WorldSBK MAN
This year’ s Motul FIM Superbike World Championship paddock will feature an expanded field of 13 different manufacturers running production-derived machinery in at least one category. From WorldSBK to the all-new WorldSPB class, they are all represented here.
bimota, in its various forms, has won 11 races in WorldSBK, starting from the very first round at Donington Park in 1988, until the end of 2025. The Italian-based effort is back with their own race-oriented chassis and the latest derivation of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR engine. bimota is unquestionably a famous name laden with mystique, and now enjoying full support from one of the Japanese‘ big four’ manufacturers. The Provec Racing outfit will once more run the KB998 as the official‘ bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team’ after achieving multiple podium successes in bimota’ s 2025 return. bimota KB998 Rimini Present in: WorldSBK
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
When 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu joined BMW in 2024, the Bavarian company had obviously taken another step forward in their ambitions for the M1000RR as a consistently competitive WorldSBK base. Even with several other technical and human developments initiated, few thought that Toprak could really challenge for the title in year one. And yet he was a record-breaking 2024 WorldSBK champion. On an updated M1000RR, Toprak and the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, combined with its UK-based SMR partners, won a remarkable second title in succession with the‘ M’ last year.
BMW M1000RR
Present in: WorldSBK
After winning the championship with Alvaro Bautista twice, in 2022 and 2023, Ducati then returned to its previous status as the go-to WorldSBK manufacturer for many Independent Teams. There will be an increased nine regular WorldSBK riders on the all-new Panigale V4-R Ducati in 2026, from absolute rookies in the class to riders like Nicolo Bulega, who came close to claiming the title last year. In a new era for WorldSBK racing, Ducati wants to win Riders’ Championships again, not just Manufacturers’ crowns, and wants to win in the WorldSSP class once again.
Present in: WorldSBK, WorldSSP
Ducati Panigale V4R, Ducati Panigale V2
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