WSBK News

After struggling to generate tyre temperature when switching from wet tyres to dry, WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista saw his pace completely disappear in Race 1 at Phillip Island.

Toprak Razgatlioglu was among the early leaders of Saturday’s wet-dry opening race at the Phillip Island WorldSBK finale.

A drying Phillip Island track provided HRC riders Xavi Vierge and Tetsuta Nagashima with their first flag-to-flag World Superbike race at Phillip Island on Saturday.

Alex Lowes saw a first WorldSBK win of 2022 slip between his fingers after pitting two laps later than team-mate Jonathan Rea, who gained significant amounts of time in the process.

As was the case for Alvaro Bautista and Alex Lowes, pitting too late for dry tyres resulted in a missed opportunity at victory in Race 1 at Phillip Island, a decision six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea timed to perfection.

Jonathan Rea took a dominant WorldSBK victory in Race 1 at Phillip Island, his first in 25 races, after managing changeable conditions better than his competitors. 

Alex Lowes made it two Kawasakis at the sharp end of the Phillip Island timesheets during Friday practice for the 2022 World Superbike season finale.

Tetsuta Nagashima made an impressive start to his first weekend as a WorldSBK rider as he finished sixth on combined times during Friday Practice at Phillip Island. 

With the 2022 World Superbike title in the bag, Alvaro Bautista began his quest to also claim the most race wins this season during Friday practice at Phillip Island.

Toprak Razgatlioglu is on the backfoot compared to rivals Alvaro Bautista and Jonathan Rea after Friday Free Practice, but the Yamaha rider hasn’t lost hope of contending for WorldSBK victory at Phillip Island.

After going 24 races without a WorldSBK win, six-time world champion Jonathan Rea appears to be back in the hunt for Race 1 in Phillip Island after doubling up with the fastest time in both Friday free practice sessions.

Alvaro Bautista says this weekend’s Australian WorldSBK round is ‘more important than everybody thinks’ as preparations for 2023 begin.

With Iker Lecuona ruled out of this weekend’s Phillip Island round, Scott Redding looks poised to claim eighth place in the WorldSBK standings.

Toprak Razgatlioglu is gunning for another perfect weekend in Phillip Island after completing his second hat-trick of the season in Mandalika, however, the 2021 WorldSBK champion has labelled Alvaro Bautista the heavy favourite.

Jack Miller believes Remy Gardner has what it takes to switch MotoGP for WorldSBK and become a challenger to the likes of Alvaro Bautista, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea, all of whom have dominated the series in 2022. 

Tetsuta Nagashima will replace Iker Lecuona for the final WorldSBK round of 2022 after the Spaniard suffered a fractured left vertebra and fractured left sacrum in a crash at Mandalika.

Toprak Razgatlioglu says Yamaha will not be introducing a new bike for the 2023 WorldSBK campaign, which is not the case for Ducati who are bringing a brand new Panigale V4 R.

New WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista believes he beat Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea whilst the pair were in the form of their life.

Scott Redding believes a P4 finish was there to be had in Race 2 at Mandalika before the 2020 WorldSBK runner-up made several costly mistakes, leaving him ‘angry’ in the aftermath.

Jonathan Rea has given credit to new WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista after seeing the Ducati rider secure his maiden Superbike title in Mandalika.

Alvaro Bautista is your new WorldSBK champion after finishing second in Race 2 at Mandalika behind Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Toprak Razgatlioglu once again left everything he had on the table in Mandalika as he completed his second WorldSBK hat-trick of the season.

Toprak Razgatlioglu has joked that he will bring his Pata Yamaha WorldSBK machine to MotoGP after setting a pole lap just three tenths shy of what Fabio Quartararo managed earlier this year.

Alvaro Bautista’s wait to become WorldSBK champion goes on after finishing second in Race 1 behind Toprak Razgatlioglu.