WSBK News

2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu says manager, Kenan Sofuoglu, is ‘looking and working’ to secure his future and that ‘we have options’.

Jonathan Rea will have a new chassis at this weekend’s round four of the 2023 WorldSBK campaign, in a bid to bring him closer to series leading Alvaro Bautista and Ducati.

The updated World Superbike championship rev limits will see Ducati lose 250rpm from this weekend’s Catalunya round.

Reigning world champion Alvaro Bautista will remain in the World Superbike championship, as a factory Ducati rider, for the 2024 season.

Alvaro Bautista is set to decide his WorldSBK future on Thursday after Ducati confirmed a press conference will be held in Barcelona ahead of round four.

WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista has again hit out at those claiming his Ducati Panigale V4 R is the main reason for his success, and has invited everyone ‘to ride this bike’.

Jonathan Rea has conceded that without major upgrades from Kawasaki, fighting for WorldSBK wins is more a dream than reality at present.

Reigning World Superbike champion Alvaro Bautista, who has dominated the opening rounds of the 2023 season, says he will soon make a decision regarding his racing future.

Loris Baz says ‘it’s really tough’ seeing Michael Van Der Mark go through another injury rehabilitation after the Dutch rider suffered a brutal highside during round three of the 2023 WorldSBK season.

One of Iker Lecuona’s main goals for the 2023 WorldSBK season was to reduce the amount of errors compared to his rookie campaign, however, another double DNF in both feature races at Assen showed that more consistency is needed.

Toprak Razgatlioglu admits his lack of overtaking in Race 1 and the Superpole Race at the Dutch WorldSBK round forced him into being more aggressive in Race 2.

Axel Bassani was demoted one position in Race 2 of the Assen WorldSBK round following a clash with Dominique Aegerter.

Jonathan Rea has seen his faint WorldSBK title hopes all but disappear after another Race 2 crash, this time at his beloved Assen.

Michael Van Der Mark’s home WorldSBK round in Assen ended in disaster after the Dutch rider suffered a brutal highside on lap two.

Alvaro Bautista claims his current pace in WorldSBK is the limit of what he can do, although it appears as though more isn’t needed following another dominant weekend.

Kenan Sofuoglu has given his views on where Toprak Razgatlioglu could ride in 2024, and why his preference is for the 2021 WorldSBK champion not to join MotoGP.

Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea says the likes of himself and Toprak Razgatlioglu are not blowing up in races trying to beat Alvaro Bautista, but rather that the Ducati rider, along with his team are simply doing a better job of keeping their pace ‘over longer distance’.

Alvaro Bautista recovered from a three-place grid penalty in the Tissot Superpole session to win his sixth WorldSBK race of the season, after an early battle with Jonathan Rea.

Jonathan Rea says a change in conditions during FP2 at the Dutch WorldSBK round in Assen, plus electronics issues that need to be 'dialed out' resulted in some scary moments.

Whether it’s MotoGP or WorldSBK Yamaha are hoping to keep hold of Toprak Razgatlioglu, with the 2021 Superbike champion’s contract set to end after this season.

Wins in WorldSBK might continue to look like a distant dream at present for BMW, but Michael Van Der Mark is not losing hope.

Alvaro Bautista has opened the door to leaving Ducati despite winning five of the first six WorldSBK races this season.

Toprak Razgatlioglu’s WorldSBK rivals have backed him to succeed if he makes a high-profile move to Yamaha’s MotoGP team.

On the podium just once so far this season, the 2023 WorldSBK campaign has been somewhat of a disaster for Jonathan Rea through two rounds.