WSBK News

Honda’s Alvaro Bautista off the pace at WorldSBK Donington after finishing tenth in race two; ‘honestly this isn’t what we are aiming for. We need to improve from here on’.

Chaz Davies believes the same inconsistency issues he’s faced for several WorldSBK seasons with Ducati is once again coming to the fore; ‘History is sort of repeating itself. Look at Rinaldi this weekend and Scott’ [Redding].

Andrea Locatelli struggles during first Donington Park appearance with WorldSBK machinery; ‘from the first to the last lap, I found it so difficult to ride and to stay with the group in front.”

Michael Van Der Mark claims his first WorldSBK podium of the 2021 season - first with new M 1000 RR during Sunday’s ‘quite fun’ Superpole race.

Leon Haslam secures Team HRC’ best WorldSBK result of 2021 to date with P4 in the Superpole race; ‘we were in the mix for the podium in both yesterday’s race 1 and the Superpole race, which was definitely a positive.”

Alex Lowes endures a ‘tough’ Sunday at WorldSBK Donington following race one podium; ‘I expected to be really strong, but I was just slower than expected.”

Tom Sykes claims a brilliant double Sunday WorldSBK podium at Donington; ‘this is a whole confidence boost for the team and me. It gives everyone what they deserve.”

Garrett Gerloff secures maiden WorldSBK Donington podium - his first of 2021 with second place in race two.

Michael Rinaldi’ difficulties at Donington continue ‘because of two strange races’. Double WorldSBK race winner at Misano ‘not happy about’ best finish of P8 in race two.

Scott Redding rounds off difficult home WorldSBK weekend with P4 in race two; ‘it was the first time I had a little bit of feeling with my bike here at Donington Park.”

Jonathan Rea endures a ‘mixed bag’ at WorldSBK Donington, as victory in the Superpole race was followed up with a race two fall while leading.

Toprak Razgatlioglu takes his second Donington WorldSBK win of the weekend - one that sees him take the world championship lead for the first time in his career.

Double WorldSBK race winner at Misano, Michael Rinaldi, says race one at Donington ‘was seriously under our expectations’, as the Italian finishes P12 after starting eighth.

Scott Redding’ WorldSBK championship hopes suffer another blow with race one crash at Donington Park; ‘I’m tipping into the corner and I already feel the rear sliding. As soon as I touch the throttle it’s going.”

Jonathan Rea overcomes a raft of scary moments during WorldSBK Donington race one to claim second place; ‘I had a few big, big, big moments, too many to remember to be honest. Was lucky to be in parc ferme at the end of the race.”

Toprak Razgatlioglu takes his second WorldSBK win of the season at Donington Park, after dry conditions come through in the nick of time.

Alex Lowes takes his fourth WorldSBK podium of the 2021 campaign - first since opening round in Aragon during race one at Donington Park; ‘We have something to build on tomorrow and I think it was my 200th race, so it was nice to get a podium for that.”

Alvaro Bautista was a staggering two seconds off the pace on day-one of WorldSBK Donington; ‘Today was an objectively difficult day and our position reflects this. I have been struggling to 'feel' the tyres. With this problem I can't push hard.”

Donington Park star Tom Sykes pays the price for 'pushing the boundaries' in Friday practice for his home World Superbike round.

Scott Redding finishes day-one of WorldSBK action at Donington in P5, but; ‘I just don’t feel consistently smooth, maybe a little erratic’.

Kawasaki WorldSBK riders Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes both inside the top four on day one at a bumpy and slippery Donington Park.

Garrett Gerloff’s adaptation to Donington Park was as smooth as they come, as he topped day-one of WorldSBK free practice.

Kohta Nozane withdraws from round four of the 2021 WorldSBK championship at Donington Park due to injury.

Former five-time WorldSSP champion and manager to Torpak Razgatlioglu, Kenan Sofuoglu, has confirmed Petronas Yamaha were and ‘still’ are interested in Razgatlioglu following the Turkish rider’s new two-year deal with Pata Yamaha in WorldSBK.