WSBK Features

Here is the confirmed 2024 WorldSBK rider line-up.

The 2023 WorldSBK season produced 172 crashes, but who were the riders with the most falls?

Expected to have the same line-up for a fifth consecutive WorldSBK season, Kawasaki will now have to dust themselves down and find a new direction after losing six-time world champion Jonathan Rea to Yamaha.

With the 2023 WorldSBK championship having reached the mid-season stage, here’s the latest on who could be riding where in 2024.

After agreeing a new two-year deal with its WorldSBK rider Andrea Locatelli, Pata Yamaha could be in the market for a big-name signing after rumours linking them with MotoGP riders Johann Zarco, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Moto2’s Sam Lowes.

After taking part in a private test aboard a Ducati Panigale V4 alongside MotoGP test rider Michele Pirro, could Andrea Iannone be setting himself up for a move to WorldSBK? If so what are the most likely landing spots?

The 2023 WorldSBK campaign will feature multiple world champions, a MotoGP race winner and a reigning British Superbike champion, but what should we expect from a very high-profile rookie line-up?

With an 82-point lead over Toprak Razgatlioglu in the WorldSBK standings, Alvaro Bautista has his first match-point this weekend in Mandalika, but how can he win the title?

Flying high atop the WorldSBK championship, winner of half the races that have taken place so far in 2022, Alvaro Bautista heads into Donington Park in ominous form but will it be enough to beat Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu at a track that’s proved difficult for Ducati? 

While MotoGP remains the pinnacle of two-wheel racing for many, World Superbike is once again delivering the type of entertainment that even MotoGP is struggling to match.

Here are the five key storylines to follow ahead of round three of the 2022 WorldSBK championship at Estoril, Portugal.