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GoEleven Ducati rider Philipp Oettl says riding a WorldSBK machine is 'quite complex' following his first pre-season test.

Alvaro Bautista claims his feeling with the Ducati Panigale V4 R is ‘better than expected’, while team-mate Michael Rinaldi suffers from back pain on day two of Portimao WorldSBK testing.

Toprak Razgatlioglu sets a new unofficial WorldSBK lap record at Portimao after edging out Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Bautista.

Jonathan Rea continues his impressive form from Jerez to finish day-one of WorldSBK testing at Portimao fastest, while world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu was just a tenth away on his first action of 2022.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Bautista headline the list of WorldSBK riders set to test at Portimao next week.

Ducati’s last WorldSBK champion Carlos Checa believes Alvaro Bautista can challenge Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea if he rediscovers 2019 form. Jury remains out on Michael Rinaldi.

Carlos Checa believes Axel Bassani could be next to join the factory Ducati WorldSBK team after showing ‘enough to be there’ as a rookie.

Pere Riba, crew chief to six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea, believes the 2022 season could be the best yet and one with ‘many winners’.

Winner of 32 WorldSBK races, Chaz Davies returns to Aruba.it Racing Ducati as the team’s official Riders’ coach.

With the 2022 WorldSBK season a little over two months from getting underway, here’s a look at five key storylines set to unfold.

Why Andrea Locatelli could replace WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu as Yamaha’s main title hope should the Turkish rider join MotoGP.

Here’s a look at five WorldSBK riders Crash.net believes are most under pressure to perform during the 2022 season.

Aruba.it Ducati rider Michael Rinaldi continues his 2022 WorldSBK preparations with a test in Jerez.

Alvaro Bautista believes Ducati have eliminated their ‘weak points’ ahead of his return to the Aruba.it team for the 2022 WorldSBK season.

For the second year in a row Ducati finish runner-up in the WorldSBK manufacturers' championship, this time to Yamaha.

With five rookies set to take part in the 2022 WorldSBK championship, can any of them match the success of Andrea Locatelli, and to a slightly lesser extent Axel Bassani?

Ducati expects improved performance from Michael Rinaldi during the 2022 WorldSBK season after the Italian finished 221 points behind Scott Redding.

Ranking our top three WorldSBK battles from the 2021 season, along with which one’s narrowly missed the cut.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi comes in at seventh on Crash.net’s top ten WorldSBK riders of 2021, that's despite three wins and a fifth place championship finish.

WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and team-mate Andrea Locatelli will have an identical Yamaha R1 package to that of 2021 next season according to Team Principal of Pata Yamaha, Paul Denning.

Aruba.it Ducati Team Principal, Serafino Foti, is adamant that Alvaro Bautista’s return to Ducati can help them win a first WorldSBK title since 2011.

Garrett Gerloff finished the 2021 WorldSBK season seventh in the standings, but we have ranked the American three spots lower in 10th.

Alvaro Bautista has already made his return to Ducati after taking part in a two-day test in Jerez following the 2021 WorldSBK season finale. But what can we expect from the Spaniard in his second stint with Ducati?

Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, has called 2021 WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli ‘an unbelievable talent’ after the Italian finished fourth in the championship.