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Ducati on 2024 WorldSBK expectations: ‘Difficult to imagine doing better’
Ducati's Gigi Dall’Igna says achieving more than the 2023 WorldSBK campaign is ‘difficult to imagine’.

WorldSBK: Nicolo Bulega: “I’ll be suffering because Alvaro will be fast all the time”
Nicolo Bulega has arguably the toughest challenge on his hands this season, which is contending with two-time WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista as his team-mate.

WorldSBK: Kenan Sofuoglu: ‘I think BMW is the one that can beat Ducati, we can be champions’
Kenan Sofuoglu believes 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has landed with the right manufacturer to overhaul Ducati.

FIRST LOOK: Alvaro Bautista and Nicolo Bulega unveil 2024 Ducati
Alvaro Bautista and rookie WorldSBK team-mate Nicolo Bulega have taken the covers off their 2024 Ducati machine.

WorldSBK: Garrett Gerloff: ‘I want a damn podium, bad! But it’s going to be tough’
Garrett Gerloff wants to build on his first season with BMW by becoming a consistent challenger for WorldSBK podiums in 2024.

Toprak: ‘When Bautista was with Honda no one remembered him’
Toprak Razgatlioglu says it will only take two or three races to understand if he can fight for the WorldSBK title in 2024.

WorldSBK: BMW: ‘Agenda for new test team is simple, develop new solutions’
BMW’s new WorldSBK test line-up of Bradley Smith and Sylvain Guintoli is the strongest of any manufacturer, and Christian Gonschor admits that limited test time will need to be used wisely.

BMW: ‘Expectation from Michael Van Der Mark is to follow Toprak Razgatlioglu over the line’
Shaun Muir says Michael Van Der Mark expects to push Toprak Razgatlioglu very closely in the 2024 WorldSBK campaign.

WorldSBK: Scott Redding: ‘To not achieve a podium last year upset me a lot’
Scott Redding says missing out on a WorldSBK podium in 2023 ‘upset me a lot’, and that he hopes to change that after securing a switch to Bonovo Action BMW.

BMW: Addition of Toprak Razgatlioglu has not made ‘the pressure higher than ever’
Shaun Muir says there is no added pressure to do well despite the addition of 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu.

WorldSBK: Marc Bongers: Toprak Razgatlioglu ‘denied questions marks about BMW, gave me positive feeling’
Marc Bongers says that the common criticisms of BMW’s M 1000 RR were denied by Toprak Razgatlioglu when he stepped aboard their WorldSBK machine.
WorldSBK: Michael Van Der Mark: “Toprak Razgatlioglu is the rider with the most talent in the whole field”
Michael Van Der Mark says the addition of Toprak Razgatlioglu to BMW means they have signed the best rider in WorldSBK.

WorldSBK: Scott Redding and Garrett Gerloff ready to make a statement with BMW in 2024
Scott Redding and Garrett Gerloff have taken the covers off their 2024 Bonovo Action BMW WorldSBK machine.

WorldSBK: Toprak Razgatlioglu: Jerez test ‘very important’, BMW ‘are not far’
Toprak Razgatlioglu believes he can be crowned WorldSBK champion with BMW, either this season or in 2025.

BMW unveil their 2024 WorldSBK colours, Toprak says title win is possible
BMW have officially taken the covers off their 2024 WorldSBK machine, with a presentation in Berlin that saw Toprak Razgatlioglu in attendance.

Anthony Gobert has died
Eight-time World Superbike race winner Anthony Gobert has died.

What to expect at the Jerez WorldSBK test
With the 2024 WorldSBK season just over a month from getting underway, pre-season testing will provide a clearer picture of where every team and rider stands.

WorldSBK: Philipp Oettl: ‘It will take me a bit of time to get the hang of everything’
Philipp Oettl says it will take time to adjust to the R1 after spending the last two WorldSBK seasons with Ducati.

Which WorldSBK team presentations are confirmed?
After Motoxracing Yamaha unveiled Bradley Ray’s R1 last week, the majority of WorldSBK teams have confirmed their launch dates.

Predicting every manufacturer’s top rider, biggest surprise and more...
With pre-season testing right around the corner, here are some predictions from Crash.net heading into next month’s WorldSBK season-opener.

New weekend schedules, grid position tweaks among the new WorldSBK rules
New weekend schedules, grid positions changes and sustainable fuel updates have all been confirmed as part of new rules set out by WorldSBK officials.

WorldSBK: Jonathan Rea on final race with Kawasaki:: ‘I wasn’t riding with emotion’
Jonathan Rea says there was no added emotion when riding his final WorldSBK race with Kawasaki at Jerez last season.

Marc VDS unveil Ducati livery as Sam Lowes calls WorldSBK move ‘a big challenge’
Sam Lowes has officially taken the covers off the Marc VDS Ducati WorldSBK machine, ahead of his first season in the class.

Bradley Ray: ‘There’s no reason why we can’t fight’ at the front of WorldSBK
Bradley Ray believes he has what it takes to make significant strides forward in his second WorldSBK campaign, to the point of battling at the front.