WSBK Features

Despite finishing tenth in this year’s WorldSBK championship, we have ranked Alvaro Bautista eighth in the top ten riders of 2021.

Garrett Gerloff finished the 2021 WorldSBK season seventh in the standings, but we have ranked the American three spots lower in 10th.

Alvaro Bautista has already made his return to Ducati after taking part in a two-day test in Jerez following the 2021 WorldSBK season finale. But what can we expect from the Spaniard in his second stint with Ducati?

Best known for his eight-year stint with Ducati, Chaz Davies leaves WorldSBK as one of the series' best ever riders and possibly the best to never win a premier class world title.

WorldSBK will crown its 2021 world champion this weekend either in the form of Toprak Razgatlioglu or six-time series winner Jonathan Rea. But how does their epic 2021 battle compare to previous title deciders?

After Honda’s double signing of Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge for the 2022 WorldSBK season, here’s a closer look at where each team stands and what seats are left to be filled for next year.

The 2021 World Superbike season will see Jonathan Rea aiming to win his seventh championship in succession with Kawasaki since his move to the Japanese team in 2015. But can the likes of Scott Redding, Toprak Razgatlioglu or team-mate Alex Lowes be the one to break his dominance. 

Last month, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta revealed the surprising news that "Kawasaki asked me about the possibility of doing [MotoGP] wild-cards with their Superbike.

Crash.net has been unveiling its top 100 drivers and riders from across the motorsport world from 2019 over the past five days - but who was #1? Find out below as our ranking comes to a close... 20. Maverick Vinales - 3rd in MotoGP

Crash.net is unveiling its top 100 drivers and riders from across the motorsport world from 2019 with a countdown on each day until New Year’s Eve! Check back tomorrow for the top 80-61 entries, and let us know in the comments if we’ve made the right choices.

With Leon Haslam joining the new-look HRC WorldSBK team and Michael Ruben Rinaldi heading to Team Go Eleven Ducati for 2020, the World Superbike championship grid is starting to take shape for next season.

Loris Baz is eyeing World Superbike Championship podiums this season as he prepares for his return to the series with Ten Kate Racing, the Frenchman’s appetite for success having been whetted by his first test on the new Yamaha.

Dorna recently confirmed that an agreement had been reached for both MotoGP and WorldSBK to race at a to-be-built street-style circuit in the Mandalika tourist region on the island of Lombok, near Bali, from 2021.

After the first two months of 2019 have been largely dominated by pre-season testing events, the racing season starts in earnest in March.

February sees Formula 1 and MotoGP scaling up their respective preparations for the new season as winter testing gets underway.

Following both factory BMW and Honda squads being officially revealed at EICMA, the 2019 grid is bulking out. Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea Leon Haslam Aruba.it Ducati Chaz Davies Alvaro Bautista

Read the full exclusive interview with Leon Camier here

12-year-old motorcycle racing fan Shaina Salvia interviews fellow Indonesian Galang Hendra Pratama, who took his first World Supersport 300 race win of the year - leading every lap from pole position on his Yamaha R3 - at Brno… Shaina Salvia A. S.:

12-year-old Indonesian fan Shaina Salvia returns to interview World Supersport 300 championship leader Ana Carrasco. Carrasco has secured back-to-back race wins at Imola and Donington Park to lead the World Supersport 300 championship by 22 points after the opening four rounds.

Shaina Salvia A. S.: Hello Leon, how are you today? Leon Camier: I’m very good thanks, and you? Shaina Salvia A. S.:

Chaz Davies knows that WorldSBK is 'very competitive' in 2018 and the key for Ducati winning isn't a better bike; it's having a refined package that has evolved over the years. “I really think that WorldSBK is very competitive now,” assessed Davies.

Motorcycle racers are a different breed. Their ability to ride a bike to the limit provides one of the most awesome spectacles.

Leon Camier – Red Bull Honda, World Superbikes

With the 2018 motorsport season ready to get underway it’s time to gaze into our crystal ball and pick out our riders to watch this year.