Pata Yamaha officially become the fourth full factory WorldSBK team to unveil its 2022 colours, while world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu showcases his new #1 plate for the first time.
Fourth on our top ten WorldSBK riders of 2021 is rookie sensation Andrea Locatelli after the Italian finished best of the rest behind Toprak Razgatlioglu, Jonathan Rea and Scott Redding.
Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, has called 2021 WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli ‘an unbelievable talent’ after the Italian finished fourth in the championship.
Unable to find ‘the feeling to fight for a good position’ results in impressive WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli missing out on a top five finish for the first time since round four at Donington Park.
Andrea Locatelli fell just short of a double Jerez World Superbike podium after last lap battles with Scott Redding and Alvaro Bautista see the Italian relegated to P4.
Impressive WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli is aiming to remain with Pata Yamaha for 2022; ‘For sure on my end and also in my situation I want to continue with Yamaha because we make a really good potential.”
With a third of the 2021 WorldSBK season complete, Andrea Locatelli leads all rookie riders in what’s been an impressive opening four rounds for the former Moto2 rider.
Andrea Locatelli struggles during first Donington Park appearance with WorldSBK machinery; ‘from the first to the last lap, I found it so difficult to ride and to stay with the group in front.”
WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli is confident of a ‘good result’ at Donington Park - a circuit new to the Italian having rode there just once on a ‘standard R1’ Superbike.
Andrea Locatelli’s time spent at Aragon heads in the right direction after a difficult couple of WorldSBK tests there in April. Belgian rider wants to get racing and says the ‘emotion’ and ‘energy’ will push him more than in testing.
Andrea Locatelli continues preparations for the 2021 WorldSBK season with a fifth place finish on day-two of testing in Aragon, but suffers two ‘crazy strange crashes’.
Race results from Phillip Island, the first round of the 2020 World Supersport championship. A mandatory pit stop was in place due to safety concerns over tyre life across the race distance, with a maximum distance of a 10-lap stint across the 16-lap race.