WSBK News

Ahead of his move to BMW for the 2022 WorldSBK season, Scott Redding completed his first laps aboard an M 1000 RR road bike during a private Valencia test.

While 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu will ‘for sure’ remain in Superbikes next year, 2023 and beyond remains open if ‘Yamaha wants him in MotoGP’, says Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning.

Tarran Mackenzie will aim to become the first rider since Shane Byrne to successfully defend the BSB title after agreeing to stay with McAMS Yamaha for 2022.

Federico Caricasulo will make the switch from Yamaha to Ducati after agreeing to join Althea Racing for the 2022 WorldSSP season.

Jonathan Rea believes 2021 world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has less weaknesses than all his previous WorldSBK title rivals; ‘I would say Toprak has less weaknesses than the others and that’s why he won the championship this year’.

Despite a career year with the Evan Bros. Yamaha team in 2021, WorldSSP runner-up Steven Odendaal has split from the team.

Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, believes putting full trust in Toprak Razgatlioglu was key to winning the 2021 WorldSBK title, despite the direction sometimes being ‘not normal’.

In an exclusive interview with Crash.net, six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea spoke at length about ‘motorcycle legend’ Valentino Rossi.

World Champions from the previous two MotoGP and WorldSBK seasons claimed their winners’ medals as the FIM Gala made it’s return in Monaco.

Despite a tough second season in WorldSBK, Garrett Gerloff managed to take home the Independent riders’ title for GRT Yamaha, while he and team-mate Kohta Nozane won the Independent teams' title too.

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.

Randy Krummenacher will not race for CM Racing in the 2022 WorldSSP campaign after deciding to end his deal with the team.

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.

Patrick Hobelsberger is set for a fourth season in WorldSSP after signing with Kallio Racing for 2022.

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.