WSBK News

The World Superbike championship has started a charity auction to raise funds for the Australian bushfire crisis ahead of Phillip Island hosting the 2020 season-opener.

Sandro Cortese will contest the 2020 World Superbike championship after agreeing a deal to race for Team Pedercini Kawasaki.

The Aruba.it Racing Ducati squad has unveiled its 2020 World Superbike livery with help from new rider Scott Redding alongside Chaz Davies.

Former World Superbike winner and 500cc Grand Prix rostrum-finisher Takuma Aoki will make history by becoming the first disabled driver to compete in the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy at the upcoming Mexico City round.

Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes have revealed Kawasaki’s 2020 World Superbike colours as the team looks to defend its world titles.

The initial rev limits for each World Superbike manufacturer has been confirmed ahead of the start of the 2020 season.

Oli Bayliss will make his World Supersport debut next month after securing a wildcard entry for the 2020 opener at Phillip Island.

Leon Haslam is buoyed by confidence following the Portimao World Superbike test and feels in race trim the new Honda is already “within one or two tenths” of the front-runners despite being in its early stage of development.

Two-time World Superbike champion James Toseland has cast his eye over the 2020 season as he prepares to step back into the paddock as team manager to Danny Webb’s WRP Wepol Racing Yamaha squad.

While the majority of the World Superbike paddock completed the two-day test at Portimao, reigning champions Kawasaki enjoyed a private test at Circuit de Catalunya to give both Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes their first experience of the Montmelo track.

Leon Camier is hopeful of returning to action in time for the 2020 World Superbike championship opener at Phillip Island as he gives an update on his shoulder injury which has ruled him out of the majority of winter testing.

Scott Redding is “happy to start racing” despite his limited track time at the Jerez World Superbike pre-season test as he gears up for his rookie season in the championship.

Jonathan Rea believes he has numerous threats to his World Superbike championship crown in 2020 and is eager to assess his competition in race trim over the opening rounds.

Jonathan Rea restrained himself to just 19 laps at the rain-hit Jerez test but the defending World Superbike champion was still able to top the times after being “able to confirm one little item”.

Leon Haslam says HRC’s involvement in Honda’s new World Superbike challenger gives him faith the project will succeed as he finds a fresh start after being “on a bike that is already winning and is very fixed in its ways”.

Alvaro Bautista’s first official day on the new Honda might have been stalled by wet and windy conditions but the Spaniard is already clear he will have to adapt his riding style to suit the new CBR1000RR-R.

After completing private tests both in Japan and Spain, the new-look Honda World Superbike team has made its public test debut at Jerez with Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam.

Alex Lowes says adapting to his Kawasaki ZX-10RR continues to be “the only target” at the pre-season Jerez test before heading to the 2020 World Superbike opener next month.

Following Team Pedercini Racing’s provisional inclusion on the 2020 World Superbike championship team entry list, the team has moved to outline its plans.

Upwards of 22 riders have secured slots on the 2020 WorldSBK Championship grid as the much-delayed entry list for the new season was finally revealed.

Sandro Cortese will fill in at Barni Racing Ducati for the Jerez World Superbike test with Leon Camier still sidelined as he recovers from surgery.

Scott Redding says his season in the Bennetts British Superbike championship reignited his passion for racing and wants to harness that feeling as he steps into World Superbikes.

Former Moto2 world champion Toni Elias will continue to compete in the MotoAmerica Superbike championship with Suzuki following his move to Team Hammer M4 Ecstar Suzuki.

Leon Camier has undergone a successful shoulder surgery after sustaining an injury in a crash during testing at Aragon last month.