Following a slow start to this morning’s session #4, lap times picked up significantly as Rory Skinner went within two tenths of the outright British Superbike lap record at Snetterton.
Despite choosing a full-time return to BSB over WorldSBK for the 2022 season, Leon Haslam could yet race in the world championship as talks continue over possible wildcard appearances.
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.
Former Visiontrack Ducati rider Christian Iddon moves to Buildbase Suzuki for the 2022 BSB season. Danny Kent also remains with the team for a second season.
Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, compares the 2021 WorldSBK season finale battle involving Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea to that of Imola 2002 between legends Troy Bayliss and Colin Edwards.
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.
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.