The 2020 World Superbike championship calendar has been officially confirmed with the United States round at Laguna Seca and the Thailand round at the Chang International Circuit omitted from the schedule.
The World Superbike championship will return to Oschersleben for the first time in 16 years. After two years without a German round on the race calendar, following the drop off of the Lausitzring round, the production-based championship will make its comeback at Oschersleben for 2020.
Chaz Davies feels with the Ducati V4 R still in its infancy development on the existing package will be key to his winter testing and preparations for the 2020 World Superbike championship.
Toprak Razgatlioglu concedes he’s already “feeling big pressure” ahead of his first factory ride in the World Superbike championship having signed for Pata Yamaha.
Leon Haslam says getting the new Honda CBR1000RR-R up to speed in the World Superbike championship will be “a big challenge” but has faith in HRC’s resources and ambitions for 2020.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi has switched to the Team Go Eleven Ducati squad for the 2020 World Superbike championship after losing his ride at Barni Ducati to Leon Camier.
Xavi Fores will return to the World Superbike championship with Puccetti Kawasaki in 2020. The Spanish rider has spent this season competing for Honda in the Bennetts British Superbike championship after losing his WorldSBK ride at Barni Ducati at the end of 2019.
Pirelli will continue to supply tyres to the World Superbike championship until the end of the 2023 season. The Italian tyre manufacturer has agreed a contact extension of three years having initially been set to see its current deal expire at the end of 2020.