WSB entry list released

Published: 31 January 2014 Updated: 24 November 2014

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Just 22 days away from the start of the 2014 World Superbike Championship, race organisers have released an entry list of who we can expect to see on the Philip Island grid in three weeks’ time.

The table brings few surprises, although one thing it does serve to highlight is the number of teams already moved to the new Evo spec rules, which – much cloer to the British Superbike restrictions – will become mandatory for 2015.

In fact, a number of manufacturers, such as Tom Sykes’ Kawasaki team, are planning on running riders in both classes, no doubt with an eye to the future.

The other notable from the field is the range of manufacturers. With eight different bikes lining up on the grid (Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, BMW, Aprilia, MV Augusta, Bimota and EBR) the series now has twice as many makes as the MotoGP grid, although Bimota’s presence on the grid is still dependant on a homologation rule change expected next week.

1	Tom Sykes	GBR	Kawasaki ZX-10R	SBK	Kawasaki Racing Team
2	Christian Iddon	GBR	Bimota BB3 *	EVO	Team ALSTARE
7	Chaz Davies	GBR	Ducati Panigale 1199R	SBK	Ducati Superbike Team
9	Fabien Foret	FRA	Kawasaki ZX-10R	EVO	MAHI Racing Team India
10	Imre Toth	HUN	BMW S1000 RR	SBK	BMW Team Toth
11	Jeremy Guarnoni	FRA	Kawasaki ZX-10R	EVO	MAHI Racing Team India
20	Aaron Yates	USA	EBR 1190 RX	SBK	Team Hero EBR
21	Alessandro Andreozzi	ITA	Kawasaki ZX-10R	EVO	Team Pedercini
22	Alex Lowes	GBR	Suzuki GSX-R1000	SBK	Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
23	Luca Scassa	ITA	Kawasaki ZX-10R	EVO	Team Pedercini
24	Toni Elias	ESP	Aprilia RSV4 1000 Factory	SBK	Red Devils Roma
32	Sheridan Morais	RSA	Kawasaki ZX-10R	EVO	IRON BRAIN Kawasaki SBK Team
33	Marco Melandri	ITA	Aprilia RSV4 1000 Factory	SBK	Aprilia Racing Team
34	Davide Giugliano	ITA	Ducati Panigale 1199R	SBK	Ducati Superbike Team
44	David Salom	ESP	Kawasaki ZX-10R	EVO	Kawasaki Racing Team
50	Sylvain Guintoli	FRA	Aprilia RSV4 1000 Factory	SBK	Aprilia Racing Team
52	Sylvain Barrier	FRA	BMW S1000 RR	EVO	BMW Motorrad Italia Superbike Team
56	Peter Sebestyen	HUN	BMW S1000 RR	EVO	BMW Team Toth
58	Eugene Laverty	IRL	Suzuki GSX-R1000	SBK	Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
59	Niccolò Canepa	ITA	Ducati Panigale 1199R	EVO	Althea Racing
65	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Honda CBR1000RR	SBK	PATA Honda World Superbike Team
71	Claudio Corti	ITA	MV Agusta F4 RR	SBK	MV Agusta RC
76	Loris Baz	FRA	Kawasaki ZX-10R	SBK	Kawasaki Racing Team
84	Michel Fabrizio	ITA	Kawasaki ZX-10R	EVO	IRON BRAIN Kawasaki SBK Team
86	Ayrton Badovini	ITA	Bimota BB3 *	EVO	Team ALSTARE
91	Leon Haslam	GBR	Honda CBR1000RR	SBK	PATA Honda World Superbike Team
99	Geoff May	USA	EBR 1190 RX	SBK	Team Hero EBR

By Simon Patterson

MotoGP and road racing reporter, photographer, videographer