WSBK News

Michael Rinaldi baffled by the lack of speed shown, except for WorldSBK Misano; ‘It’s many races that we’ve struggled in, except Misano. I don’t feel that slow’.

Scott Redding returns to form at WorldSBK Assen with two podiums - first time since Estoril; ‘I'm happy to end the weekend with another podium’ even though ‘we had the pace to win’.

Garrett Gerloff ‘devastated’ by turn one incident involving Toprak Razgatlioglu in race two at WorldSBK Assen; ‘I'm sorry for him, as he paid a big price for my mistake, but also for Yamaha.”

More inconsistencies see Team HRC rider Alvaro Bautista follow up a double DNF with fifth in WorldSBK Assen race two - his best result of the season.

Toprak Razgatlioglu left disappointed as Garrett Gerloff wipes out the Pata Yamaha rider in WorldSBK Assen race two.

Jonathan Rea regains the WorldSBK championship lead following a dominating hat-trick of wins at Assen.

WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli was in sensational form at round five of the season in Assen as he claimed a maiden race two podium.

Scott Redding returns to form with second place in Assen WorldSBK race one; ‘I felt really good with the bike’ following a ‘tough couple of rounds’ at Misano and Donington Park.

Jonathan Rea becomes the first WorldSBK rider to ever win 13 races at the same circuit thanks to race one victory at Assen.

Jonathan Rea leaves door open regarding a potential move to MotoGP following rumours linking him with Petronas Yamaha.

Garrett Gerloff, who is competing at Assen for the second time in a month - this time on WorldSBK machinery, says his R1 ‘doesn’t compare at all’ to the M1 Petronas Yamaha bike he rode in MotoGP.

While fast and competitive at times during day-one of the Dutch WorldSBK, Toprak Razgatlioglu says tyre issues with Yamaha’ preferred ‘X’ option means he will try something different for Saturday’s race, while Jonathan Rea was fastest aboard his Kawasaki which is ‘working in quite a wide window’.

Scott Redding is hoping to stay with Ducati in WorldSBK beyond the current 2021 campaign, as the silly season is well and truly underway.

Six-time WorldSBK champion with Kawasaki, Jonathan Rea, has squashed rumours linking him to Petronas Yamaha for the 2022 MotoGP season.

A ‘quietly confident’ Tom Sykes heads to Assen, round four of the 2021 WorldSBK championship, off the back of his best set of results on a BMW.

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.”