WSBK Interviews

Sam Lowes feels he’s riding ‘better than ever’ in Moto2 but accepts he won’t get another MotoGP chance and admits World Superbike is ‘on his radar’ - but will it happen for 2024?

It's brutal out there... and we don't mean on the track. Indeed, it is one thing to fight a rival in the heat of battle, but - as GRT Yamaha WorldSBK rider Garrett Gerloff tells Crash.net's Ollie Barstow - the low-side of trolling is forcing riders to protect their health off track too. 

If I were to describe WorldSBK Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu as motorcycle racing’s new Rock ‘n’ Roll superstar, would I be hitting the right note?

Crash.net’s exclusive interview with 2021 British Superbike champion Tarran Mackenzie, who discusses winning the title, staying with McAMS Yamaha for 2022, his aim to join the WorldSBK paddock in 2023 and more.

Here it is… Crash.net’s full interview with six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea, who discusses everything from battling Toprak Razgatlioglu for the 2021 title, missing out on the chance to compete in MotoGP, the ‘legend’ that is Valentino Rossi and much more.

Exclusive interview with British Superbike rider Glenn Irwin as we discuss all things testing, new parts aboard the Honda Fireblade, personal goals and having a new team-mate ahead of his second year with the Honda Racing UK team. 

Exclusive interview with RICH Energy OMG Racing rider Bradley Ray ahead of the 2021 British Superbike season.  

‘He’s too good for World Superbikes’

Tommy Bridewell believes there are few riders who would have accepted the last-minute offer to race in the World Superbike Championship with an unfamiliar team at Ducati’s home round, but says his eye-catching performance vindicates his decision to jump on a plane and give his career an internati

World Superbike technical director Scott Smart has his say on the Jonathan Rea factor, the pros and cons of the shaken-up race weekend format and the changes at Honda.

World Superbike technical director Scott Smart lays out the pros and cons in the arguments to bring in a single-specification ECU, the health of the production series in the boom of MotoGP and the Jonathan Rea factor.

Ana Carrasco made history last year by becoming the first female to win a solo motorcycle world championship as she clinched the World Supersport 300 title by just a single point ahead of Mika Perez.

Since stepping up to become a crew chief at the factory Kawasaki World Superbike team in 2010, Riba has formed an unbeatable partnership with Jonathan Rea when the Northern Irish rider signed for the team in 2015.

Leon Haslam reflects on his dramatic near-misses on the Bennetts British Superbike title, why 2018 is his year plus his hotly-anticipated return to the World Superbike championship at Kawasaki alongside Jonathan Rea.

Having joined Red Bull Honda as its lead rider after its torrid 2017, Leon Camier explains the state of play at the team and the development road ahead.   Hello Leon, how are things and how’s the body?

For any fan watching World Superbike racing in the 1990s the #111 will always be synonymous with one man.

Crash.net recently caught up with Herbie Blash – one of the few figures to crossover the two and four-wheeled worlds in the modern era.

The undisputed dominant force in the MCE British Superbike championship turned 40 last December and is arriving at a crossroads in his career.

Chaz Davies chats about his recent rise in World Superbikes, a Ducati MotoGP test and what he thinks of Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes.

"Unfortunately this condition is still effecting me a lot both physically and mentally..." - Tom Sykes.

An exclusive interview with 2013 World Superbike champion Tom Sykes on adapting to new rules in 2017, his rivalry with Jonathan Rea and targeting a second world title

An exclusive interview with two-time and defending World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea on preparing for 2017 and the hunt for a third consecutive world title

An exclusive interview with Nicky Hayden on his maiden World Superbike campaign, hopes for 2017 and his view on the race 2 grid shake-up.

"The effort we're doing is as full factory as anything gets" - Mick Shanley on new SMR Aprilia WorldSBK project.