WSBK News

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.

Ana Carrasco will team up with reigning World Superbike champions Provec Racing Kawasaki to run her World Supersport 300 entry as she aims to defend her title in 2019.

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.

The new-look factory BMW Motorrad World Superbike squad, run by Shaun Muir Racing, has made its test debut at Almeria with the new S1000RR as it begins its preparations for the 2019 campaign with Tom Sykes and Markus Reiterberger.

The Laguna Seca round has returned to the World Superbike championship calendar for 2019 after initially dropping off the plan.

The World Superbike Commission has officially confirmed and explained the radical format shake-up which arrives in 2019.

Alvaro Bautista has detailed how he’s adapting to the World Superbike championship with Ducati over the winter ahead of his switch from MotoGP in 2019.

Yamaha Racing Manager Andrea Dosoli says expanding the manufacturer’s efforts in World Superbikes must improve its development pace to catch the front-runners and has warned the teams “we need to fight at the front rather than fight with each other.”