Andrea Locatelli

Iker Lecuona sees no reason why he can’t become a challenger for WorldSBK wins in 2023, after seeing Honda make big steps forward in his rookie season.

After securing the 2022 British Superbike title in dominant fashion, Bradley Ray will now switch to WorldSBK with Motoxracing Yamaha.

While Kawasaki and Ducati made big moves with the signings of Tom Sykes and Danilo Petrucci for the 2023 WorldSBK season, there’s an argument to be made that Yamaha have the strongest line-up across all its teams.

The first of five pre-season tests ahead of the 2023 WorldSBK season will see Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes on-track for Kawasaki, while the factory BMW team will also be in action.

Garrett Gerloff brought an end to his three-year stint at GRT Yamaha with a DNF in Race 2 at Phillip Island, after contact between himself and WorldSBK rookie Xavi Vierge led to both riders crashing.

An early contender in Race 2 after making his way up from sixth to second by the end of lap two, Scott Redding faded just as quickly as he was eventually pushed back down to P6, the position he finished the final WorldSBK race of 2022 in. 

After struggling to generate tyre temperature when switching from wet tyres to dry, WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista saw his pace completely disappear in Race 1 at Phillip Island.

Toprak Razgatlioglu was among the early leaders of Saturday’s wet-dry opening race at the Phillip Island WorldSBK finale.

Alex Lowes saw a first WorldSBK win of 2022 slip between his fingers after pitting two laps later than team-mate Jonathan Rea, who gained significant amounts of time in the process.

Tetsuta Nagashima made an impressive start to his first weekend as a WorldSBK rider as he finished sixth on combined times during Friday Practice at Phillip Island. 

Scott Redding believes a P4 finish was there to be had in Race 2 at Mandalika before the 2020 WorldSBK runner-up made several costly mistakes, leaving him ‘angry’ in the aftermath.

Results from the Superpole Race, round 11 of the 2022 WorldSBK championship at Mandalika, Indonesia.

Alvaro Bautista’s wait to become WorldSBK champion goes on after finishing second in Race 1 behind Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Results from Race 1, round 11 of the 2022 WorldSBK championship at Mandalika, Indonesia.

Results from Superpole, round 11 of the 2022 WorldSBK championship at Mandalika, Indonesia.

Current WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has claimed Ducati has ‘too much power’ after Alvaro Bautista once again showed alarming speed differences between the two bikes at Portimao.

Results from Superpole, round nine of the 2022 WorldSBK Championship at Portimao, Portugal.

Results from Free Practice 3, round nine of the 2022 WorldSBK Championship at Portimao, Portugal.

After receiving heavy criticism from Michael Ruben Rinaldi after race one, Andrea Locatelli has now felt the wrath of Scott Redding, who called the Italian ‘a pain in my arse’ due to his ‘unsettling’ riding during the Most WorldSBK round.

Results from Free Practice 3, round six of the 2022 World Superbike Championship at the Autodrom Most.

Reigning World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu will attend the upcoming Cadwell Park BSB round to support McAMS Yamaha - and ride some demo laps.

Results from Free Practice 3, round four of the 2022 World Superbike Championship at Misano, Italy.

Five winners and losers from round three of the 2022 WorldSBK championship as Toprak Razgatlioglu throws away at least two wins in Estoril.

After starting two of the three Estoril WorldSBK races from fourth, Scott Redding was unable to hold onto a top five as front tyre struggles came back to haunt the BMW rider.