WSBK News

Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea tells Crash.net that accepting ‘bad days’ comes through ‘time and experience’, something he had to contend with on more than one occasion in 2021.

According to Toprak Razgatlioglu’s manager Kenan Sofuoglu, the 2021 WorldSBK champion will only consider a move to MotoGP if he’s offered a factory team ride by Yamaha.

BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal, Shaun Muir, believes losing Tom Sykes is a ‘great loss’ to the German manufacturer, while the 2013 champion could be set for a move to Pedercini Kawasaki.

After finishing last in the 2021 WorldSBK constructors championship, ‘electronics, engine and chassis’ are all areas in need of improvement according to HRC Team Principal, Leon Camier.

Ducati expects improved performance from Michael Rinaldi during the 2022 WorldSBK season after the Italian finished 221 points behind Scott Redding.

Toprak Razgatlioglu’s incredible consistency and pace during the 2021 WorldSBK championship is forcing Kawasaki ‘to make another step ahead’ according to Team Principal Guim Roda.

After 2021 looked like being his final season in WorldSBK, 2013 world champion Tom Sykes could be set to remain in the series by joining Pedercini Kawasaki.

With a private test already lined-up, 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu could be set to make his official MotoGP testing debut according to manager, Kenan Sofuoglu.

Team HRC Manager Leon Camier wants to see race wins as early as the 2022 WorldSBK season for series rookies Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge.

Despite a first win in eight years and the first as a full factory team since their return in 2019, BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal, Shaun Muir, says fighting for consistent wins in the dry must happen ‘pretty quick’.

KRT WorldSBK Team Principal, Guim Roda, believes Jonathan Rea has plenty of years competing for titles left in him after an impressive 2021 season.

Despite signing a two-year deal until the end of 2023 in WorldSBK, Toprak Razgatlioglu revealed he could be making a switch to MotoGP before that.

Aruba.it Ducati Team Principal, Serafino Foti, is adamant that Alvaro Bautista’s return to Ducati can help them win a first WorldSBK title since 2011.

In what was an injury-affected second season with Kawasaki, one that saw Alex Lowes slip from fourth to eighth in the final few rounds, we have ranked the British rider 9th in our top ten WorldSBK riders of 2021.

WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and team-mate Andrea Locatelli will have an identical Yamaha R1 package to that of 2021 next season according to Team Principal of Pata Yamaha, Paul Denning.

Team Manager at Team HRC, Leon Camier, believes the team’s new riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge have made a ‘very good start’ at Honda after completing their first WorldSBK test in Jerez.

Alex Lowes finishes the Jerez WorldSBK test just over a second off team-mate Jonathan Rea despite not being fully fit. 

2021 WorldSBK runner-up Jonathan Rea has completed the final test of the year quickest at Jerez.

New Bonovo action BMW riders Loris Baz and Eugene Laverty complete ‘positive’ three-day Jerez WorldSBK test.

The WorldSBK fall totals for 2021 are in and it’s new Ducati rider Alvaro Bautista who led the way with 12 in 13 rounds.

BMW riders Michael Van Der Mark and Scott Redding have completed their final WorldSBK running of 2021 after taking part in a three-day test at Jerez.

Iker Lecuona will miss today’s final day of WorldSBK testing with his new Honda team after sustaining a left-hand injury.

MOTOCORSA Ducati Racing will have an unchanged one-rider WorldSBK line-up in 2022 after confirming Axel Bassani for a second season.

Ex-Grand Prix racers Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge are set for their Honda WorldSBK debuts, while BMW and Kawasaki are also scheduled to take part in a three-day test at Jerez.