Isle of Man TT and MotoGP names featured on new WorldSBK class entry list

WorldSBK has published the entry lists for both the WorldSSP and WorldSPB classes in 2026.

27 Nov 2025

The entry lists for the WorldSPB and WorldSSP classes have been published by WorldSBK, with MotoGP and Isle of Man TT names scattered through the list of the new category.

The Sportbike class enters the World Superbike pyramid next year as a replacement for the WorldSSP300 class, and with the new class comes new bikes and new names.

For a start, the Triumph Daytona 660 will be new to World Championship racing when the season starts next year, as will the PHR Performance team run by road racing star Peter Hickman. There is some World Championship experience in the team’s riders thanks to Fenton Seabright’s previous Supersport 300 campaigns.

Former MotoGP racer and new factory BMW WorldSBK rider Miguel Oliveira also has his team, the innovatively named Miguel Oliveira Team, in the class with Tomas Alonso, a Portuguese rider with previous 300 experience that Oliveira recently tipped as a potential star of the future.

Oliveira’s team will run Yamaha R7s, which is clearly the most popular bike in this inaugural season of Sportbike. There are also three Suzuki GSX-8Rs, four Aprilia RS 660s, and two Kove 450RRs run by Team 109 that won the 2025 Supersport 300 world title with Benat Fernandez, who remains with the team for 2026.

There are also a handful of Kawasaki ZX-6R 636s – one of which will be ridden by former Moto3 race winner Xavi Artigas for the MTM team.

Its Sportbike presence makes the ZX-6R 636 the first to compete in two classes in the WorldSBK paddock since the Superstock class was replaced by Supersport 300 in 2017, since it will also be present on the Supersport grid.

Speaking of Supersport, the 2026 roster sees a new manufacturer: ZXMoto, which will run with the Evan Bros team, with Federico Caricasulo and Valentin Debise aboard the bikes.

ZXMoto is the second Chinese manufacturer on the grid after QJMotor, which will field Raffaele De Rosa and Marcos Ramirez in 2026.

Entry lists for both WorldSPB and WorldSSP in 2026 are below.

2026 World Sportbike Championship Provisional Entry List
	No.	Rider	Nat.	Motorcycle	Team
1	38	David Salvador	ESP	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	Prodina
2	37	Antonio Torres	ESP	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	Prodina
3	34	Xavi Artigas	ESP	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	MTM Kawasaki
4	71	Loris Veneman	NED	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	MTM Kawasaki
5	7	Benat Fernandez	ESP	Kove 450RR	Kove Racing Team 109
6	66	Phillip Tonn	GER	Kove 450RR	Kove Racing Team 109
7	89	Taiyo Aksu	JPN	Yamaha R7	Pata AG Motorsport Italia
8	12	Humberto Maia	BRA	Yamaha R7	Yamaha MS Racing FIMLA AD78
9	92	Gabin Cazard	FRA	Yamaha R7	Yamaha MS Racing FIMLA AD78
10	40	Julian Correa	USA	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	Pons Motorsport Italika Racing
11	88	Daniel Mogeda	ESP	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	Pons Motorsport Italika Racing
12	43	Marco Gaggi	ITA	Yamaha R7	Team BrCorse
13	50	Carter Thompson	AUS	Yamaha R7	Team BrCorse
14	16	Alvaro Fuertes	ESP	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	Deza-Box 77 Racing Team
15	77	Jose Osuna	ESP	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	Deza-Box 77 Racing Team
16	27	Felix Mulya	INA	Yamaha R7	Progp Nitiracing
17	93	Arai Agaska	INA	Yamaha R7	Progp Nitiracing
18	33	Gonzalo Sanchez	ESP	Yamaha R7	ARCO Yamaha MotoR University Team
19	69	Alessandri di Persio	ITA	Yamaha R7	ARCO Yamaha MotoR University Team
20	21	Troy Sovicka	CZE	Yamaha R7	Panattoni BGR Smrz Racing
21	26	Mirko Gennai	ITA	Yamaha R7	Panattoni BGR Smrz Racing
22	18	Bruno Ieraci	ITA	Triumph Daytona 660	CM Triumph Factory Racing
23	23	Elia Bartolini	ITA	Triumph Daytona 660	CM Triumph Factory Racing
24	79	Tomas Alonso	POR	Yamaha R7	Miguel Oliveira Team
25	41	Ioannis Peristeras	GRE	Aprilia RS 660	MMR
26	98	Thomas Benetti	ITA	Aprilia RS 660	MMR
27	55	Harrison Dessoy	GBR	Triumph Daytona 660	PHR Performance Triumph
28	73	Fenton Seabright	GBR	Triumph Daytona 660	PHR Performance Triumph
29	11	Mattia Sorrenti	ITA	Aprilia RS 660	Revo-M2
30	91	Matteo Vanucci	ITA	Aprilia RS 660	Revo-M2
31	6	Jeffrey Buis	NED	Suzuki GSX-8R	Track & Trades Wixx Racing
32	65	Ferre Fleerackers	BEL	Suzuki GSX-8R	Track & Trades Wixx Racing
33	68	Kas Beekmans	NED	Suzuki GSX-8R	VLR Racing Team Suzuki

WorldSSP

2026 World Supersport Championship Provisional Entry List
	No.	Rider	Nat.	Motorcycle	Team
1	53	Valentin Debise	FRA	ZXMoto 820RR-RS	ZXMoto Factory Evan Bros Racing
2	64	Federico Caricasulo	ITA	ZXMoto 820RR-RS	ZXMoto Factory Evan Bros Racing
3	31	Yuki Okamoto	JPN	Yamaha R9	Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing
4	61	Can Oncu	TUR	Yamaha R9	Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing
5	5	Jaume Masia	ESP	Ducati Panigale V2	Orelac Racing Verdnatura
6	70	Josh Whatley	GBR	Ducati Panigale V2	Orelac Racing Verdnatura
7	32	Oli Bayliss	AUS	Triumph Street Triple 765 RS	PTR Triumph Factory Racing
8	69	Tom Booth-Amos	GBR	Triumph Street Triple 765 RS	PTR Triumph Factory Racing
9	37	Roberto Garcia	ESP	Yamaha R9	GMT94 Yamaha
10	94	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Yamaha R9	GMT94 Yamaha
11	57	Aldi Mahendra	INA	Yamaha R9	AS Racing Team
12	75	Albert Arenas	ESP	Yamaha R9	AS Racing Team
13	54	Riccardo Rossi	ITA	Ducati Panigale V2	Renzi Corse
14	65	Philipp Oettl	GER	Ducati Panigale V2	Feel Racing WorldSSP Team
15	52	Jeremy Alcoba	ESP	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	Kawasaki WorldSSP Team
16	77	Dominique Aegerter	SUI	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	Kawasaki WorldSSP Team
17	11	Matteo Ferrari	ITA	Ducati Panigale V2	WRP Racing
18	55	Petr Svoboda	CZE	Ducati Panigale V2	WRP Racing
19	10	Leonardo Taccini	ITA	Ducati Panigale V2	Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team
20	16	Alessandro Zaccone	ITA	Ducati Panigale V2	Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team
21	88	Andrea Giombini	ITA	MV Agusta F3 800 RR	Motozoo by Madforce Dubai
22	6	Corentin Perolari*	FRA	Honda CBR600RR	Honda Racing World Supersport
23	22	Ana Carrasco*	ESP	Honda CBR600RR	Honda Racing World Supersport
24	3	Raffaele De Rosa*	ITA	QJMotor SRK 800 RS	QJMotor Factory Racing
25	24	Marcos Ramirez*	ESP	QJMotor SRK 800 RS	QJMotor Factory Racing
26	40	Mattia Casadei	ITA	Ducati Panigale V2	D34G WorldSSP Racing Team
27	7	Filippo Farioli	ITA	Yamaha R9	VFT Racing Yamaha
28	20	Xavi Cardelus	AND	Yamaha R9	Cerba Yamaha Racing Team
29	25	Oliver Konig	CZE	Triumph Street Triple 765 RS	Compos Racing Team
30	50	Ondrej Vostatek	CZE	Triumph Street Triple 765 RS	Compos Racing Team
31	43	Simon Jespersen	DEN	Ducati Panigale V2	EAB Racing Team
32	73	Jacopo Cretaro	ITA	MV Agusta F3 800 RR	Flembbo by Racing Development
33	19	Andreas Kofler*	AUT	Yamaha R9	Motorsport Kofler