World Superbikes

WSB Magny-Cours: Victories for Toprak Razgatlioglu and Alvaro Bautista in France

WSB Magny-Cours: Victories for Toprak Razgatlioglu and Alvaro Bautista in France

Alvaro Bautista bounced back in the final World Superbike Championship race at Magny-Cours to take victory and reduce the damage done to his title hopes earlier in the weekend. Up until race three...

WSB: Jonathan Rea to leave Kawasaki for Yamaha in 2024

WSB: Jonathan Rea to leave Kawasaki for Yamaha in 2024

Jonathan Rea will make a sensational switch to Yamaha for his 2024 World Superbike Championship campaign after choosing to leave Kawasaki. The six-time world champion has been linked with a...

WSB: Jerez to host 2023 season finale in October

WSB: Jerez to host 2023 season finale in October

Jerez will host the final round of the 2023 World Superbike Championship season following the removal of the Argentinian round from the calendar. The Circuito San Juan Villicum was due to host the...

WSB: Sam Lowes and Marc VDS Racing join forces with Ducati for 2024 season

WSB: Sam Lowes and Marc VDS Racing join forces with Ducati for 2024 season

Sam Lowes and the Marc VDS Racing team will switch from Moto2 to the World Superbike Championship next season. Lowes will be equipped with a Ducati V4 R, the bike which propelled Alvaro Bautista to...

WSB Donington: Alvaro Bautista claims UK double as Danilo Petrucci seals maiden podium

WSB Donington: Alvaro Bautista claims UK double as Danilo Petrucci seals maiden podium

Alvaro Bautista’s stranglehold on the World Superbike Championship continued at Donington Park as he claimed Ducati’s first victories at the circuit since 2011. Victory in Saturday’s opening race...

WSB: Toprak Razgatlioglu to join BMW in 2024 following Yamaha departure

WSB: Toprak Razgatlioglu to join BMW in 2024 following Yamaha departure

Toprak Razgatlioglu has signed a deal with the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team and will race for the German manufacturer next season in the World Superbike Championship. The announcement comes...

WSB: Tom Skyes and Kawasaki Puccetti Racing split after four rounds

WSB: Tom Skyes and Kawasaki Puccetti Racing split after four rounds

Tom Sykes has left the Kawasaki Peccetti Racing team after only four rounds of the 2023 World Superbike Championship season. The 2013 champion returned to WorldSBK this year after a difficult...

WSB Assen: Alvaro Bautista secures Ducati's 400th win with sensational hat-trick

WSB Assen: Alvaro Bautista secures Ducati's 400th win with sensational hat-trick

Alvaro Bautista’s dominance in the World Superbike Championship continued at the weekend as the Spaniard completed the hat-trick and secured Ducati’s 400th WSB victory at Assen. Whilst Toprak...

WSB Round-up: Alvaro Bautista celebrates historic treble at Phillip Island

WSB Round-up: Alvaro Bautista celebrates historic treble at Phillip Island

Reigning champion Alvaro Bautista got his 2023 World Superbike Championship campaign off to the best possible start with an historic hat-trick at Phillip Island. The Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider...

WSB: Petronas MIE Racing Honda livery revealed ahead of season opener

WSB: Petronas MIE Racing Honda livery revealed ahead of season opener

The Petronas name returns to the World Superbike Championship this season after the Malaysian oil and gas company joined forces with MIE Racing Honda. The iconic emerald green of Petronas takes...

WSB: Alvaro Bautista tops two-day Phillip Island Test

WSB: Alvaro Bautista tops two-day Phillip Island Test

Alvaro Bautista heads into the opening round of the 2023 World Superbike Championship with good momentum after topping the two-day Phillip Island Test. The Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider posted the...

WSB: Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes unveil 2023 Kawasaki livery

WSB: Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes unveil 2023 Kawasaki livery

Kawasaki has unveiled its new livery ahead of the opening round of the 2023 World Superbike Championship season at Phillip Island. This year’s ZX-10RR features much more ‘Kawasaki Green’ on the...

WSB: Yamaha unveils its 2023 team liveries

WSB: Yamaha unveils its 2023 team liveries

Ahead of the official test at Portimao, the liveries of the four World Superbike Championship Yamaha teams have been revealed. The Japanese manufacturer enters the 2023 season with a wealth of...

WSB: 2023 Ducati livery unveiled as Alvaro Bautista chooses the number one plate

WSB: 2023 Ducati livery unveiled as Alvaro Bautista chooses the number one plate

Alvaro Bautista’s Aruba.It Racing Ducati V4 R will have the number one plate on it in the World Superbike Championship this season. The decision was confirmed during the team’s official 2023...

WSB: Tarran Mackenzie seals World Supersport move with MIE MS Racing Honda

WSB: Tarran Mackenzie seals World Supersport move with MIE MS Racing Honda

Tarran Mackenzie will be in the World Supersport Championship next season onboard a Honda CBR600RR. The 2021 Bennetts British Superbike Championship winner has joined a project formed by the MIE...

WSB: Provisional 2023 calendar unveiled

WSB: Provisional 2023 calendar unveiled

The provisional 2023 World Superbike Championship calendar has been unveiled with the season getting underway at Phillip Island on February 24-26. A week later the paddock heads to the Mandalika...

WSB: Tom Sykes joins Kawasaki Puccetti Racing for 2023

WSB: Tom Sykes joins Kawasaki Puccetti Racing for 2023

Tom Sykes will return to the World Superbike Championship in 2023 after signing for Kawasaki Puccetti Racing. Sykes competed in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship for the first time since...

WSB: Victor Steeman has died

WSB: Victor Steeman has died

Victor Steeman has died at the age of 22 after succumbing to injuries he sustained in a crash during the Supersport 300 World Championship race at Portimao on Saturday October 8. The Dutchman was...

WSB: Jake Gagne to make Portimao wildcard appearance

WSB: Jake Gagne to make Portimao wildcard appearance

2021 MotoAmerica champion Jake Gagne will return to the World Superbike Championship later this year with a wildcard at Portimao. The American will head to Portugal with the same Fresh N Lean...

WSB: Peter Hickman set for Donington wildcard with FHO Racing BMW

WSB: Peter Hickman set for Donington wildcard with FHO Racing BMW

Peter Hickman will make a World Superbike Championship wildcard appearance at Donington Park later this month. Hickman will take to the track onboard his FHO Racing BMW M1000RR, with WSB-spec...

WSB: McAMS Yamaha confirm Tarran Mackenzie wildcard at Donington Park

WSB: McAMS Yamaha confirm Tarran Mackenzie wildcard at Donington Park

Tarran Mackenzie will make his long-awaited World Superbike Championship debut as a wildcard entrant at Donington Park. The reigning Bennetts British Superbike champion was due to make his debut at...

WSB: Alvaro Bautista extends contract with Ducati for 2023 season

WSB: Alvaro Bautista extends contract with Ducati for 2023 season

Alvaro Bautista has signed a new contract with the Aruba.it Racing Ducati team for the 2023 World Superbike Championship season. The Spaniard leads the championship after the opening four rounds,...

WSB: Meet Toprak Razgatlıoğlu at Crescent Motorcycles' Yamaha Live weekend

WSB: Meet Toprak Razgatlıoğlu at Crescent Motorcycles' Yamaha Live weekend

Race fans will get the chance to meet 2021 World Superbike Champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu this weekend at Crescent Motorcycles’ Verwood showroom. The Pata Yamaha rider will be there on June 18-19 as...

WSB: Exclusive Q&A with Crescent Yamaha boss Paul Denning

WSB: Exclusive Q&A with Crescent Yamaha boss Paul Denning

Crescent Yamaha made history last year by becoming the first British team to win the Riders’, Teams’, and Manufacturers’ Championships. They did that by ending Jonathan Rea and Kawasaki’s stranglehold...

WSB Aragon: Alvaro Bautista wins twice on his Ducati return

WSB Aragon: Alvaro Bautista wins twice on his Ducati return

Alvaro Bautista ensured that his second debut with Ducati was a positive one by winning two of the three World Superbike Championship races at Aragon. Bautista lost out to Jonathan Rea in a stunning...

WSB: Leon Haslam to make four wildcard appearances with Team Pedercini Kawasaki

WSB: Leon Haslam to make four wildcard appearances with Team Pedercini Kawasaki

Bennetts British Superbike Championship rider Leon Haslam will make wildcard appearances at four World Superbike Championship events with Team Pedercini Kawasaki this season. Haslam returns to the...

WSB: Phillip Island to host 2022 season finale

WSB: Phillip Island to host 2022 season finale

Phillip Island will host the 12th and final round of the 2022 World Superbike Championship season. The iconic Australian circuit will close-out the season on November 18-20, once week after the...

WSB: Garrett Gerloff and Kohta Nozane unveil 2022 GRT Yamaha livery

WSB: Garrett Gerloff and Kohta Nozane unveil 2022 GRT Yamaha livery

Garrett Gerloff and Kohta Nozane have revealed the 2022 GRT Yamaha World Superbike livery ahead of their two-day test in Barcelona. GRT Yamaha are the third team to unveil their new colours this week,...

WSB: Pata Yamaha unveil 2022 livery ahead of Barcelona Test

WSB: Pata Yamaha unveil 2022 livery ahead of Barcelona Test

The Pata Yamaha with Brixx 2022 livery has been unveiled by reigning World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and Andrea Locatelli. For the first time in Yamaha’s history the illustrious number...

WSB: Kawasaki unveil 2022 ZX-10RR livery ahead of Barcelona test

WSB: Kawasaki unveil 2022 ZX-10RR livery ahead of Barcelona test

Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes have revealed their 2022 Kawasaki ZX-10RR World Superbike livery ahead of a private test in Barcelona. The KRT team hosted a special launch event at the Circuit de...

WSB: Chaz Davies takes up Riders’ Coach role at Ducati

WSB: Chaz Davies takes up Riders’ Coach role at Ducati

Chaz Davies has returned to the factory Aruba.it Racing Ducati team as the Riders’ Coach following his decision to retire. Davies will work with WorldSBK riders Alvaro Bautista and Michael Ruben...

WSB: Iker Lecuona already "feels like a factory rider" at Team HRC

WSB: Iker Lecuona already "feels like a factory rider" at Team HRC

Former MotoGP star Iker Lecuona has admitted that he already feels like a factory rider following his switch to the World Superbike Championship with Honda. The Team HRC rider departed MotoGP after...

WSB: Stefano Manzi joins Dynavolt Triumph in the World Supersport Championship

WSB: Stefano Manzi joins Dynavolt Triumph in the World Supersport Championship

Former Moto2 rider Stefano Manzi has joined Dynavolt Triumph ahead of the 2022 World Supersport Championship season. Manzi has spent the last five season in the Moto2 class, ending his 2021 campaign...

WSB: Dynavolt Triumph sign Hannes Soomer ahead of World Supersport return

WSB: Dynavolt Triumph sign Hannes Soomer ahead of World Supersport return

Dynavolt Triumph have announced the signing of Hannes Soomer ahead of their return to the World Supersport Championship (WorldSSP) this season. Soomer began his career in the ADAC Junior Cup in 2011...

WSB: Lorenzo Baldassarri joins Evan Bros. Racing Yamaha in World Supersport

WSB: Lorenzo Baldassarri joins Evan Bros. Racing Yamaha in World Supersport

Moto2 race winner Lorenzo Baldassarri will be on the World Supersport Championship grid this year after signing for Evan Bros. Racing Yamaha team. Baldassarri has spent the last eight seasons in the...

WSB: Axel Bassani signs new deal with Motocorsa Racing for 2022

WSB: Axel Bassani signs new deal with Motocorsa Racing for 2022

Axel Bassani will stay with the Motocorsa Racing Ducati team for the 2022 World Superbike Championship season. The Italian moved into the Superbike class last season and, after a slow and steady...