This year’ s MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship paddock will feature an expanded field of 11 different manufacturers running production derived machinery in at least one competing category. Here they all are, starting from the WorldSBK class.

When the exciting talent of 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 consistently competitive WorldSBK package. Even with several other technical and human developments initiated, few thought that Toprak could really challenge for the title last year. And yet he was a record-breaking 2024 WorldSBK Champion. The ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, combined with its UK-based SMR partners, will have another updated M1000RR to compete with in 2025.

As well as running the official Aruba. It Racing – Ducati team again in 2025, with an unchanged rider line-up of Nicolo Bulega, Ducati has returned to its previous status as the go-to WorldSBK manufacturer for many Independent Teams. There will be no fewer than eight regular WorldSBK riders on the well-proven Panigale V4R, from absolute rookies in the class to riders like Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Iannone, who won their first WorldSBK races as‘ privateers in 2024. Manufacturers’ Champions in 2024, Ducati will be more than keen to regain the blue ribbon Riders’ title.

Back again on the well-proven and 2021 championship-winning R1, Yamaha’ s full factory Pata Maxus Yamaha machines are run partnership between Italian racing base and the Crescent Racing organisation, run from the UK. Background personnel changes have taken place over the winter months, but the riding line up of Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli remains. There will be six Yamahas in WorldSBK, across three teams, plus strong entries on the new WorldSSP R9 three cylinder, and the usual strong WorldSSP300 contingent on the R3. Yamaha won WorldSSP300 Riders’ title last year.

BMW M1000RR Ducati Panigale V4R Yamaha YZF R1

Yamaha YZF R9

WorldSSP WorldSSP300 WorldWCR

Ducati Panigale V2R Yamaha YZF R3

Yamaha YZF R7

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