WSBK News

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.

The 2019 World Superbike provisional race calendar has been officially released with Laguna Seca set to be replaced by an unconfirmed event in mid-July.

Michel Ruben Rinaldi will contest his first full World Superbike campaign after securing a move to Barni Ducati for next season.

Marco Melandri will remain in the World Superbike championship next year after signing a deal with GRT Yamaha alongside Sandro Cortese who steps up to the premier class as World Supersport champion.

Honda Racing Corporation will step up its efforts with a factory squad in partnership with Althea and Moriwaki for the 2019 World Superbike championship with riders Leon Camier and Ryuichi Kiyonari.

BMW Motorrad has confirmed its official return to the World Superbike championship in 2019 with factory backing for Shaun Muir Racing who has signed Tom Sykes and Markus Reiterberger to form an all-new rider line-up.

1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 545 points 2. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 356 points 3. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 333 points

The final race of the 2018 World Superbike season has been cancelled at Qatar due to track conditions. A rain storm delayed Saturday's schedule, with the shortened World Supersport title showdown getting underway despite numerous streams of water crossing the otherwise dry track.

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Chaz Davies lost 'a point and a position' when he was misled by a message displayed on the main straight near the end of race one at the Qatar World Superbike season finale.

Jonathan Rea matched another all-time World Superbike record with his 17th victory of the season, in Qatar on Friday.

Alex Lowes snatched a podium finish on the final lap of Friday's opening WorldSBK race in Qatar.

Eugene Laverty and Alex Lowes fought 'bar-to-'bar for the final podium place on the last lap of Friday's opening WorldSBK race at the Qatar season finale.

Tom Sykes has taken pole position for his Kawasaki farewell at the Qatar World Superbike season finale.

Tom Sykes got off to a slow start at the final round of the World Superbike Championship before improving to finish third on combined times after the final session at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar.

Jonathan Rea may have already secured the 2018 World Superbike crown, but with several records up for grabs to finish off his season with a flourish, there’s still all to play for as the final round of the championship gets under way in Qatar.

Eugene Laverty described his first day performance in Qatar as “pretty special” after topping both FP1 and FP3, while showing consistency with a second in the session in between.

Eugene Laverty got his final race weekend off to a flying start as he beat both new champion Jonathan Rea and his team-mate Tom Sykes in a tight, late battle to lead at the end of day one of the final chapter of the 2018 season in Qatar.

Lucas Mahias has been reinstated as winner of the Portimao World Supersport race, following an appeal.

Eugene Laverty has said he is “devastated” to learn of Shaun Muir Racing’s (SMR) decision to replace him with Tom Sykes, and believes it will be a struggle to find a competitive spot on next season’s World Superbike grid.

Shaun Muir Racing (SMR) has signed Tom Sykes for the 2019 World Superbike Championship as the squad switches from Aprilia to BMW machinery, Crash.net understands.

Full WorldSBK Superpole qualifying results from Argentina

Full WorldSBK FP4 results from Argentina Jonathan Rea has held on to top spot in the final free practice session in Argentina by just under a tenth of a second from Chaz Davies.

Full WorldSBK FP3 results from Argentina