WSBK News

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.

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.

Despite securing his third WorldSBK podium for BMW in race two at Mandalika, Michael Van Der Mark was left ‘pissed off’ after having no power due to being unwell throughout the final round of 2021.

New 2021 World Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has once again reaffirmed his intention to remain in WorldSBK for now, while ‘maybe in two years’ MotoGP could be an option.

Andrea Locatelli gets the better of fellow Italian Michael Rinaldi after the latter crashes out of Mandalika WorldSBK race two.

Third in this season’s 2021 WorldSBK championship, Scott Redding will make his BMW debut midway through December in a private test for the German manufacturer.

Chaz Davies has competed in his final WorldSBK race as he prepares to embark on ‘the next step in life'.