WSBK News

Leon Haslam is confident of his “base pace” with his factory Kawasaki following the Phillip Island test but isn’t focusing on returning to racing just yet.

Alvaro Bautista feels he is “ready to tackle the first race” after dominating the timesheet during the Phillip Island test as a final preparation for the start of the 2019 World Superbike championship.

Alvaro Bautista has topped every session of the final pre-season test at Phillip Island for Aruba.it Racing Ducati ahead of the 2019 World Superbike championship.

Phillip Island World Superbike Monday test times World Superbike debutant Alvaro Bautista has topped both test sessions on the opening day of the Phillip Island test ahead of the

The World Superbike race direction and FIM Stewards panel has been tweaked ahead of the 2019 season with Tamara Matko appointed FIM WorldSBK Safety Officer and Chairman of race direction.

The highly-anticipated unveiling of the new Moriwaki Althea Honda team has taken place at Phillip Island ahead of the final pre-season test for the 2019 World Superbike championship.

Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali has sent out a resounding message to Aruba.it Racing Ducati to “become the king of SBK” with the launch of the new V4 R ahead of the 2019 World Superbike championship.

Chaz Davies believes the development progress Ducati has made with its MotoGP bikes in recent seasons means direct benefits will be felt getting the new V4 R up to speed in the World Superbike championship.

The Aruba.it Racing Ducati squad has officially presented the new V4 R which will contest the 2019 World Superbike championship.

Jonathan Rea may have dominated the top of the times for Kawasaki at the pre-season Jerez and Portimao tests but the reigning World Superbike champion was also buoyed by the progress gained through its testing programme.

Marco Melandri has ended the Portimao winter test downbeat having struggled to find solutions with his braking and corner entry issues and feels the GRT Yamaha isn’t suiting his riding style.

Alex Lowes has been buoyed by a productive pre-season test at Portimao as he impressed on the lap times for Pata Yamaha.

World Superbike testing results from day two at Portimao Jonathan Rea has bolted almost a full second clear of his World Superbike rivals at the final day of the Portimao pre-season test.

Sunday World Superbike testing results at Portimao

Tom Sykes says he “couldn’t have asked for much more” following the Jerez World Superbike test with the new BMW Motorrad WorldSBK squad despite feeling he “lost a day of testing” due to a crash.

Overnight back pain restrained Chaz Davies on the second day of the Jerez World Superbike test but confirmed the injury wasn’t connect to his day one off at the Spanish track.

Unofficial times from day two of the Jerez World Superbike test

Eugene Laverty is aiming to gauge the performance level of the new Ducati V4 R with his Team Go Eleven squad after a successful debut test day.

Unofficial World Superbike test times from Wednesday

Troy Herfoss will return to the World Superbike championship with a wildcard entry to the 2019 season opener at Phillip Island, while fellow Australian Tom Toparis will wildcard in the World Supersport class.

Eugene Laverty will make his test debut with Team Go Eleven and the new Ducati V4 R at Jerez this week as he looks to gauge “the potential of the bike” before making 2019 World Superbike championship targets.

Jonathan Rea is relishing the chance to try out “new materials” to form the base package of the new Kawasaki ZX-10RR ahead of the 2019 World Superbike championship.

The provisional 2019 World Superbike entry list has been officially published with an 18-rider line-up set to make up the grid.

Tom Sykes has given a glowing review of his maiden test on the new BMW S1000RR with the SMR BMW squad as he heads into 2019 ready for a fresh start in the World Superbike championship.