WSBK News

Troy Herfoss will return to the World Superbike championship with a wildcard entry to the 2019 season opener at Phillip Island, while fellow Australian Tom Toparis will wildcard in the World Supersport class.

Eugene Laverty will make his test debut with Team Go Eleven and the new Ducati V4 R at Jerez this week as he looks to gauge “the potential of the bike” before making 2019 World Superbike championship targets.

Jonathan Rea is relishing the chance to try out “new materials” to form the base package of the new Kawasaki ZX-10RR ahead of the 2019 World Superbike championship.

The provisional 2019 World Superbike entry list has been officially published with an 18-rider line-up set to make up the grid.

Ana Carrasco will team up with reigning World Superbike champions Provec Racing Kawasaki to run her World Supersport 300 entry as she aims to defend her title in 2019.

Tom Sykes has given a glowing review of his maiden test on the new BMW S1000RR with the SMR BMW squad as he heads into 2019 ready for a fresh start in the World Superbike championship.

The new-look factory BMW Motorrad World Superbike squad, run by Shaun Muir Racing, has made its test debut at Almeria with the new S1000RR as it begins its preparations for the 2019 campaign with Tom Sykes and Markus Reiterberger.

The Laguna Seca round has returned to the World Superbike championship calendar for 2019 after initially dropping off the plan.

The World Superbike Commission has officially confirmed and explained the radical format shake-up which arrives in 2019.

Alvaro Bautista has detailed how he’s adapting to the World Superbike championship with Ducati over the winter ahead of his switch from MotoGP in 2019.

Yamaha Racing Manager Andrea Dosoli says expanding the manufacturer’s efforts in World Superbikes must improve its development pace to catch the front-runners and has warned the teams “we need to fight at the front rather than fight with each other.”

  Jorge Viegas has been elected as FIM President to take over from Vito Ippolito following the latest FIM Annual General Assembly in Andorra.

Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna says launching the new Panigale V4 R not only centralises the Italian brand’s operations but also raises its support above its rivals in both MotoGP and World Superbikes.

Jordi Torres will return to the World Superbike championship in 2019 after securing a deal with Team Pedercini Racing.

Gigi Dall’Igna says purely racing motivations were behind Ducati’s switch to the V4 engine over its V-twin and doesn’t expect “any problems with this configuration” ahead of its World Superbike debut.

Ten Kate Racing has declared bankruptcy and started legal proceedings following the last-minute split from Honda in the World Superbike championship.

The timesheets may suggest otherwise, but Jonathan Rea believes he still has to rekindle his “love with my bike again” as he got to grips with Kawasaki’s newly homologated 2019 ZX10RR at a two-day World Superbike test at Jerez.

Chaz Davies feels the potential from his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R is vast but has a “mountain” of development work due to change in Ducati method from its outgoing V-twin.

Eugene Laverty will start testing the new Ducati Panigale V4 R in January with the Go Eleven World Superbike squad, as Ducati Corse boss Gigi Dall’Igna confirms the details of the deal are being finalised.

Alvaro Bautista says he’s pleasantly surprised at his debut day on the Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 adapting to life in World Superbikes for 2019 having ended his first day just three-tenths of a second off pace-setter Jonathan Rea.

Eugene Laverty will remain in the World Superbike championship after securing a new Ducati Panigale V4 seat with the Go Eleven team.

Alessandro Delbianco will make his World Superbike debut in 2019 with an Althea MIE Honda entry separate to the factory squad revealed earlier this month.

Heavy rain at Aragon restrained the track activity on the concluding day of the first World Superbike test ahead of 2019 with just two riders setting representative lap times.

Chaz Davies says his opening test day on the Aruba.it Racing Ducati V4 R “felt like Christmas” as winter preparations got underway for 2019 at Aragon.