WSBK News

Christophe Ponsson will miss this weekend’s Dutch WorldSBK round following a split between Alstare and Gil Motor Sport.

Garrett Gerloff will not be stepping up to MotoGP with Yamaha for the 2022 season after agreeing to remain with the Japanese manufacturer in WorldSBK.

Leon Haslam hopes to use ‘great memories’ at Assen in both WorldSBK and BSB to his advantage this weekend; ‘it’s always been one of my favourites, I think the Honda will go well there.”

RC Squadra Corse withdraw from this weekend’s Dutch WorldSBK, lamenting ‘internal reasons’ for the absence.

Home favorite Michael Van Der Mark eager to build on Donington WorldSBK showing at famous Dutch TT; ‘We now want to continue this progress and of course it would be really nice to even do a bit more at my home race.”

Following a round off at Donington Park, WorldSSP action returns for its fourth race weekend of 2021 with Kawasaki riders Philipp Oettl and Can Oncu looking to ‘fight for top positions’.

Andrea Locatelli remains in search of ‘speed on the limit’ as round five of the 2021 WorldSBK season at Assen approaches.

WorldSBK championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu says despite this weekend’s Dutch event being the first time riding an R1 around Assen; ‘always the aim is to fight for the win’.

Alex Lowes returns to Assen - scene of his first WorldSBK rostrum with high intentions following an inconsistent home round; ‘this will be my first experience of Assen on the Ninja ZX-10RR. The target is to fight for the podium.”

Jonathan Rea says the target is to ‘win’ at Assen - won seven of the last ten WorldSBK races held; ‘I hope we can capitalise on it being a good circuit for me and the bike. The target is to win.”

Kawasaki Racing will return to Suzuka with a full factory line-up consisting of WorldSBK riders Jonathan Rea, team-mate Alex Lowes and Lucas Mahias.

35,000 fans per day will be able to witness World Superbike's return to Assen later this month.

Former Honda WorldSBK rider and now Team Manager, Leon Camier, says ‘we’re finding the direction’, but that time is needed in order to make its current Fireblade a winner.

With a third of the 2021 WorldSBK season complete, Andrea Locatelli leads all rookie riders in what’s been an impressive opening four rounds for the former Moto2 rider.

Jason O’Halloran’s BSB Knockhill race two mistake while trying to make a gap costs the Australian the championship lead.

Construction of the new Mandalika Circuit, set to host WorldSBK in 2021 and MotoGP in 2022 is already 80% complete, with homologation expected by the end of the month.

Pata Yamaha team boss Paul Denning believes Toprak Razgatlioglu’s development physically and mentally has helped put in the position of WorldSBK championship leader.

Tito Rabat’ switch from MotoGP to WorldSBK has been a bitterly disappointing one so far, with only two top tens in 12 races; ‘The spirits? You get used to it over the years, you leave here trying not to leave unmotivated and continue.”

WorldSBK rookie Lucas Mahias believes following the path of fellow Kawasaki rider and six-time series champion Jonathan Rea is ‘really important’ to improving.

Team Pedercini Racing’ decision to replace Samuele Cavalieri with Luke Mossey at last weekend’s WorldSBK Donington was a successful one, as the Brit scores the team’s first points of 2021.

Scott Redding says ‘I’m there to pick up the pieces’, with regards to the title fight between Jonathan Rea and new WorldSBK championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu. 

Honda’s Alvaro Bautista off the pace at WorldSBK Donington after finishing tenth in race two; ‘honestly this isn’t what we are aiming for. We need to improve from here on’.

Chaz Davies believes the same inconsistency issues he’s faced for several WorldSBK seasons with Ducati is once again coming to the fore; ‘History is sort of repeating itself. Look at Rinaldi this weekend and Scott’ [Redding].

Andrea Locatelli struggles during first Donington Park appearance with WorldSBK machinery; ‘from the first to the last lap, I found it so difficult to ride and to stay with the group in front.”