Despite moving to BMW, a manufacturer that’s unlikely to be competing for the 2022 WorldSBK championship, Scott Redding has confirmed his rivals remain the same as last season.
Alvaro Bautista finished the final day of WorldSBK testing at Misano quickest, while 2022 rookie Philipp Oettl was top rookie for a second consecutive day after claiming fourth overall.
Scott Redding says criticism over his WorldSBK switch from Ducati to BMW makes him eager to 'stick two fingers in the air to those people and show them we can do it'.
Colin Turkington will once again lead Team BMW's British Touring Car Championship title assault, alongside Stephen Jelley and WSR new recruit Jake Hill.
Chrissy Rouse joins Crowe Performance BMW for the 2022 BSB season, while Leon Jeacock officially moves up to the Superbike class with Specsavers Suzuki.
Leon Camier in favour of increasing the number of allowed WorldSBK test days, while Honda's change from Ohlins to Showa suspension has been 'very good' thus far.
Each of the last three WorldSBK seasons have seen no more than two riders battle for the title, but could that change in 2022 and if so, here’s five riders including last season's top two Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea who we think can be title contenders.