WSBK News

Victor Steeman has died, days after a crash during his WorldSSP300 race.

WorldSBK series leader Alvaro Bautista jokes ‘I need that Yamaha don’t help Toprak Razgatlioglu’ as conversations with Ducati Corse General Manager, Gigi Dall’Igna, are taking place after each race in order to improve the Panigale V4 R for 2023.

Scott Redding is continuing to push BMW for significant upgrades following another tough WorldSBK outing in Portimao, saying ‘I want to be ready for next year’.

Jonathan Rea has asked Kawasaki to bring more power to its ZX-10RR next season after calling his attempts to battle WorldSBK series leader Alvaro Bautista ‘demoralising’ in Portimao.

Current WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has claimed Ducati has ‘too much power’ after Alvaro Bautista once again showed alarming speed differences between the two bikes at Portimao.

Jonathan Rea says he has ‘no regrets’ and that ‘I did my best’ in Portimao after failing to secure a WorldSBK win in the Algarve for the first time since 2013 - Portuguese round was not held in 2016.

After following both riders before going on to overtake his two title rivals and win race two at Portimao, WorldSBK championship leader Alvaro Bautista has claimed Jonathan Rea is ‘struggling’.

After previewing this level of potential in race one and the Superpole race, Alvaro Bautista made the most of his late race pace in order to secure his 12th WorldSBK win of the season during race two at Portimao.

After an impressive opening few laps to race one of the Portimao WorldSBK round, Jonathan Rea had no answer for title rivals Toprak Razgatlioglu and Alvaro Bautista.

WorldSSP300 rider Victor Steeman is in critical condition after a crash on Saturday.

Despite taking his ninth WorldSBK victory of the season Toprak Razgatlioglu was in no mood to celebrate in parc ferme, instead sending his best wishes to WorldSSP300 rider Victor Steeman after the Dutch rider was taken to hospital with polytrauma and head injuries.

Following Victor Steeman’s accident in the WorldSSP300 race, delays to the first of three Portimao WorldSBK races have come to an end.

Iker Lecuona claims all new parts tested by Honda in recent weeks will be going towards the 2023 package and that nothing new is expected on the bike for the final few WorldSBK rounds of this season.

With his chances of retaining the WorldSBK Championship on the rocks, Toprak Razgatlioglu has brought up the idea of technical issues potentially being the most likely way for the Yamaha rider to claw his way closer to Alvaro Bautista. 

Formerly a WorldSBK rider with the Red Bull Honda team, two-time MotoAmerica champion Jake Gagne will make his return at Portimao, which Wayne Rainey believes is a chance to ‘make a real statement’.

After a disappointing Catalunya WorldSBK round, Scott Redding is looking to bounce back with a podium challenge at Portimao.

Without a WorldSBK victory since round three of the season in Estoril, Jonathan Rea’s hopes of becoming a seven-time Superbike champion appear to be getting smaller with each race that goes by.

Four-time WorldSBK champion Carl Fogarty believes a pally paddock is stripping personality from the Superbike championship.

Reigning World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu lost points to both Alvaro Bautista and Jonathan Rea during a tough weekend in Catalunya.

Alvaro Bautista increases his lead in the WorldSBK championship standings to 59 points after completing his first treble of the 2022 season in Catalunya.

Alvaro Bautista dominated the first WorldSBK race of the Catalan weekend, while Toprak Razgatlioglu suffered an unexpected drop after pushing his rear tyre ‘too much’ to try and keep pace with the Ducati rider.

Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea has claimed the ‘atmosphere has soured’ with Alvaro Bautista following their fallout at Magny-Cours.

After making two costly mistakes at Magny-Cours, six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea is looking to ‘rebound’ and add ‘consistency’ in Catalunya, while Toprak Razgatlioglu expects a tough round due to Ducati’s top speed advantage.

The speculation over Michael Rinaldi’s World Superbike future is over with official confirmation that he will remain at the factory Aruba.it Ducati team for 2023.