason for why he conserved tyre life better than his rivals in 2022.

After securing the 2022 British Superbike title in dominant fashion, Bradley Ray will now switch to WorldSBK with Motoxracing Yamaha.

While Kawasaki and Ducati made big moves with the signings of Tom Sykes and Danilo Petrucci for the 2023 WorldSBK season, there’s an argument to be made that Yamaha have the strongest line-up across all its teams.

The first of five pre-season tests ahead of the 2023 WorldSBK season will see Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes on-track for Kawasaki, while the factory BMW team will also be in action.

In a 2022 WorldSBK campaign full of ups and downs, Scott Redding claims he’s ‘semi-pleased’ with the progress made by BMW but that he wants more in 2023.

After competing in MotoGP, the Dakar Rally and MotoAmerica, Danilo Petrucci will now take his talents to WorldSBK with Barni Ducati.

Eugene Laverty has provided an update on his medical condition after the race-stopping accident in his final World Superbike appearance at Phillip Island on Sunday.

Garrett Gerloff brought an end to his three-year stint at GRT Yamaha with a DNF in Race 2 at Phillip Island, after contact between himself and WorldSBK rookie Xavi Vierge led to both riders crashing.

Alvaro Bautista has confirmed his risky gamble which saw him switch from wet tyres to dry moments before the Superpole Race in Phillip Island, would not have been taken had he not secured the WorldSBK title in Mandalika.

Alex Lowes completed his most impressive round of the 2022 WorldSBK season with a double podium finish after securing third in Race 2 at Phillip Island.

Jonathan Rea has credited Ducati for making a step over the rest of its competition after again seeing Alvaro Bautista win Sunday’s WorldSBK double-header in Phillip Island.

Despite lacking pace compared to Jonathan Rea throughout the Phillip Island WorldSBK round, Toprak Razgatlioglu managed to hold on for second in the championship after an impressive performance particularly in the 10-lap sprint.

Jonathan Rea signs off the 2022 World Superbike season with a runner-up finish at Phillip Island, denied a chance to attack Alvaro Bautista by red flags in the closing stages of race two.

Tetsuta Nagashima concluded an eventful World Superbike debut with a ninth place in race 2 at Phillip Island, while HRC team-mate Xavi Vierge crashed after opening lap contact with Garrett Gerloff.

An early contender in Race 2 after making his way up from sixth to second by the end of lap two, Scott Redding faded just as quickly as he was eventually pushed back down to P6, the position he finished the final WorldSBK race of 2022 in. 

WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista has joked that he’s ‘too old’ to make the kind of dry tyre gamble that resulted in victory during the Superpole Race at Phillip Island.

Alvaro Bautista has made it a Sunday double in Phillip Island after winning Race 2 ahead of WorldSBK rival Jonathan Rea.