WSBK News

Yamaha have revealed 21 ‘track-only’ limited edition Toprak Razgatlioglu Yamaha R1 bikes will be available globally, as the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK team celebrates the Turkish rider’s maiden world title.

Yamaha Motor Europe Road Racing Manager, Andrea Dosoli, credits Toprak Razgatlioglu for an incredible season after the Japanese manufacturer secured the 2021 WorldSBK triple crown.

Jonathan Rea is hoping Kawasaki can bring a more complete WorldSBK package to the table in 2022 after being in ‘crisis mode’ too often this season.

Michael Van Der Mark believes new WorldSBK team-mate Scott Redding can help ‘develop’ the BMW M 1000 RR after spending two successful seasons at Ducati.

2009 WorldSBK champion Ben Spies has backed fellow American Garrett Gerloff to bounce back in 2022, while also stating the former MotoAmerica rider has the ‘potential’ to win a world title.

Kenan Sofuoglu believes prodigy Toprak Razgatlioglu was always destined for WorldSBK success after investing ‘more than ten years’ into the now Yamaha rider.

Despite not winning the WorldSBK title in either of his two seasons with the team, Scott Redding leaves Ducati on a high; ‘In the end I tried and they saw the heart and the passion I had which is important. I showed what I’m capable of and I will never give up. I gave that to them’.

Jonathan Rea believes he lost the chance of winning WorldSBK title #7 due to ‘careless mistakes’ at Donington, Most and Portimao.

Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, has called 2021 WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli ‘an unbelievable talent’ after the Italian finished fourth in the championship.

Moto2 rider Lorenzo Baldassarri could be set for a switch to WorldSSP after taking part in last week’s Jerez test with MV Agusta.

Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, has called Toprak Razgatlioglu’s maiden WorldSBK title an ‘incredible achievement’ after the Turkish rider became the first rider to better Jonathan Rea since 2015.

Ducati Corse Technical Director, Marco Zambenedetti, is ‘happy’ with Alvaro Bautista’s preliminary feedback after making his Ducati WorldSBK return at Jerez.

MIE Honda rider Leandro Mercado has praised former Stock 1000 competitor Toprak Razgatlioglu after the Pata Yamaha rider won his first WorldSBK title.

A thrilling, fierce and down to the wire 2021 WorldSBK championship battle between Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea helps the series become the third most popular Motorsport championship in 2021.

Here's a closer look at who will be riding where for the 2022 WorldSBK championship, along with what seats are still to be filled.

Maximilian Kofler will switch from Moto3 to WorldSSP in 2022 after becoming part of the new-look CM Ducati Racing team alongside Randy Krummenacher.

Alvaro Bautista makes his Ducati World Superbike return during a private test at Jerez.

World Superbike reveals a provisional 13-round calendar for the 2022 season.

It’s fair to say the all-new Mandalika circuit was a success after several WorldSBK riders called the layout ‘incredible’, while the grip in the wet was ‘unbelievable’.

Alvaro Bautista has called his last two years at Honda ‘harder than expected’, while both WorldSBK seasons felt like ‘starting from zero’.

Tom Sykes has put BMW’s impressive recent run of wet weather WorldSBK results down to having ‘good riders’ as they ‘can get around some of the bike’s limitations’, as opposed to BMW being better than other bikes.

Despite his best WorldSBK result of the year in Mandalika, Kohta Nozane is aware that a step forward in performance is needed in 2022; ‘I will need to make a step up and the target for 2022 is to make it onto the podium for the first time’.

Tom Sykes has confirmed that racing in BSB or MotoAmerica are of interest to him after last weekend's WorldSBK season finale, which is expected to be his last in the world championship.

GRT Yamaha rider Garrett Gerloff is ‘happy’ that his extremely difficult second season in WorldSBK is over, and that preparation for 2022 can begin.