WSBK News

Danilo Petrucci has hit out at the FIM stewards after being disqualified from Race 1 of the Catalunya WorldSBK round for failing to provide his chest protection post-race.

Scott Redding has opened the door to leaving BMW as his hopes of battling for WorldSBK podiums and race wins have failed to materialise.

Jonathan Rea admits Kawasaki are a long way away from being challengers for race wins in WorldSBK following another tough weekend in Catalunya.

Supersport 300 riders were ordered back to their pits where they were scolded as “stupid children” at the weekend in Catalunya.

Despite another dominant WorldSBK hat-trick, his third of the season in just four rounds, Alvaro Bautista was on the very edge when rain fell in the Superpole Race.

Kenan Sofuoglu has confirmed a contract offer from Yamaha to extend 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has been rejected and that his rider is not ‘completely satisfied’ at the Japanese manufacturer.

Axel Bassani has shared his views on the controversial collision with fellow Ducati WorldSBK rider Michael Ruben Rinaldi, after the latter crashed out of Race 1 in Catalunya.

While victory in Catalunya was out of the question, 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu ‘enjoyed’ Race 1 after battling with ‘legend’ Jonathan Rea.

After coming to blows in Race 1 of the Catalunya WorldSBK round, Michael Ruben Rinaldi has ripped into Axel Bassani, calling his fellow Italian an ‘average rider.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi claims he’s unfazed by the mounting pressure surrounding his factory Ducati WorldSBK seat for 2024, and instead convinced that if he performs at his best, then ‘I won’t lose my seat’.

2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu says manager, Kenan Sofuoglu, is ‘looking and working’ to secure his future and that ‘we have options’.

Jonathan Rea will have a new chassis at this weekend’s round four of the 2023 WorldSBK campaign, in a bid to bring him closer to series leading Alvaro Bautista and Ducati.

The updated World Superbike championship rev limits will see Ducati lose 250rpm from this weekend’s Catalunya round.

Reigning world champion Alvaro Bautista will remain in the World Superbike championship, as a factory Ducati rider, for the 2024 season.

Alvaro Bautista is set to decide his WorldSBK future on Thursday after Ducati confirmed a press conference will be held in Barcelona ahead of round four.

WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista has again hit out at those claiming his Ducati Panigale V4 R is the main reason for his success, and has invited everyone ‘to ride this bike’.

Jonathan Rea has conceded that without major upgrades from Kawasaki, fighting for WorldSBK wins is more a dream than reality at present.

Reigning World Superbike champion Alvaro Bautista, who has dominated the opening rounds of the 2023 season, says he will soon make a decision regarding his racing future.

Loris Baz says ‘it’s really tough’ seeing Michael Van Der Mark go through another injury rehabilitation after the Dutch rider suffered a brutal highside during round three of the 2023 WorldSBK season.

One of Iker Lecuona’s main goals for the 2023 WorldSBK season was to reduce the amount of errors compared to his rookie campaign, however, another double DNF in both feature races at Assen showed that more consistency is needed.

Toprak Razgatlioglu admits his lack of overtaking in Race 1 and the Superpole Race at the Dutch WorldSBK round forced him into being more aggressive in Race 2.

Axel Bassani was demoted one position in Race 2 of the Assen WorldSBK round following a clash with Dominique Aegerter.

Jonathan Rea has seen his faint WorldSBK title hopes all but disappear after another Race 2 crash, this time at his beloved Assen.

Michael Van Der Mark’s home WorldSBK round in Assen ended in disaster after the Dutch rider suffered a brutal highside on lap two.