WSBK News

Kawasaki has confirmed to Crash.net it has no intention of making a return to MotoGP by replacing Suzuki, instead WorldSBK remains the Japanese manufacturer’s ‘more logical way to race’.

Despite finishing third in race two at Virginia International Raceway, former MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci has displayed nasty injuries after suffering a bizarre crash following the checkered flag.

After starting two of the three Estoril WorldSBK races from fourth, Scott Redding was unable to hold onto a top five as front tyre struggles came back to haunt the BMW rider.

Sea mist, visor full of water, Ducati’s incredible straight-line speed, Jonathan Rea overcame it all to complete a stunning WorldSBK double at Estoril.

Despite a magnificent ‘save’ the like of which MotoGP star Marc Marquez would appreciate, Toprak Razgatlioglu leaves Estoril having blown two attempts at winning is first race as WorldSBK champion.

Alvaro Bautista has extended his WorldSBK championship lead to 27 points after beating Toprak Razgatlioglu to the line in race one at Estoril.

Following a big highside at turn 13 in FP3, GRT Yamaha rider Garrett Gerloff has been declared unfit for the remainder of the Estoril WorldSBK weekend.

Team Principal at Pata Yamaha, Paul Denning has confirmed he wants WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu to stay in 2023, but that Yamaha will ultimately make the decision regarding a possible switch to MotoGP.

‘I think both Jonny [Rea] and Toprak [Razgatlioglu] are very aggressive’ - Could Alvaro Bautista’s more conservative approach to the 2022 WorldSBK title fight prove vital?

Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea says ‘I don’t want to be a diva’ following last month’s clash with Toprak Razgatlioglu in Assen, but that ‘a difference of opinion’ remains in what was an avoidable incident.

After losing his Motoxracing Yamaha ride before the season began, Isaac Vinales will return to WorldSBK after all as he's agreed to race for Pedericini Kawasaki in Estoril. 

After winning three of the first four WorldSSP races this season, reigning champion Dominique Aegerter remains convinced he should be in WorldSBK.

Following a disastrous start to the 2022 WorldSBK campaign, BMW Team Principal Shaun Muir has come to the defence of his rider Scott Redding.

Kenan Sofuoglu has promised a different Toprak Razgatlioglu at round three of the WorldSBK championship in Estoril, after re-evaluating the ‘way of living, way of mentality’.

Keith Huewen believes the coming-together between WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea at Assen was a ‘racing incident’. This comes after both riders placed blame on one-another.

After two tough years in MotoGP, Iker Lecuona is feeling valued in WorldSBK as Honda ‘believed in me from the moment I arrived’.

Alvaro Bautista says Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea’s Assen WorldSBK crash was inevitable after running the risk several times in 2021; ‘They’ve touched in the past, it had to happen’.

Scott Redding has called his BMW M 1000 RR a ‘f***ing alligator’ after ‘wrestling’ with the bike throughout the Assen WorldSBK weekend.

After calling their clash a ‘racing incident’ in the immediate aftermath, WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has since claimed Jonathan Rea was at fault for their race two crash in Assen.

Jonathan Rea believes WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu was to blame for their race two collision in Assen, saying ‘he hit my hip’ after failing to ‘give way’ following a mistake at turn one.

Following another epic showdown between the top three WorldSBK riders in the world, Jonathan Rea has finally got his hands on the cake he wanted after winning his 100th race with Kawasaki. 

Jonathan Rea sits on 99 WorldSBK wins with Kawasaki after taking victory in a classic showdown at Assen, so, is a slice of 'cake' on the menu should he pick up win #100 on Sunday?

Six-time world champion Jonathan Rea says a mixed set-up for Assen WorldSBK FP1 meant his ZX10-RR 'didn't feel like my bike'.

With two WorldSBK wins this weekend Jonathan Rea would bring up a century with Kawasaki, an astonishing number for the Superbike legend, but reigning world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu is hoping to stop him.