WSBK News

‘Honda is one of the best factories’, but challenging for a ‘WorldSBK title’ in 2022 is too early according to new Team HRC rider Iker Lecuona.

Xavi Vierge claims joining Team HRC for the 2022 WorldSBK season is ‘the best team to join’ as a rookie.

After making his official debut for Team HRC in a three-day Jerez test last December, 2022 WorldSBK rookie Xavi Vierge has continued preparations for the new season with a track-day in Cartagena.

Oliver Konig looks set to move directly from WorldSSP300 to WorldSBK with the Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki team.

Triumph has officially confirmed its return to WorldSSP for the first time since 2012 with the signing of Estonian rider Hannes Soomer.

WorldSSP champion Dominique Aegerter annoyed by lack of 2022 WorldSBK opportunities; ‘nobody is interested in me as a Swiss rider’.

Aruba.it Ducati rider Michael Rinaldi continues his 2022 WorldSBK preparations with a test in Jerez.

Alvaro Bautista believes Ducati have eliminated their ‘weak points’ ahead of his return to the Aruba.it team for the 2022 WorldSBK season.

Former Moto2 rider Lorenzo Baldassarri has officially joined Evan Bros Yamaha for the 2022 WorldSSP season.

MIE Racing Honda will have a new sponsor for the 2022 WorldSBK season after announcing their partnership with technological innovation company RDS Co, Ltd.

Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea tells Crash.net that accepting ‘bad days’ comes through ‘time and experience’, something he had to contend with on more than one occasion in 2021.

BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal, Shaun Muir, believes losing Tom Sykes is a ‘great loss’ to the German manufacturer, while the 2013 champion could be set for a move to Pedercini Kawasaki.

After finishing last in the 2021 WorldSBK constructors championship, ‘electronics, engine and chassis’ are all areas in need of improvement according to HRC Team Principal, Leon Camier.

Ducati expects improved performance from Michael Rinaldi during the 2022 WorldSBK season after the Italian finished 221 points behind Scott Redding.

Toprak Razgatlioglu’s incredible consistency and pace during the 2021 WorldSBK championship is forcing Kawasaki ‘to make another step ahead’ according to Team Principal Guim Roda.

After 2021 looked like being his final season in WorldSBK, 2013 world champion Tom Sykes could be set to remain in the series by joining Pedercini Kawasaki.

With a private test already lined-up, 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu could be set to make his official MotoGP testing debut according to manager, Kenan Sofuoglu.

Team HRC Manager Leon Camier wants to see race wins as early as the 2022 WorldSBK season for series rookies Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge.

Despite a first win in eight years and the first as a full factory team since their return in 2019, BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal, Shaun Muir, says fighting for consistent wins in the dry must happen ‘pretty quick’.

KRT WorldSBK Team Principal, Guim Roda, believes Jonathan Rea has plenty of years competing for titles left in him after an impressive 2021 season.

Aruba.it Ducati Team Principal, Serafino Foti, is adamant that Alvaro Bautista’s return to Ducati can help them win a first WorldSBK title since 2011.

In what was an injury-affected second season with Kawasaki, one that saw Alex Lowes slip from fourth to eighth in the final few rounds, we have ranked the British rider 9th in our top ten WorldSBK riders of 2021.

WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and team-mate Andrea Locatelli will have an identical Yamaha R1 package to that of 2021 next season according to Team Principal of Pata Yamaha, Paul Denning.

Team Manager at Team HRC, Leon Camier, believes the team’s new riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge have made a ‘very good start’ at Honda after completing their first WorldSBK test in Jerez.