WSBK News

Troy Bayliss believes Alvaro Bautista will be able to enjoy his MotoGP wildcard at Sepang with ‘no pressure’, although the two-time WorldSBK champion will want to prove a point.

Tarran Mackenzie says moving up to WorldSBK has been ‘a dream of mine for a long time’ after it was confirmed he and Adam Norrodin would make the jump as part of the MIE Racing Honda Team.

Paul Denning says the Jerez WorldSBK test was ‘surreal’ after watching six-time world champion Jonathan Rea make his debut with the Pata Yamaha Prometeon team.

Alex Lowes feels Kawasaki still have some catching up to do ahead of the 2024 WorldSBK campaign after witnessing Ducati’s strong pace at Jerez.

Axel Bassani wants to fill the shoes of Jonathan Rea at Kawasaki, but replicating his WorldSBK success will be a near-impossible task, admits the Italian.

Alvaro Bautista admits he was surprised to see WorldSBK team-mate Nicolo Bulega finish as top Ducati at the Jerez test.

After watching him stun his rivals at the Jerez WorldSBK test, Alex Lowes believes Andrea Iannone will be in the mix for race wins in 2024.

Andrea Iannone’s performance at his first WorldSBK test pleasantly surprised Ducati - and allowed them to start dreaming.

Jonathan Rea and Andrea Iannone had a private chat at this week’s WorldSBK test to get to know each other.

Jonathan Rea insists he felt “different sensations compared to what I’ve been used to” on the Yamaha, and now understands why Toprak Razgatlioglu was so fast.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi debuted for Motocorsa Racing at this week’s WorldSBK Jerez test.

Nicolo Bulega was second-fastest on the second day of WorldSBK testing at Jerez.

Tarran Mackenzie and Adam Norrodin will race for PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team in WorldSBK in 2024.

Andrea Iannone ominously ended the second WorldSBK test day at Jerez fifth-fastest.

Remy Gardner went fastest on both Tuesday and Wednesday of the WorldSBK Jerez test.

Alvaro Bautista spent Wednesday at the WorldSBK test in Jerez evaluating the new regulations for 2024.

Final lap times from Wednesday's WorldSBK test at Jerez ahead of the 2024 season.

Toprak Razgatlioglu is notably absent from this week’s WorldSBK test in Jerez.

The Maniac is back!

Final lap times from Tuesday's WorldSBK test at Jerez ahead of the 2024 season.

Jonathan Rea crashed during his first test of his 2024 Yamaha but ended the day all smiles and optimistic about the future.

Axel Bassani completed 27 laps on his new Kawasaki at Tuesday’s WorldSBK Jerez test, and only rider did more.

Pata Yamaha boss Paul Denning has teased that Andrea Locatelli’s new crew chief will come from MotoGP.

Jonathan Rea and Paul Denning might have linked up 16 years ago, if things turned out differently.