WSBK News

Alvaro Bautista ‘happy’ after achieving his best WorldSBK points haul of the season at Magny-Cours; ‘We worked really well. We made some small modifications to the bike especially on the setup and also on the electronics’.

Tito Rabat and Barni Racing reach a 'mutual agreement' to part ways following the French World Superbike round.

Toprak Razgatlioglu feels he achieved his 'dream' of a perfect sweep of three WorldSBK wins in one weekend despite being controversally stripped of the Superpole race victory; 'For me, I won the race'.

Episode 19 of Crash.net's new MotoGP podcasts featuring Keith Huewen previews the Aragon MotoGP and the latest track limits controversy in WorldSBK.

A protest by Kawasaki has seen Toprak Razgatlioglu lose his WorldSBK Superpole race win at Magny-Cours and therefore first ever clean-sweep. 

Toprak Razgatlioglu claims WorldSBK race one victory at Magny-Cours after bettering title rival Jonathan Rea.

Jonathan Rea finishes day one of WorldSBK action at Magny-Cours third overall, but has work to do after finding no improvements from Pirelli’s different tyre range; ‘we tried the rear tyres from Pirelli, but even the range of SC0 to SCX; lap times were the same and that’s not normal.”

WorldSBK championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu put in a dominant display during FP2 at Magny-Cours, as he topped the session by over two tenths - three tenths clear of Jonathan Rea in third.

Aruba.it Ducati riders for the 2022 WorldSBK championship, Alvaro Bautista and Michael Rinaldi give their opening thoughts on rejoining (Bautista) and staying with the Italian manufacturer.

Pata Yamaha rider Andrea Locatelli is set for his first WorldSBK visit to Magny-Cours as one of the championship’ most in-from riders.

After back-to-back inaugural WorldSBK rounds in Most and Navarra, Jonathan Rea is ‘excited’ by the prospect of Magny-Cours where ‘I have a lot of special memories’.

Toprak Razgatlioglu returns to Magny-Cours - scene of his first WorldSBK wins (2019) eager to replicate that success, but ‘it will not be easy’ as Jonathan Rea and Scott Redding ‘are very strong’.

Two of WorldSBK’ biggest names Tom Sykes and Chaz Davies are considered to be in the running for Team HRC’s 2022 seats.

Michael Rinaldi will remain with the Aruba.it Ducati World Superbike team next season, confirms the Italian manufacturer.

Michael Rinaldi’s struggles for Aruba.it Ducati continue at WorldSBK Navarra as a lack of ‘feeling’ persists; ‘we need to understand why we don’t get the feeling sometimes and we lose so much time trying to get it.”

KRT WorldSBK riders Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes will not compete at the 2021 Suzuka 8 hours following the event’s cancellation.

Tom Sykes enjoys his second best WorldSBK round of the season after it was confirmed Scott Redding will replace the 2013 world champion at BMW next season.

Alvaro Bautista will return to Aruba.it Ducati for the 2022 World Superbike campaign after two seasons with Honda.

Scott Redding has hauled himself back into contention for the WorldSBK championship following six races which have seen him outscore every rider on the grid.

Impressive WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli is aiming to remain with Pata Yamaha for 2022; ‘For sure on my end and also in my situation I want to continue with Yamaha because we make a really good potential.”

After narrowly improving his WorldSBK points lead over Toprak Razgatlioglu courtesy of second place in both race one and the Superpole race, Jonathan Rea has been pegged back following more front end struggles.

Toprak Razgatlioglu joins Jonathan Rea atop the WorldSBK championship standings after securing a dominating Navarra race two victory.

Toprak Razgatlioglu felt like he was almost falling in every corner as the scorching Navarra heat takes its toll in WorldSBK race one.

Front-end scares mean Jonathan Rea loses touch with Navarra race one winner Scott Redding, but the Kawasaki rider increases his World Superbike title lead over Toprak Razgatlioglu.