Scott Redding believes Assen is ‘better suited’ to his M 1000 RR than Aragon, while BMW team-mate Michael Van Der Mark looks set for his competitive WorldSBK return.
While Scott Redding remains one of the best WorldSBK riders on the grid, will that continue to be the case with BMW following a shocking start in Aragon?
Can Garrett Gerloff become the latest American to win a WorldSBK race, or better yet a title? The GRT Yamaha rider certainly believes he can; 'Damn right I can win. I know I'm fast enough'.
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'.
Loris Cresson is set to be confirmed as the lone Pedercini Kawasaki WorldSBK rider for 2022 after plans to sign new BSB rider Leon Haslam failed to materialise.
BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal, Shaun Muir, believes losing Tom Sykes is a ‘great loss’ to the German manufacturer, while the 2013 champion could be set for a move to Pedercini Kawasaki.
After 2021 looked like being his final season in WorldSBK, 2013 world champion Tom Sykes could be set to remain in the series by joining Pedercini Kawasaki.
Despite a first win in eight years and the first as a full factory team since their return in 2019, BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal, Shaun Muir, says fighting for consistent wins in the dry must happen ‘pretty quick’.
He finished sixth in this year’s championship, but we have ranked BMW’s first WorldSBK race winner in eight years, Michael Van Der Mark, fifth in our top ten riders of 2021 list.
Coming in at sixth on our top ten WorldSBK riders of 2021 is rookie sensation Axel Bassani who finished three spots lower down in the official championship standings.