WSBK News

Tito Rabat made his return to MotoGP today as he replaced the injured Jorge Martin at Pramac Ducati. Spaniard suffers bizarre moment with his leathers after crashing at turn 13, but ‘until then, for me the day was excellent’ says former Moto2 champion. 

The 2021 WorldSBK calendar has undergone further updates as Czech Autodrom Most circuit will make its official World Championship debut, while Phillip Island will attempt to return as the 2022 season opener.

The Czech Republic and Slovakia will broadcast all World Superbike races for the next five years following agreement between Dorna WorldSBK Organisation, Nova Sport and Voyo.

Alex Lowes enjoys ‘positive’ Aragon World Superbike test; ‘I think this is the best I have felt since my first ride on the Ninja ZX-10RR’, following shoulder injury earlier this year.

Jonathan Rea completes his and Kawasaki Racing Team’s penultimate WorldSBK pre-season test at MotorLand Aragon, ahead of next month’s season opener.

Superpole record holder in WorldSBK Tom Sykes, shares insight into what makes him so formidable over one lap; including feeling ‘safer on a Superpole lap than a race lap’, as one of the reasons he is able to extract the most performance from any bike.

Garrett Gerloff and Kohta Nozane complete final preparations for the 2021 World Superbike season with weather affected MotorLand Aragon test.

Bad weather conditions cut short two-day WordSBK test for Pata Yamaha rider Andrea Locatelli - 2020 WorldSSP champion will return for a third test at MotorLand Aragon on May 4.

Estoril will host the second round of the 2021 World Superbike championship on May 28-30.

Garrett Gerloff concludes two-day WorldSBK test at MotorLand Aragon third fastest for GRT Yamaha.

Andrea Locatelli continues preparations for the 2021 WorldSBK season with a fifth place finish on day-two of testing in Aragon, but suffers two ‘crazy strange crashes’.

Michael Ruben-Rinaldi finishes second fastest at MotorLand Aragon WorldSBK test; Italian shows good race pace, but work to do regarding new tyre performance as ‘I can't get the best out of it in the first few laps’ says Rinaldi.

‘I'm very satisfied with the improvements we were able to make with the bike’; Scott Redding improves by over a second on day-two of WorldSBK testing in Aragon to finish fastest.

Scott Redding fastest in Aragon on the final day of WorldSBK testing with team-mate Michael Ruben-Rinaldi second.

Chaz Davies tops the opening day of WorldSBK testing at MotorLand Aragon for GoEleven Ducati ahead of his former team Aruba.it Ducati.

GoEleven Ducati rider Chaz Davies finishes day-one of World Superbike testing at MotorLand Aragon fastest.

Aruba.it Ducati and Pata Yamaha headline MotorLand Aragon test line-up as WorldSBK action continues today and Tuesday.

Pata Yamaha rider Toprak Razgatlioglu remains in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 at the Official WorldSBK test in Spain a week ago.

BMW M 1000 RR ‘is still very new and coming here against our competition’ - important to evaluate where the team stands in WorldSBK pecking order according to Sykes.

Garrett Gerloff was the standout rider - a statement that has been uttered many a time since his debut in the championship last season, during the only Official WorldSBK test this week in Barcelona.

Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam complete the only Official pre-season WorldSBK test in 18th and 10th respectively. Bautista limited to one-day of action due to MX training injury. 

Chaz Davies completes first laps with his new GoEleven Ducati team on the first of two Official WorldSBK test days in Barcelona. Welshman finishes day-one ninth fastest.

Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea finishes day-one of Official testing in Barcelona fastest for Kawasaki.

Aruba.it Ducati rider Scott Redding tops the leaderboard halfway through day-one of Official WorldSBK testing in Barcelona.