WSBK News

MIE Honda rider Leandro Mercado has praised former Stock 1000 competitor Toprak Razgatlioglu after the Pata Yamaha rider won his first WorldSBK title.

A thrilling, fierce and down to the wire 2021 WorldSBK championship battle between Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea helps the series become the third most popular Motorsport championship in 2021.

Here's a closer look at who will be riding where for the 2022 WorldSBK championship, along with what seats are still to be filled.

Maximilian Kofler will switch from Moto3 to WorldSSP in 2022 after becoming part of the new-look CM Ducati Racing team alongside Randy Krummenacher.

Alvaro Bautista makes his Ducati World Superbike return during a private test at Jerez.

World Superbike reveals a provisional 13-round calendar for the 2022 season.

It’s fair to say the all-new Mandalika circuit was a success after several WorldSBK riders called the layout ‘incredible’, while the grip in the wet was ‘unbelievable’.

Alvaro Bautista has called his last two years at Honda ‘harder than expected’, while both WorldSBK seasons felt like ‘starting from zero’.

Tom Sykes has put BMW’s impressive recent run of wet weather WorldSBK results down to having ‘good riders’ as they ‘can get around some of the bike’s limitations’, as opposed to BMW being better than other bikes.

Despite his best WorldSBK result of the year in Mandalika, Kohta Nozane is aware that a step forward in performance is needed in 2022; ‘I will need to make a step up and the target for 2022 is to make it onto the podium for the first time’.

Tom Sykes has confirmed that racing in BSB or MotoAmerica are of interest to him after last weekend's WorldSBK season finale, which is expected to be his last in the world championship.

GRT Yamaha rider Garrett Gerloff is ‘happy’ that his extremely difficult second season in WorldSBK is over, and that preparation for 2022 can begin.

Despite securing his third WorldSBK podium for BMW in race two at Mandalika, Michael Van Der Mark was left ‘pissed off’ after having no power due to being unwell throughout the final round of 2021.

New 2021 World Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has once again reaffirmed his intention to remain in WorldSBK for now, while ‘maybe in two years’ MotoGP could be an option.

Andrea Locatelli gets the better of fellow Italian Michael Rinaldi after the latter crashes out of Mandalika WorldSBK race two.

Third in this season’s 2021 WorldSBK championship, Scott Redding will make his BMW debut midway through December in a private test for the German manufacturer.

Chaz Davies has competed in his final WorldSBK race as he prepares to embark on ‘the next step in life'.

Scott Redding believes his Mandalika WorldSBK race two battle with Jonathan Rea is ‘probably one of the best I’ve had’ since he joined the series in 2020.

Jonathan Rea relinquishes the #1 plate for the first time since 2016 after Toprak Razgatlioglu claimed his first WorldSBK championship.

Toprak Razgatlioglu has won his maiden WorldSBK championship after finishing second in race one at Mandalika.

Update: Following a lengthy delay, the final WorldSBK race of the 2021 season will go ahead in the shape of a 12 lap race. The world championship has already been decided as Toprak Razgatlioglu claimed second in race one.

Despite an easier passage to what could be his first ever WorldSBK title, Toprak Razgatlioglu is disappointed to lose out on Sunday’s Superpole race after it was cancelled and replaced by today’s postponed race one.

Jonathan Rea has lost out on one of three opportunities to gain points on title rival Toprak Razgatlioglu after extreme weather conditions sees WorldSBK race one in Mandalika replace Sunday’s cancelled Superpole race.

WorldSBK race one in Mandalika has been postponed until Sunday due to extreme weather, meaning race one and two will take place tomorrow, while the Superpole race has been cancelled