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WorldSBK RIDERS

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AXEL BASSANI
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
Another product of national racing and the junior classes inside WorldSBK, Bassani was rated as a simply very good rider until he was the somewhat surprising pick for the Motocorsa Ducati WorldSBK team’ s foray into WorldSBK in 2021. Axel would go on to score podiums and become the top Independent Rider more than once, before joining KRT in 2024. His first year as a factory rider was a tough lesson in some regards, but on the 2025 bimota KB998 he showed flashes of his undoubted talent on a bike with a chassis made in his home country of Italy.
Team bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team Motorcycle bimota KB998 Rimini Date of birth 24 / 07 / 1999
Nationality Italy
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BAHATTIN SOFUOGLU
Kenan Sofuoglu’ s unique Turkish rider training project produced a certain Bahattin Sofuoglu a long time ago now, but he has not hung about in moving from his first WorldSSP300 full season in 2020 to a rookie WorldSBK season in 2025. Along the way, he had already won races for Yamaha in the 300 class and secured one win for MV Agusta in the WorldSSP category. He rode for the same Motoxacing Yamaha squad he will compete for again in 2026, and he took one top ten race result for his great efforts.
Motoxracing WorldSBK Team Motorcycle Yamaha YZF R1 Date of birth 19 / 08 / 2003
Nationality Turkey
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