RYAN VICKERS ALVARO BAUTISTA

Englishman Vickers joins WorldSBK straight out of the British Superbike Championship scene . He will be a full-season rookie in 2025 but he raced in three WorldSBK races at Most in 2022 , for the TPR Kawasaki squad . His BSB results have moved onwards and upwards in the past two seasons , finishing eighth and fifth in 2023 and 2024 , respectively . Seven of his nine career BSB race wins were earned during the 2024 title fight . Worth remembering that the Motocorsa Ducati WorldSBK team has helped Axel Bassani to be the top Independent Rider - twice - in the recent past .

A 125cc GP World Champion even before he got to WorldSBK from the MotoGP™ category in 2019 , Bautista was almost WorldSBK Champion in his ‘ rookie ’ year . After that deep disappointment and two tough seasons on an official Honda HRC machine , Bautista proved to be a convincing double champ when he made a prodigal return to the official Ducati squad in 2022 and 2023 . A relatively difficult 2024 campaign , despite winning four races , saw him finish in overall third place - behind his rookie WorldSBK team-mate Bulega . He starts 2025 second in the all-time WorldSBK race winners ’ ranking .