WSBK News

While Jonathan Rea admitted he didn’t have the pace to beat WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu in race one at Donington, his attempts of converting pole into victory took an immediate hit following an opening few laps he described as ‘a mess’.

Reigning World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu cut the maximum 25 points from Alvaro Bautista’s title lead after his first full race victory of the season was combined with a Donington DNF for the Ducati rider.

Despite making his first mistake of the season and losing 20 points to title rival Jonathan Rea, Alvaro Bautista is ready to push to the limit once again after showing impressive pace at Donington Park. 

A totally dominant display from Toprak Razgatlioglu sees him clinch his second WorldSBK win of the season and second as world champion. Alvaro Bautista crashes out after making his first mistake of the year.

Jonathan Rea will start race one at Donington from pole after setting not one, but two new lap records during a dominant WorldSBK qualifying display.

Loris Baz has confirmed his intention is to remain with BMW beyond the 2022 WorldSBK campaign. 

Garrett Gerloff leads Saturday morning Free Practice 3 session at the 2022 Donington Park World Superbike round.

A first top three finish in any WorldSBK session this season, Scott Redding and BMW have seemingly made big strides forward at Donington Park.

Even a small crash couldn’t dampen Michael Ruben Rinaldi’s enthusiasm after following up his Misano WorldSBK rostrums with more podium pace on Friday in Donington Park.

While reigning WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu finished second on day-one at Donington Park, the Yamaha rider was left unhappy at the lack of performance relative to that of Jonathan Rea.

Alvaro Bautista has hit back at claims made by Scott Redding that a minimum weight for rider and bike should be introduced to the WorldSBK championship.

After suffering his first winless weekend of the season at Misano, Jonathan Rea responded with an imposing half-second advantage over the field during Friday practice for this home UK round at Donington Park.

A class apart - Jonathan Rea was in ominous form as he finished WorldSBK FP2 at Donington Park half a second clear of Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Toprak Razgatlioglu leaves it late to get the better of Jonathan Rea during FP1 for round five of the 2022 WorldSBK championship at Donington Park. Series leader Alvaro Bautista finishes fifth for Ducati. 

‘I’ll be on the grid next year and I can’t wait’ - Jonathan Rea will remain a WorldSBK rider in 2023 although it remains to be seen with whom.

British Superbike champion Tarran Mackenzie believes a full-time move to WorldSBK in 2023 ‘depends a lot’ on how he gets on during his delayed world championship debut this weekend.

Xavi Vierge, Lucas Mahias and Oliver Konig have been passed fit for round five of the 2022 WorldSBK championship at Donington Park, although Christophe Ponsson will be re-evaluated after FP1.

‘I don’t think he had a choice’ - Former WorldSBK champion James Toseland believes Scott Redding’s move to BMW last season, which has so far proved unsuccessful was as a result of Ducati wanting to move on, not the other way around.

After racing against the legend that is Valentino Rossi - on circuits he had no prior experience on - former two-time WorldSBK champion James Toseland details the challenges he and any current WorldSBK rider could face if they switched to MotoGP.

Participation numbers and success remain extremely high within WorldSBK, however, that’s far from the case in MotoGP which is without a British rider for the second consecutive season. So what is the cause of this - Sam Lowes shares his thoughts.

“The last time we spoke was at Jerez in 2019… so, if you crash out this weekend, you can blame me for bringing you bad luck.”

Following Toprak Razgatlioglu’s recent Yamaha MotoGP test and potential switch to Grand Prix racing in 2024, former two-time WorldSBK champion and MotoGP rider James Toseland spoke to Crash.net about the differences between both classes and why MotoGP requires a higher ‘skill level’.

A formidable force so far in 2022, Ducati believes Alvaro Bautista has all the ingredients necessary to win a first WorldSBK title, their first since 2011.

With just four rounds of the 2022 season complete, reigning WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu is already 79 points behind championship leader Alvaro Bautista, with Jonathan Rea splitting between the two.