WSBK News

After Motoxracing Yamaha unveiled Bradley Ray’s R1 last week, the majority of WorldSBK teams have confirmed their launch dates.

With pre-season testing right around the corner, here are some predictions from Crash.net heading into next month’s WorldSBK season-opener.

New weekend schedules, grid positions changes and sustainable fuel updates have all been confirmed as part of new rules set out by WorldSBK officials.

Jonathan Rea says there was no added emotion when riding his final WorldSBK race with Kawasaki at Jerez last season.

Sam Lowes has officially taken the covers off the Marc VDS Ducati WorldSBK machine, ahead of his first season in the class.

Bradley Ray believes he has what it takes to make significant strides forward in his second WorldSBK campaign, to the point of battling at the front.

Massimo Rivola has categorically put an end to any ideas of Aprilia joining WorldSBK anytime soon.

Xavi Vierge says the 2023 WorldSBK season was very ‘intense’ and that very rarely did anything go ‘smoothly’.

Ducati’s MotoGP contingent are set to join a star-studded WorldSBK line-up at Portimao later this month, all aboard Panigale V4 R machines.

Alvaro Bautista, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea will all get their 2024 pre-season underway this month with a WorldSBK test at Jerez.

Garrett Gerloff has backed 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu to be very competitive during his first season with BMW.

Two-time WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista says MotoGP has become more difficult to control the bike than when he was a full-time rider in the series.

Anthony Gobert's brother, Aaron Gobert, has announced that the 'Go Show' is receiving end of life palliative care in Australia.

Nicolo Bulega says being WorldSSP champion is something he will ‘remember for the rest of his life’ as he gets sets for his rookie WorldSBK campaign.

Bradley Ray’s Motoxracing Yamaha team will be the first team to open the 2024 WorldSBK bike presentations on January 12th.

Danilo Petrucci has called Toprak Razgatlioglu the cleanest rider on the WorldSBK grid.

Gregorio Lavilla has confirmed recent changes to the rules were made to allow more teams and riders to be competitive in WorldSBK going forward.

In just three WorldSBK seasons of winning races, Alvaro Bautista has already matched Carl Fogarty’s win total for the Italian manufacturer of 59.

Jonathan Rea says he has no intention of retiring anytime soon following his switch to Yamaha, but that in five years he hopes to have been replaced by younger talent in WorldSBK.

While 2023 was Andrea Locatelli’s best season in WorldSBK, the Italian feels he could have achieved more.

Orelac Racing Verdnatura will not be on the 2024 WorldSBK grid after ending their participation with Kawasaki.

Alvaro Bautista says his worst moment of the 2023 WorldSBK season was his crash at Imola, a moment that reignited the championship fight.

Jonathan Rea says leaving Kawasaki for Yamaha ‘felt so strange’ but that becoming a seven-time WorldSBK champion was behind his decision.

Scott Redding believes Toprak Razgatlioglu’s unique riding style could serve BMW well in their bid to move closer to the front of WorldSBK.