WSBK News

Toprak Razgatlioglu starts this weekend's World Superbike title showdown in Indonesia with a 30-point lead over reigning champion Jonathan Rea.

WorldSBK will have yet more MotoGP experience on its 2022 grid after MIE Racing Honda confirmed the signing of current Moto2 rider Hafizh Syahrin. 

MotoGP rider Iker Lecuona is hoping to fight for the 2022 WorldSBK championship despite next year being a rookie season for him, while soon-to-be team-mate Xavi Vierge calls it ‘a dream’ to be part of Team HRC.

Yari Montella will make the switch to WorldSSP in 2022 after agreeing to join Puccetti Kawasaki.

Former Grand Prix and current WorldSSP rider Philipp Oettl has agreed to a two-year deal with GoEleven Ducati in WorldSBK.

2021 World Supersport Champion Dominique Aegerter will continue in the intermediate class after agreeing to a new deal with Ten Kate Yamaha.

Oli Bayliss, son of Troy, will race in World Supersport with the Barni Ducati team next season.

Teenager Oliver Konig will make his WorldSBK debut for Pedercini Kawasaki at next month’s 2021 season finale.

MotoGP's Iker Lecuona and Moto2's Xavi Vierge officially confirmed as forming Honda's factory World Superbike line-up for 2022.

BMW-bound WorldSBK rider Scott Redding believes Toprak Razgatlioglu has been the class of the field in 2021, and that for Jonathan Rea, finishing second ‘is not what you need when you’ve got a guy consistently faster’.

Loris Baz is back in WorldSBK after agreeing to join Bonovo BMW Racing for 2022. Eugene Laverty also joins the German team.

Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, calls Toprak Razgatlioglu ‘the most talented rider’ he’s ever been around, as a first WorldSBK title beckons for the Turkish rider.

A ‘completely empty’ Chaz Davies claims a best finish of ninth in San Juan WorldSBK race two; ‘At one point I thought I might catch Locatelli, but I was completely empty, I put everything into it. I really suffered physically’.

A ‘small step forward’ during Sunday’s San Juan WorldSBK races was not enough for Alvaro Bautista to replicate recent podium finishes; ‘Today we tried to improve our feeling with respect to yesterday because I’ve been struggling all weekend here to be honest’.

Despite taking over fourth from Andrea Locatelli in the WorldSBK championship at San Juan, Michael Rinaldi feels ‘a lot of work’ needs to be done to make a step in 2022

What’s been an extremely disappointing 2021 WorldSBK season for Garrett Gerloff has finally shown signs of turning around following three top tens at San Juan; ‘we just need to put the pieces together so we can use the pace that we have and try to move up the leaderboard’.

Unable to find ‘the feeling to fight for a good position’ results in impressive WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli missing out on a top five finish for the first time since round four at Donington Park.

While battling for podiums in the dry is a stretch too far for BMW at present, Michael Van Der Mark believes the team's current situation is not that bad; ‘you want to make steps and finish on the podium but sometimes you have to look at the reality. I think we’re not doing a really bad job’.

Axel Bassani rises to the fore to challenge Toprak Razgatlioglu, Jonathan Rea and Scott Redding in WorldSBK race two at San Juan; ‘I had the possibility to learn a lot of things from the other riders, from Scott, Jonny and Toprak. They are the best riders in WorldSBK at the moment’.

Although Toprak Razgatlioglu struggled with ‘chattering and some grip problems’ in WorldSBK race two at San Juan, the championship leader has extended his points lead to 30 over Jonathan Rea.

While Jonathan Rea managed to get the better of title rival Toprak Razgatlioglu in race two at San Juan, the six-time WorldSBK champion felt he could have challenged Scott Redding for victory had he not focused solely on Razgatlioglu. 

After an incredible four-way battle with Jonathan Rea, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Axel Bassani, Scott Redding seals a dominant San Juan WorldSBK race two win.

With team-mate Scott Redding crashing early on and squandering a likely WorldSBK podium, Michael Rinaldi salvaged race one for the Aruba.it Ducati team by claiming third at San Juan.

While not mathematically out of the championship battle, Scott Redding believes his San Juan WorldSBK race one crash has eliminated him from contention; ‘The championship is too far away now, that’s out the window, so every race is just a battle for the win’.