WSBK News

After a challenging 2022 WorldSBK season with BMW, Scott Redding is keen to be back fighting at the front in 2023, where he believes he should be.

Jonathan Rea believes WorldSBK is close to implementing a weight limit that could heavily impact world champion Alvaro Bautista.

Scott Redding says no rider in WorldSBK ‘can do what Toprak Razgatlioglu is doing’, whilst joking that team-mate Michael Van Der Mark is the dirtiest rider on the grid.

The 2023 WorldSBK line-up will consist of 23 riders after confirmation of the official entry list.

After suffering one of his worst seasons in WorldSBK, Loris Baz has claimed BMW’s competition did a better job of improving their package throughout the season.

While wet conditions may have affected the second consecutive WorldSBK test at Jerez, Toprak Razgatlioglu was able to make significant progress in an area that has previously been a struggle.

Following Danilo Petrucci’s 2023 World Superbike move, Josh Herrin is to take over the Italian’s Warhorse Ducati seat in MotoAmerica - with Xavi Fores heading to the USA as his Supersport team-mate.

Iker Lecuona sees no reason why he can’t become a challenger for WorldSBK wins in 2023, after seeing Honda make big steps forward in his rookie season.

After making just one mistake throughout the entire 2022 WorldSBK season, new world champion Alvaro Bautista answered critics who thought mistakes would continue to happen like his first season with Ducati in 2019.

Alvaro Bautista believes ‘a space in Ducati history’ will be reserved to him after winning the Italian manufacturer’s first WorldSBK title in 11 years.

Dominique Aegerter’s WorldSBK debut was cut short after rain played its part on day-one of the Jerez test.

After an injury-hit 2022 British Superbike campaign, Tarran Mackenzie has switched to WorldSSP for 2023 after signing a deal with the new MIE MS Honda team.

Former MotoGP rider Remy Gardner will make his WorldSBK debut during this week’s three-day Jerez test, as will team-mate Dominique Aegerter.

Former WorldSBK rider Eugene Laverty has returned home after his accident during the season-finale at Phillip Island last month.

Kawasaki Racing Team Manager, Guim Roda, has acknowledged that the Japanese manufacturer must give six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea a stronger package next season. 

Alvaro Bautista believes Marc Marquez can get back to his best and become a MotoGP title contender again, while also claiming WorldSBK allows riders to ‘do more than in MotoGP’.

Winner of 14 WorldSBK races in 2022 which was one more than his title-winning season, Toprak Razgatlioglu was ‘outstanding all year’ according to his Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning.

Updated following the news that Hafizh Syahrin is staying at MIE Honda for the 2023 WorldSBK season.  

Hafizh Syahrin will line-up alongside Eric Granado for the 2023 WorldSBK season after deciding to remain with MIE Honda for a second consecutive year.

After a difficult 2022 season with Ducati in British Superbike, Tom Sykes was back in WorldSBK action during his first pre-season test with Puccetti Kawasaki, which he claimed went beyond expectations. 

Jonathan Rea clocked the only sub 1m 40s lap during the Jerez WorldSBK test, finishing two tenths clear of Scott Redding.

Danilo Petrucci has revealed a lack of ‘technical guarantees’ was the reason for switching MotoAmerica for WorldSBK in 2023.

New WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista has pointed to his prior experience in MotoGP as the leading reason for why he conserved tyre life better than his rivals in 2022.

After securing the 2022 British Superbike title in dominant fashion, Bradley Ray will now switch to WorldSBK with Motoxracing Yamaha.