WSBK News

After securing his first WorldSBK hat-trick of the season last weekend in Phillip Island, Alvaro Bautista has put himself in position to challenge for victory once again at Mandalika.

Jonathan Rea says FP1 at the Indonesian WorldSBK round was a ‘disaster’ as a lack of rubber led to the track being ‘so dirty’, complaints that were also made by Michael Ruben Rinaldi, who topped both sessions.

Just a few months on from his big highside at Mandalika which cost him the chance to complete the final six WorldSBK races of 2022, Iker Lecuona has returned to a very dark time after another big highside at the Indonesian circuit.

With limited motorcycle or car racing taking place annually at Mandalika, a ‘dirty’ track was once again a big story on day one as several WorldSBK riders crashed due to being off the racing line.

Set to make his first-ever appearance at Mandalika, Danilo Petrucci believes this weekend’s second round of the WorldSBK campaign will be ‘one of the most complicated races’ this season.

Toprak Razgatlioglu says his Yamaha R1 ‘felt different’ at Phillip Island, just as it did when WorldSBK raced at the Australian circuit last November.

After a disastrous Sunday in Phillip Island, six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea is hoping to get back amongst the podium fight in Mandalika, although winning remains his main objective.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi says major changes have taken place over the winter break as he looks to continue his strong start to the 2023 WorldSBK campaign in Mandalika.

Injured at Mandalika last season, Honda WorldSBK rider Iker Lecuona returns to Indonesia ‘ready to fight again’ after and build on a pair of top sixes at the Phillip Island opener.

After a tough opening WorldSBK round at Phillip Island, Jonathan Rea believes he’ll be able to more accurately gauge Kawasaki’s level of competitiveness in Indonesia this weekend.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi fulfilled his pre-season testing potential by recovering from a disastrous Race 1 at Phillip Island to finish best of the rest behind WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista.

Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea admits Sunday’s double-header in Phillip Island was a ‘head scratcher’ after lacking performance in both the sprint and longer race.

Danilo Petrucci has admitted he needed to ‘wake up’ following the opening lap of the Superpole Race in Phillip Island, after being caught out by the aggressive nature of racing in WorldSBK.

Remy Gardner apologies to teammate Dominique Aegerter after a mistake under braking at turn four cost the two WorldSBK rookies a potential double top five for GRT Yamaha.

Alex Lowes has revealed he apologised to Toprak Razgatlioglu following their incident in Race 2 at Phillip Island, whilst also confirming that the 2021 WorldSBK champion said ‘it wasn’t my fault’.

Alvaro Bautista has overtaken Jonathan Rea for the most WorldSBK hat-tricks after completing the perfect Sunday at Phillip Island.

WorldSBK rookie Danilo Petrucci has been awarded a one-place penalty after being deemed to have run Xavi Vierge off the track during their final lap battle at Phillip Island.

Alvaro Bautista says the spray when following Jonathan Rea in Race 1 of the 2023 WorldSBK season-opener left him unable to ‘see anything’.

Despite taking the lead of Race 1 on the opening lap and remaining there for over half the race, six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea was having to fend off gear shift problems throughout.

Danilo Petrucci says a flurry of emotions come to mind when thinking about his first-ever Superpole and Race in WorldSBK, which take place on Saturday.

As track temperatures ramped up in FP2, both Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu ran into difficulty, leaving the pair scratching their heads as WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista had no such issues.

Just like the two day test earlier this week, reigning WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista proved to be too strong for the rest of the competition during Friday practice.

Former MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci has joked that his decision to join the World Superbike championship was motivated by the chance to watch the thrilling racing more closely.

Alvaro Bautista has been a world championship rider since 2002 in the now defunct 125cc Grand Prix class. However, 2023 will be the first time the reigning World Superbike champion has raced with a #1 plate.