WorldSSP, WorldSSP300 confirm 2022 30-rider entry lists

WorldSSP and WorldSSP300 announce their 30-rider entry lists ahead of the 2022 season.

26 Jan 2022

Federico Caricasulo, Dominique Aegerter and Jules Cluzel, Indonesian WorldSSP race2, 21 November 2021 — Federico Caricasulo, Dominique Aegerter and Jules Cluzel, Indonesian…
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Entry lists for the 2022 WorldSSP and WorldSSP300 championships have officially been confirmed.

Following the death of young WorldSSP300 rider Dean Berta Vinales last September, age limits and rider entry numbers were changed for WorldSSP300 - entry limits also changed for WorldSSP.

Berta Vinales passed away following an accident at Jerez which saw him collected by oncoming riders. That particular race had 42 competitors which is an extraordinarily high participation count for any championship, but especially one at world championship level.

Due to the high volume of riders involved which was deemed to cause dangerous racing (rightfully so), entry lists for both Supersport series were capped at 30 riders - WorldSSP also had over 30 riders competing at the time.

For the 2022 WorldSSP championship, Ducati will have the second highest number of riders (7) on their return to the intermediate class, with only Yamaha (13) having more.

Their return also brings with it Moto2 pedigree in the form of Nicolo Bulega, while Triumph’s return for the first time since 2012 will be made with another ex-Moto2 racer Stefano Manzi and Hannes Soomer. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Moto2) and Maximilian Kofler (Moto3) also made the move from grand prix racing to WorldSSP.

Here are the confirmed teams and riders for both championships.

WorldSSP:

Ten Kate Yamaha: Dominique Aegerter, Leonardo Taccini

Bardahl Evan Bros Yamaha: Peter Sebestyen, Lorenzo Baldassarri

GMT94 Yamaha: Jules Cluzel, Andy Verdoia

Kallio Yamaha: Patrick Hobelsberger, Alessandro Zetti

VFT Racing Yamaha: Marcel Brenner, Kyle Smith

EAB Yamaha: Glenn van Straalen

MS Yamaha: Unai Orradre, Ondrej Vostatek

MV Agusta Reparto Corse: Niki Tuuli, Bahattin Sofuoglu

Aruba.it Ducati: Nicolò Bulega

Barni Spark Racing Ducati: Oli Bayliss