WSBK Features

Just moments after winning this year’s Spanish Moto2 Grand Prix, Sam Lowes decided he would start a new career in WorldSBK next season.

With the 2023 WorldSBK championship having reached the mid-season stage, here’s the latest on who could be riding where in 2024.

After agreeing a deal to join BMW for the 2024 WorldSBK season, a move which might have ruled him out of ever competing in MotoGP, can Toprak Razgatlioglu be considered a generational talent?

After agreeing a new two-year deal with its WorldSBK rider Andrea Locatelli, Pata Yamaha could be in the market for a big-name signing after rumours linking them with MotoGP riders Johann Zarco, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Moto2’s Sam Lowes.

After the latest moves that include Toprak Razgatlioglu joining BMW for 2024, and Andrea Locatelli remaining at Yamaha until the end of 2025, we assess what this could mean for next season’s WorldSBK rider line-up.

After an action-packed, or in the case of Danilo Petrucci and incident-packed WorldSBK Superpole Race in Mandalika, the Italian voiced concerns about the safety of sprint races, something that will be introduced to MotoGP for the first time ever in 2023.

After taking part in a private test aboard a Ducati Panigale V4 alongside MotoGP test rider Michele Pirro, could Andrea Iannone be setting himself up for a move to WorldSBK? If so what are the most likely landing spots?

KTM’s decision to drop Iker Lecuona at the end of the 2021 season may have been controversial but the Spaniard’s two seasons in MotoGP paved the way for him to ‘shine’ as a factory Honda World Superbike rider.

The 2023 WorldSBK campaign will feature multiple world champions, a MotoGP race winner and a reigning British Superbike champion, but what should we expect from a very high-profile rookie line-up?

Two very different categories with very different machinery, yet WorldSBK and MotoGP delivered fantastic racing throughout the 2022 seasons.

Yamaha holds the only factory MotoGP seat that could become available following the 2023 season, and should Franco Morbidelli not be retained, two contenders in Jorge Martin and Toprak Razgatlioglu are leading the way when it comes to potentially replacing him - but which rider should Yamaha choose?

Updated following the news that Hafizh Syahrin is staying at MIE Honda for the 2023 WorldSBK season.  

Just as at last month’s Australian MotoGP event, Friday's practice for the Phillip Island World Superbike round saw red flags due to wildlife near the track.

With an 82-point lead over Toprak Razgatlioglu in the WorldSBK standings, Alvaro Bautista has his first match-point this weekend in Mandalika, but how can he win the title?

The Suzuka 8 Hours is THE most important motorcycle race in the world [*runs for cover]

Flying high atop the WorldSBK championship, winner of half the races that have taken place so far in 2022, Alvaro Bautista heads into Donington Park in ominous form but will it be enough to beat Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu at a track that’s proved difficult for Ducati? 

When it became clear that Danilo Petrucci would be leaving MotoGP, World Superbike seemed the obvious destination for the double grand prix winner. Instead, he chose the Dakar and then MotoAmerica...

Five winners and losers from round four of the 2022 WorldSBK championship as Alvaro Bautista extends his championship lead, while Toprak Razgatlioglu claims his first win as world champion.

While MotoGP remains the pinnacle of two-wheel racing for many, World Superbike is once again delivering the type of entertainment that even MotoGP is struggling to match.

Five winners and losers from round three of the 2022 WorldSBK championship as Toprak Razgatlioglu throws away at least two wins in Estoril.

Here are the five key storylines to follow ahead of round three of the 2022 WorldSBK championship at Estoril, Portugal. 

From success for Yamaha and Kawasaki, to Leon Haslam showing much improved form and Tom Sykes continuing to struggle at Ducati, here are the five things we learned from Oulton Park, round two of the 2022 BSB campaign.

From Ducati’s surprising struggles to an unlikely treble for Honda’s Glenn Irwin, here are five things we learned for the 2022 BSB season opener at Silverstone.

Is Garrett Gerloff the favourite for top WorldSBK independent rider honours? - Here’s a closer look at which riders are expected to be in contention.